Silvia Pinal

Silvia Pinal Hidalgo (Mexico City, September 16, 1931) is a Mexican actress and politician.

He made his film debut in 1949 with a small role in the film Laura's Sin. He gained international recognition after having participated in a trilogy of films directed by Luis Buñuel, these were, Viridiana (1961), The Exterminating Angel (1962), and Simón del desierto (1965). Other films for which she was recognized include; The King of the Neighborhood (1950), A Stranger on the Stairs (1955), The Innocent (1956), Long Live the love! (1958), and María Isabel (1968).

She is considered a pioneer of musical comedy theater and television in Mexico. In addition to her role as an actress, she is also a businesswoman and producer of various projects. In addition to her artistic career, she had a foray into politics and held some public office in her native country.

On television, she is best remembered for having been the presenter of the anthological series Mujer, casos de la vida real, in which cases of personal problems in the lives of women and men were recounted, performed by different actors and actresses. The series began broadcasting in 1986 and showed real stories that viewers wrote to Pinal to be presented in a dramatized way in the broadcast. She was the one who started the series, appearing as an actress in the first episode.

He had a biographical series released in 2019 with the title, Silvia Pinal, in front of you.

Early Years

Silvia Pinal Hidalgo was born on September 16, 1931 at Bucareli 102, Mexico City, the daughter of María Luisa Hidalgo Aguilar and Moisés Pasquel. Her mother became pregnant with the latter when she was barely fifteen years old. He did not want to recognize her, and Silvia did not know that he was her father until she was between nine and ten years old. On her biological father's side, she had three half-siblings, but she never related to them or to other Pasquel relatives. When Pinal was five years old, her mother married Luis Pinal Blanco, a journalist, soldier, and politician twenty years her senior. The man recognized Silvia as his daughter and gave him her last name.

Pinal had been fascinated by the world of entertainment since she was a child, but in addition to this, she liked to write and recite poems. She studied first at the Pestalozzi School in Cuernavaca, and then at the Washington Institute in the city de México. Despite her artistic aspirations, her father conditioned her to study "something useful", and it was in this way that she learned typing, the trade that helped her get a job as a secretary at Kodak when she was 14 years old.

Eager to study opera, she began to prepare by taking classes with a private teacher and then with Professor Reyes Retana. Her first step towards fame occurred when she was invited to participate in a beauty pageant, in which she obtained the title Student Princess of Mexico, and at her coronation she met the actors Rubén Rojo and Manolo Fábregas. While studying bel canto, she began working as a secretary at the Carlos Stein pharmaceutical laboratories. At the music academy, she auditioned for a role in the opera La traviata, without achieving any success. After this failure, a teacher encouraged her to take acting courses at Bellas Artes, where she studied with Carlos Pellicer, Salvador Novo and Xavier Villaurrutia. She made her debut as an extra in a performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream, by William Shakespeare.

Career

Beginnings in radio and cinema

Pinal continued working at the pharmaceutical firm, in its advertising department. Her boss, knowing that she was studying acting, gave her the opportunity to participate in the recording of some radio comedies at XEQ. She made her debut in the comedy Dos pesos la dejada , along with Luis Manuel Pelayo and Carlota Solares.

At the radio station, she met some publicists, who invited her to join an experimental company. She made her debut in said company with a role in the play Los caprichos de Goya . The director of said work was the Mexican actor and director of Spanish origin Rafael Banquells, with whom Silvia began a working relationship and a close friendship that led to a romance. Banquells got a man named Carlos Laverne to allow them to use the Teatro Ideal in Mexico City for their productions. Laverne chose Pinal to participate in a production with the Teatro Ideal company, directed by the Spanish actress Isabelita Blanch. The work was called Our Natacha. Silvia acted in numerous works of said company alongside figures such as Banquells, Emperatriz Carvajal, Patricia Morán, Miguel Manzano and Emilia Guiú.The first play she starred in was A Crystal Dream.

