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Silvia Pinal is a Actor Mexicaine born on 12 september 1931 at Guaymas (Mexique)

Silvia Pinal

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Birth name Silvia Pinal Hidalgo
Nationality Mexique
Birth 12 september 1931 (92 years) at Guaymas (Mexique)

Silvia Pinal (born Silvia Pinal Hidalgo on September 12, 1931 in Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico) is a Mexican actress and producer. 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.

Biography

The working relationship with the actor and director Rafael Banquells culminated in romance and marriage (1947). From this marriage, was born her eldest daughter, the also actress Sylvia Pasquel. The marriage ended in divorce in 1952.

In 1961, she remarried to businessman Gustavo Alatriste; result of this relationship born her second daughter, the actress Viridiana Alatriste, born in 1963. The relationship ended in divorce in 1965. Viridiana died tragically in 1982 in a car accident.

Silvia was also married to singer and actor Enrique Guzman with whom she had two children: the very popular rock singer Alejandra Guzman (b. 1967) and the musician Luis Enrique Guzman (b. 1969). The marriage ended in 1975. Her last marriage was to the politician Tulio Hernández Gómez. The relationship ended in divorce in 1995.

Today Pinal has become her in the matriarch of an artistic dynasty formed by her daughters, the singer Alejandra Guzman, the deceased actress Viridiana Alatriste and the also actress SYlvia Pasquel, who, in turn, is the mother of the singer and actress Stephanie Salas (born in 1970). The Pinal's family is completed by her other grandchildren: Frida Sofia Moctezuma (b. 1993) (daughter of Alejandra), Viridiana Frade (1985-1987) (the second daughter of Sylvia), Viviana (b. 1990 ) and Giordana Guzmán (b. 1992) (daughters of Luis Enrique), and the two great-granddaughters: Michelle Salas (b. 1989) (daughter of Stephanie and the singer Luis Miguel) and Camila (b. 1997) (Stephanie's second daughter).

When her daughter, Alejandra Guzman, was launched as a singer, in 1989, she included a controversial song dedicated to her mother titled Bye Mamá, in her self-titled album.


Awards and honors
Pinal has been inducted into the Paseo de las Luminarias in Mexico City for her work. She and her daughters Sylvia Pasquel and Alejandra Guzmán are among the few mother and daughter pairs so honored.

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Filmography of Silvia Pinal (21 films)

