Silvia Pinal
| Silvia Pinal | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Silvia Pinal Hidalgo 12 September 1931 Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico |
| Residence | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Occupation | Actress, producer |
| Years active | 1949-present |
| Political party | Institutional Revolutionary Party |
| Spouse(s) |
Rafael Banquells (1947-1952) Gustavo Alatriste (1961-1967) Enrique Guzmán (1967-1976) Tulio Hernandez (1982-1995) |
| Children |
Sylvia Pasquel Viridiana Alatriste (deceased) Alejandra Guzmán Luis Enrique Guzmán |
| Parent(s) | Luis G. Pinal (deceased) María Luisa Hidalgo (deceased) |
| Relatives |
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (great-great-great granduncle) Stephanie Salas (granddaughter) Michelle Salas (great-granddaughter) Mercedes Pinal (half-sister) Beatriz Pinal (half-sister) Eugenia Pinal (half-sister) |
| Awards |
Palme d'Or 1961 Viridiana Golden Ariel 2008 Ariel Award for Best Actress: 1957 Locura Pasional 1958 La dulce enemiga Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actress 1953 Un rincón cerca del cielo Premios ACE 1978 Las Mariposas Disecadas Diosas de Plata 2009 Trayectoria artística |
Silvia Pinal Hidalgo (born 12 September 1931) is a Mexican actress, producer and politician. She is one of the most recognized and versatile Mexican actresses worldwide. She is internationally known for having starred in a famous movie trilogy with the famed film director Luis Buñuel, highlighting the classic film Viridiana (1961).
Pinal is considered one of the last living legends of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. She is also considered one of the pioneers of the television and musical theater in Mexico. Her daughters and some of her descendants have dabbled in the stardom world, making Pinal the head of one of the most famous artistic dynasties of Mexico.
Silvia Pinal Hidalgo was born in Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico, on 12 September 1931. She was the only daughter of Maria Luisa Hidalgo, a descendant of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, founder of the independence movement in Mexico, and Luis G. Pinal a journalist, military and politician. By father's side, she had three half-sisters. She and her family lived in several cities in Mexico: Querétaro, Cuernavaca and Acapulco, and finally settling in Mexico City. In Mexico City she worked as a secretary for a pharmaceutical firm. Later, she had the opportunity to participate in the recording of some radio plays in the XEQ, a Mexican radio station: Dos pesos la dejada and Midsummer Night's Dream. She also took acting classes in the Palacio de Bellas Artes. She was chosen Queen of the Mexican Students and was presented with the Cuban actor and director Rafael Banquells, who included her in several plays that sat in the theater company of the Spanish actress Isabelita Blanch. Her first work was an experimental project called Los caprichos de Goya.
She made her film debut in a brief role in the film La Bamba (1949), directed by Miguel Contreras Torres and starring Carmen Montejo, and filmed right after El pecado de Laura (1949), alongside Meche Barba. But the first film which gave Pinal her first steps towards mainstream popularity, were her roles in 2 well-received comedies of the late 1940s: El portero (1949) with Mario Moreno Cantinflas and especially El Rey del Barrio (1950) with Germán Valdés "Tin Tan". Pinal also had small roles in movies, including; Orquídeas para mi esposa with Marga Lopez (1950), Mujer de medianoche (1951), with Ernesto Alonso and Katy Jurado, Una gallega baila mambo (1951), with the famous comedians Joaquín Pardavé and Niní Marshall and La estatua de carne (1951), with Elsa Aguirre, amongst others.
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