Pinal made her film debut in 1949 with a role in the film Laura's Sin, where she worked alongside Rafael Banquells, her husband at the time. She was followed by the film Bamba , a small role in the film Escuela para casadas , and finally the film The Woman I Lost (1949).. In that same one, she participated in the film, Midnight Woman . In 1950, she was chosen to participate in the film, The Porter (1950). That same year she was followed by movies; The King of the Neighborhood (1950), and The Mark of the Skunk (1950).

In his early days, Pinal participated in small co-starring roles in various films. He works with David Silva in Love is not blind (1950), with Marga López and Fernando Soler in Azahares para tu boda (1950); Mapy Cortés in Just married...do not disturb (1950); together with Niní Marshall and Joaquín Pardavé in A Galician girl dances the mambo (1950); Elsa Aguirre in The Meat Statue (1951); again with Fernando Soler in Por ellas aunque mal paguen, and again with Meche Barba and Fernando Fernández in Cuando los hijos pecan (1952).

Pinal receives her first important recognition, her first Ariel Award as co-star actress, for her performance in the film A corner near heaven (1952) directed by Rogelio A. González, where she works again with Pedro Infante. In 1952 she acted with Joaquín Pardavé, Fernando Fernández and Antonio Aguilar in the comedies Doña Mariquita de mi corazón and El casto Susano . She also appeared with a small role in the film Si mi vida , starring Lilia Michel and Rafael Baledón and repeated dumbbell with & # 34; Tin Tan & # 34; in You bring me by a wing (1952).

Acknowledgment

In 1953, Silvia signed a contract with Gregorio Wallerstein's FILMEX studios, which gave her her first stellar work in the tapes Reventa de esclavas (1953), along with Antonio Aguilar and I am very macho (1953), with Miguel Torruco. In that same year, she made her first musical work with the tape My three happy widows , under the direction of Fernando Cortés and in which she shares credits with Lilia del Valle and the Cuban rumbera Amalia Aguilar.. The success of the film led the three actresses to star in the comedy Las cariñosas that same year. In that same year, she acts together with Libertad Lamarque in Si vuelverías a mí . In 1954, Pinal acted in the tapes Hijas casaderas, with Carlos López Moctezuma and Life has three days, with Carlos Navarro.

Pinal achieved success and recognition in 1954, after participating in the film A stranger on the stairs, directed by Tulio Demicheli, and starring alongside Arturo de Córdova. De Córdova wanted Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida or Cuban rumbera Rosa Carmina to costar, as he distrusted Pinal due to her youth. With the support of producer Gregorio Wallerstein, Pinal underwent a makeover to highlight her sex appeal, the same one who helped her win De Córdova's approval. Filming took place in Havana, Cuba, and the film was a notable box office success that established Pinal as a leading figure in cinema.

Another director who knew how to make the most of Silvia's histrionic capacities was Alberto Gout. Under the baton of Gout, Silvia made the film La sospechosa (1954), with Miguel Torrúco and Carmen Montejo. In 1955, Pinal participated in Historia de un abrigo de mink, an episodic film in which Pinal co-starred with actresses María Elena Marqués, Columba Domínguez and Irasema Dilián. In that same year, he acted under the orders of Luis Spota in the also episodic film Amor en cuatro tiempos , with the Spanish actor Jorge Mistral. With Tito Davison as director, Pinal also filmed the Mexican-Hispanic-Chilean co-production Cabo de Hornos (1955), again together with Jorge Mistral. In that same year, she acts in the film The Doll Seller , with the Argentine Pedro López Lagar. Pinal will work again with Pedro Infante, but this time as his co-star, in the famous comedy El inocento (1956), directed by Rogelio A. González.

