Pilar Pilapil is a Filipino actress. She won as Binibining Pilipinas Universe title in 1967. She represented the country in the Miss Universe 1967 pageant. In the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s her highly publicized life became the staple of the multimedia. Pilapil starred in Highly Acclaimed Films such as Kailan Ba Tama Ang Mali in 1985, Tinik Sa Dibdib and Nagkapasakit Kuya Eddie an outstanding feat she was nominated and won one award in the movie categories for FAP FAMAS and MMFF then Manila Film Festival in 1985 in 1988. She did the film Kailan Mahugasan Ang Kasalanan she continued to take a break and then came back with more movie projects such as Forever with Aga Muhlach and Mikee Counjangco and Tayo Na Sa Dilim and Bakit Ako Mahihiya in 1997. She went on to do a soap called Mulha Ng Buhay for Viva Television as a main antagonist of the television series.
Career
After winning the Binibining Pilipinasbeauty pageant in 1967, Pilapil was swamped with offers to join the movies. Her first film was the action picture El Nino in 1968 with Andy Poe as her leading man, directed by Fernando Poe, Jr.. She did movies with Dolphy such as Dolpe De Gulat in 1969 and El Pinoy Matador in 1970, among others. She won two best actress awards, one for the movie Imelda, Ang Uliran in 1970 at the Manila Film Festival and another for the film Napakasakit Kuya Eddie in 1986 for Gawad Urian Award 1987. In 1996 she did the afternoon drama “Mukha Nang Buhay” a television soap for Viva Television produced for RPN-9 and simultaneously aired on IBC-13 and its international channel RPN USA as the main antagonist to Lovely Riveros character and the series. this would become her first Soap Opera on television after later doing work for GMA and Mostly ABS-CBN Primetime Dramas. She also dabbled in politics when she ran for senator in 2004 as an independent candidate but she lost. In 2006, she released an autobiography entitled The Woman Without A Face, chronicling her life in show business and in private life after she went on semi-retirement. Pilapil continues to entertain viewers via ABS-CBN's primetime drama seriesIna, Kapatid, Anak premiered on October 8, 2012 and ended on June 2013, and is now airing by Jeepney TV. In 2015 she made her comeback with Pangako Sayo, which she plays Doña Benita Buenavista which originally by Liza Lorena. In February 2020, she returned to GMA-7 after thirteen years of stay with ABS-CBN to appear in Marian Rivera's upcoming teleserye, First Yaya.
Personal life
Pilar Delilah Veloso Pilapil was born on October 12, 1950 in Liloan, Cebu, Philippines the youngest of six girls with four brothers after her. She has a daughter with Doy Laurel named Pia Pilapil, who is also an actress. She married Spanish journalist Michel Ponti in October 12, 1986 at the Manila Cathedral, but they divorced after a year. She became a born-again Christian in 1995, and married Pastor Bernie Penas on May 18, 2002. Pilapil has a foundation named Pilar Pilapil Foundation, which helps battered and abused women, among others.
