The Mexican actress, who has been directed three times (Viridiana, The Exterminating Angel, Simon of the Desert) by the Spanish master, died on November 28, at the age of 93.
Mexican actress Silvia Pinal, muse of the master of Spanish cinema Luis Bunuel, died on November 28 at the age of 93, announced Mexican Culture Minister Claudia Curiel de Icaza. She immediately paid tribute to him by writing about “His legacy as an artist and his contribution to our culture are unforgettable.” In Viridian of Bunuel, a film awarded a Palme d'Or in 1961, the actress, born in Guyama, had marked with her talent the role of the heroine, Viridiana, a nun with a rebellious temperament. Silvia Pinal was “one of the most emblematic figures in the history of the golden age of Mexican cinema between 1940 and 1960”also wanted to specify the TelevisaUnivision group. 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.
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During her career the actress will have 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. Silva 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 neighborhood1950) with German Valdés Tin Tanor The innocent (L’innocent, 1956) with another legend of Mexican cinema, Pedro Infante. Silvia Pinal also got involved in politics by becoming a deputy and senator for the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), which reigned supreme over Mexico for 70 years, from 1930 to 2000.
And Viridiana engraved in the memories the cinematographic immortality of Silvia Pinal, this first name will also have been the synonym of the tragedy in her intimate life. His daughter Viridiana was killed at age 19 in a road accident in 1982. His granddaughter Viridiana also died at the age of two in 1987 by drowning in a swimming pool. A sad return of fate for this exceptional actress.