In 1956, Pinal filmed again with Tulio Demicheli the film Locura pasional, which would bring her her first Ariel award in the best actress category. With Demicheli as director, Pinal stars in La adultera (1956), along with Ana Luisa Peluffo. In that same year, Pinal stars in the film A love date (1956), where she works for the first and only time under the direction of director Emilio Fernández. In 1957, Pinal received the second Ariel award of her career, as best actress, thanks to her role in the film La dulce enemiga , directed by Tito Davison. In 1957 she worked with the Cuban Rafael Bertrand and Prudencia Grifell in the film My unknown wife . In that same year, she acts with Emilio Tuero in the comedy Viva el amor . Other films in which she starred, directed by Demicheli, were Préstame tu cuerpo (1957), with Manolo Fábregas; God forbid it (1958), with Raúl Ramírez; Una golfa (1958), with Jorge Martínez de Hoyos and Desnúdate Lucrecia (1958), with Gustavo Rojo. In 1958, she once again shared stellar credits with Arturo de Córdova in The man I like .

Pinal's popularity and success in Mexico open the doors for him to work in Europe following the advice of Tulio Demicheli. His first work on the Old Continent was in the Spanish-Mexican co-production Las locuras de Bárbara (1958), directed by Demicheli and starring Rubén Rojo. Hand in hand with Demicheli Silvia stars in Spain in the musical film Charleston, alongside Alberto Closas.

Pinal next to Elke Sommer in Uomini and Nobiluomini (1959).

Given the success of her films in Europe, Silvia is invited to work in Italy, where she is also the producer of the film Uomini e Nobiluomini (1959), in which she stars alongside Vittorio de Sica and Elke Sommer.

Under the direction of José María Forqué, Silvia embodies in Spain the main character of the film Maribel and the strange family (1960), an adaptation of the work by Mihura in which she shares the stardom with Adolfo Marsillach. In 1961, Pinal worked with Fernando Fernán Gómez in the Spanish musical film Adiós, Mimí Pompom.

I work with Luis Buñuel

Pinal will achieve international consecration through a trilogy of films that marks the end of the Mexican stage of the Spanish filmmaker Luis Buñuel. Pinal had his first contact with Buñuel through the Mexican actor Ernesto Alonso, with the firm intention of starring in the film version of the novel Tristana. However, the little commercial success of Buñuel's films prevented the producers from financing the project, which ended up collapsing (Buñuel filmed the film years later in Spain with Catherine Deneuve).

Pinal in Viridiana (1961).

Years later, Pinal, with the help of her second husband, producer Gustavo Alatriste, sought out Buñuel in Spain and convinced him to film Viridiana (1961). This is undoubtedly his most famous film. It was co-starred by Francisco Rabal and Fernando Rey, and was the winner of the Palme d'Or at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival. Despite the success and prestige enjoyed by the film, at the time it was rejected by the Francoist censorship in Spain and by the Vatican, accusing her of blasphemy. The Spanish government ordered its destruction. Only the intervention of Pinal, who fled with a copy to Mexico, saved the film. In Mexico, the Vatican's censorship had also resonated. However, with the help of Salvador Novo, the film was released in some movie theaters.

His second film with Buñuel was The Exterminating Angel (1962). The tape also garnered worldwide critical acclaim. In 2004, the New York Times recognized it among the best films of all time.

His third and last project with Buñuel was Simón del desierto (1964). The film, erroneously presented as a medium-length film, was originally conceived to be an episodic film. Pinal and Gustavo Alatriste looked for Federico Fellini to direct a second episode, but Fellini accepted on the condition that his wife, Giulietta Masina, would star. Jules Dassin was then sought out, who likewise accepted on the condition that it be starred by his wife Melína Merkoúri. Pinal also rejected this request. The idea was that Pinal would star in all the episodes of the film. She also suggested Vittorio de Sica and Orson Welles, but time ran out, so the project ended up filming solely with Buñuel. In the film, Pinal also performs the first nude of his career, something still rare in Mexican cinema, and also the first nude in Buñuel's cinema.

Pinal was also about to star with Buñuel in the film Diary of a Waitress, in France. Pinal learned French and was willing to not charge anything for her participation. However, the French producers ended up choosing Jeanne Moreau. Even so, Silvia Pinal (along with Lilia Prado), is the actress with whom Buñuel worked the most, with a total of three classic films. Pinal was also going to film Divinas palabras with Buñuel in Spain, but there were copyright issues. Years later, Pinal was finally able to perform it in Mexico with another director.