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Actress

Agent Macaw: Shaken & Stirred, 1h33
Genres Animation
Actors Jaime Camil, Dulce María, Silvia Pinal, Rogelio Guerra, Mario Castañeda
Roles Mamá Osa
Rating51% 2.5782652.5782652.5782652.5782652.578265
Tambo Macaw (Jaime Camil), an overweight macaw who works as a janitor at the Central Intelligentus Animalus (CIA) dreams of becoming a secret agent. The opportunity arises when he is assigned, by mistake, the most important mission in the agency's history; stop the wicked plans of Mamá Osa (Silvia Pinal) and her evil organization. Tambo is helped by Gino Tutifrutti (Mario Castañeda Partido), an old turtle that's in charge of the “advanced” technology lab in the agency and is one of Tambo's few friends. This odd couple journey into the coolest and craziest adventure ever, which will lead them to faraway places where they'll face weird and dangerous foes. Our heroes will have to use their limited resources – in Tambo's case, his limited intelligence – to save the world from an icy extinction.
Divinas palabras, 1h36
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Silvia Pinal, Mario Almada, Rita Macedo
Roles Mari Gaila
Rating69% 3.476153.476153.476153.476153.47615
Mari Gaila (Silvia Pinal), is an adulteress who lives between ragged, thieves, prostitutes, dwarfs and other misshapen beings, in a rare box at a country and a vague time. Her husband, is a poor sacristan who agrees with other relatives to do business with the display of his orphaned nephew, a mentally retarded dwarf. Caught in committing adultery with her lover, Mari Gaila is caged naked and punished by the people.
Shark
Shark (1969)
, 1h32
Directed by Samuel Fuller
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Musical theatre, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Seafaring films, Transport films, Underwater action films, Films about sharks, Mise en scène d'un poisson
Actors Burt Reynolds, John Arthur Kennedy, Silvia Pinal, Barry Sullivan, Mini Anden
Roles Anna
Rating45% 2.258742.258742.258742.258742.25874
Reynolds plays Caine, a gunrunner who becomes stranded in a small port in the Red Sea. He meets a seductive woman who propositions him to dive into shark-infested waters off the coast for scientific research. However, when Caine realizes the woman and her partner are actually treasure hunters, the action starts to heat up both above and below the water.
Guns for San Sebastian, 1h51
Directed by Henri Verneuil
Genres Action, Western
Actors Anthony Quinn, Anjanette Comer, Charles Bronson, Sam Jaffe, Silvia Pinal, Emilio Fernández
Roles Félicia
Rating66% 3.3043.3043.3043.3043.304
In 1743, a womanizing atheist outlaw, Leon Alastray (Anthony Quinn), is pursued by the Spanish military. Given sanctuary by an altruistic priest (Sam Jaffe), he is taken to a village terrorized by marauding Indians.
Los Cuervos están de luto, 1h30
Directed by Francisco del Villar
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Silvia Pinal, Lilia Prado, Enrique Álvarez Félix, Fanny Schiller, Ada Carrasco
Roles Piedad
Rating67% 3.376363.376363.376363.376363.37636
Don Lacho (Narciso Busquets), a greedy old man, is about to die. His three children, but mainly his daughter-in-law Piedad (Silvia Pinal), are anxiously awaiting his death to collect the inheritance, but the old man refuses to die.
Simon of the Desert, 45minutes
Directed by Luis Buñuel
Genres Drama, Comedy, Historical
Themes Le désert
Actors Claudio Brook, Silvia Pinal, Enrique Álvarez Félix, Antonio Bravo, Glauber Rocha
Roles The Devil
Rating77% 3.8966953.8966953.8966953.8966953.896695
Simón, the son of Simeon Stylites, has lived for 6 years, 6 weeks and 6 days atop an eight-meter pillar in the middle of the desert, praying for spiritual purification. A congregation of priests and peasants salute him and offer him a brand new pillar to stand on and carry on his mission. He comes down from the pillar and is offered the priesthood, but refuses because he considers himself unworthy, and forsakes his aging mother for the love of God before climbing up his new pillar. He heals an amputee missing both hands, whose first use of them is to slap his child. But the congregation quickly departs unimpressed, leaving Simón alone.
The Exterminating Angel, 1h33
Directed by Luis Buñuel
Origin Mexique
Genres Drama, Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Silvia Pinal, Enrique Rambal, Jacqueline Andere, Ofelia Montesco, Claudio Brook, José Baviera
Roles Leticia 'La Valkiria'
Rating79% 3.9988953.9988953.9988953.9988953.998895
During a formal dinner party at the lavish mansion of Señor Edmundo Nobile and his wife, Lucia, the servants unaccountably leave their posts until only the major-domo is left. After dinner the guests adjourn to the music room, where one of the women, Blanca, plays a piano sonata. Later, when they might normally be expected to return home, the guests unaccountably remove their jackets, loosen their gowns, and settle down for the night on couches, chairs and the floor.
Viridiana
Viridiana (1962)
, 1h30
Directed by Luis Buñuel, Juan Luis Buñuel
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about religion, Films about sexuality
Actors Silvia Pinal, Francisco Rabal, Fernando Rey, Margarita Lozano, José Calvo, José Manuel Martín
Roles Viridiana
Rating80% 4.0447754.0447754.0447754.0447754.044775
A novice named Viridiana (Silvia Pinal) is about to take her vows when her uncle, Don Jaime (Fernando Rey), invites her to visit him. Her only living relative, she has met him only once and is reluctant to comply. Her Mother Superior pressures her into accepting.
El vendedor de muñecas
Directed by Chano Urueta
Genres Drama
Actors Pedro López Lagar, Bárbara Gil, Pilar Pellicer, Silvia Pinal, Elvira Quintana
Rating54% 2.7140052.7140052.7140052.7140052.714005
Roberto (Pedro López Lagar) is dedicated to recruiting young beautiful women for using them in a financial scam. He asks them to pretend that they are married to him but then offers them to rich men, who are willing to pay large amounts of money for these women. Roberto's business runs smoothly until he meets Diana (Silvia Pinal), a young singer who falls in love with him.