Spanish actress Pilar Bardem, mother of Javier Bardem, dead at 82

Spanish actress Pilar Bardem, the mother of Oscar winner Javier Bardem, has died at the age of 82. – AFP

Spanish actress Pilar Bardem, the mother of Oscar winner Javier Bardem, has died at the age of 82, her children said in a statement on social media.

"We want to share the news that Pilar Bardem, our mother, our example, has passed away. She left in peace, without suffering and surrounded by the love of her family," her children Carlos, Monica and Javier wrote in a message published Saturday evening on Carlos' Twitter account.

Born in Seville in 1939, Pilar Bardem was the daughter of a couple of actors and the sister of famous filmmaker Juan Antonio Bardem.