Emblematic figure of the golden age of Mexican cinema, the actress and muse of Spanish director Luis Bunuel, Palme d'Or at Cannes in 1961 for Viridianadied Thursday November 28 at the age of 93.
Mexican actress Silvia Pinal, muse of Spanish director Luis Bunuel, Palme d'Or at Cannes in 1961 for Viridianadied Thursday, November 28 at the age of 93, said the government and the television group TelevisaUnivision.
“His legacy as an artist and his contribution to our culture are unforgettable,” said Culture Minister Claudia Curiel de Icaza on X.
Silvia Pinal is “one of the most emblematic figures in the history” of the golden age of Mexican cinema between 1940 and 1960, underlined the TelevisaUnivision group in a press release.
84 films and 42 plays and 5,000 hours of TV series
Silvia Pinal plays the role of a nun who leaves the convent in Viridiana by Bunuel, Franco-Spanish co-production awarded the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1961.
The Mexican will appear in two other films in the trilogy of the Spaniard who took refuge in Mexico to escape Francoism (The Exterminating Angel in 1962 and Simon of the Desert in 1965).
In total, the actress has appeared in 84 films and 42 plays, recalls TelevisaUnivision, which also highlights her participation in television series for a total of 5,000 hours of content on behalf of the channel.
Golden Age of Mexican Cinema
Pinal distinguished herself during the golden age of Mexican cinema, when the Churrubusco studios in Mexico City were the counterpart of Hollywood in Latin America.
She starred in popular comedies like The king of the neighborhood (The King of the Neighborhood, 1950) with German Valdés, Tin Tanor The innocent (L'innoncent, 1956) with another legend of Mexican cinema, Pedro Infante.
Sylvia Pinal made a foray into politics as a deputy and senator of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), which reigned unchallenged for 70 years from 1930 to 2000.
And Viridiana dedicated his international reputation to cinema, the first name was synonymous with tragedy in his personal life: his daughter Viridiana was killed at the age of 19 in a road accident in 1982. His granddaughter Viridiana also died at aged two in 1987 when he drowned in a swimming pool.
