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Diva of Mexican cinema passes away
2024-11-29 13:39:51 / SHOWBIZ
Mexican cinema is in mourning. On November 28, it was confirmed the death of the well-known actress Silvia Pinal, who passed away in a hospital south of Mexico City.
Pinal died at the age of 93 after battling a urinary infection, due to the advanced age of the last diva of Mexican cinema.
According to Multimedios Television, Silvia Pinal passed away at 17:50 local time. A tribute is being prepared at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City.
The diva of Mexican cinema, Silvia Pinal, has passed away
Silvia Pinal Hidalgo was born on September 16, 1931, in Mexico City. From a young age, she felt a desire for artistic expression, which she combined with her work as a typist, which allowed her to work for the Kodak company at the age of 14, while studying at the Instituto Nacional de las Bellas Artes, under the tutelage of Carlos Pellicer.
It wasn't until 1947 that Pinal made her theater debut, staging William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, and later starred in several radio telenovelas for the Mexican radio station XEQ.
Her debut on the big screen came in 1949 in the film 'El pecado de Laura'. Due to her great beauty and historical talent, Silvia Pinal later alternated with great actors of the time such as Rafael Banquells, whom she married years later, as well as Pedro Infante, the German Valdes 'Tin Tan' and Mario Moreno 'Cantinflas'.
In 1961, Silvia Pinal starred in Spanish director Luis Buñuel's film Viridiana, which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes. Pinal also starred in another of the Spanish director's iconic films, The Exterminating Angel.
The diva of Mexican cinema, Silvia Pinal, has passed away
In 1987, Silvia Pinal produced and directed the Televisa program, "Mujer: Casos de la Vida Real", which remained on the air for two decades and with which the actress alternated her altruistic work with her work on stage.
In her personal life, Silvia Pinal was married four times, to Rafael Banquells, Gustavo Alatriste, Enrique Guzman and the former governor of Tlaxcala, Tulio Hernandez. She had four children, including Luis Enrique and Alejandra Guzman, with Enrique Guzman, and Silvia Pasquel, from her marriage to Rafael Banquells. She also had a daughter with Gustavo Alatriste, named Viridiana, who died in October 1982 after a car accident.
Pinal's last appearance on television was in the telenovela "Mi Marido tiene Familia", broadcast in 2018 by Univision and in 2022 she was part of the children's show "Caperucita ¿Que onda con tu abuelita?"
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