Later projects

After his work with Buñuel, Pinal returned to the cinema with the comedy Buenas noches, Año Nuevo (1965), where he alternated with Ricardo Montalbán. In that same year, he acted in the film Los cuervos están de luto , by Francisco del Villar, together with Lilia Prado. In 1966 he made the mythical film La soldadera , José Bolaños' first film and inspired by the events of the Mexican Revolution. In that same year, he participated in the Mexican-Brazilian co-production Dangerous Game , directed by Luis Alcoriza and based on a script by Gabriel García Márquez. He also appeared in the Franco-Italian-Mexican co-production The Guns of San Sebastián, alongside Anthony Quinn and Charles Bronson. In 1967 Pinal filmed Shark, together with Burt Reynolds and directed by Samuel Fuller. This is the only Hollywood movie in which Pinal has appeared. Pinal achieved enormous box office success with the film María Isabel (1968), based on a popular cartoon by Yolanda Vargas Dulché.

Between the late 1960s and early 1970s, Pinal made mostly comedy films. In 1967 he acted in Marriage Strategy , a posthumous film by filmmaker Alberto Gout and co-starring Joaquín Cordero. In 1968, Silvia stars in The Awakening of the Wolf, the first of a series of comedy films directed by the filmmaker René Cardona Jr.. Of Silvia's most outstanding films under the direction of Cardona Jr., the episodic film El cuerpazo del delito (1968), where he shared stars with Elsa Aguirre and Angélica María; The Golden Woman (1968), The ratchet sister (1968) and Twenty-four hours of pleasure (1969), where she teamed up with Mauricio Garces. In 1968 she also acted together with Julio Alemán in the tape Los novios . In 1970, in the film Confession Secret , she works for the first time together with her eldest daughter, the actress Sylvia Pasquel. She also works with her third husband, Enrique Guzmán in the film How are there scoundrels! (1971). In 1972, she worked in a small role in the film Los cacos , by José Estrada.

In 1977 he finally starred in the controversial film Divine Words (1977), directed by Juan Ibáñez, a film in which he performed a full nude. In 1978, she Silvia starred in The dissected butterflies .

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Silvia filmed a few films in Spain, Italy and Argentina as part of a Televisa project to unify the Spanish and Latin American markets. From this project came the films The song of the cicada (1978), Two and two, five (1979), His mother's son (1979) and Carlotta: Love is Poison (1980), which was co-produced with Italy. In 1982, Pinal played a small role in the Argentine film Pubis angelical.

Silvia Pinal in 2019.

After ten years absent from the cinema, Silvia returned in 1992 with the film Modelo antiguo, directed by Raúl Araiza. The decline of Mexican cinema and Silvia's activity on television and other media (such as politics), make her practically retire from the big screen. In recent years, his film appearances have been limited to the films They Don't Make Them Like Before (2002), by Fernando Pérez-Gavilán, and a brief special appearance in the film Third Call (2013), by Francisco Franco.

Theater

In theater, Pinal made her debut at the Teatro de Bellas Artes. She did experimental work, to later work at the Teatro Ideal in Mexico City, in the company of the Spanish actress Isabel Blanch, where she was directed in numerous productions by Rafael Banquells.

Outside this company, in 1950 he participated in the play Celos del aire, with Manolo Fábregas and Carmen Montejo. In that same year, she represented Doña Inés in Don Juan Tenorio , alongside Jorge Mistral. Among his most notable plays from the beginning of his career, La loca de Chaillot stands out, alongside Prudencia Griffel and El cuadrante de la soledad, by José Revueltas, with sets by the painter Diego Rivera and directed by Ignacio Retes. In 1954, Silvia participated in the play La Sed, by Henri Bernstein and William Sieligman with Ernesto Alonso and the Argentine actor Pedro López Lagar. In 1955 she obtained recognition on the theater scene in the production Anna Christie , along with Felipe Montoya and Wolf Ruvinskis. In 1955 Silvia staged the play Hello, Hello, wrong number in Chile, alongside Jorge Mistral, which she finally starred in in the cinema in Mexico (with the title Undress Lucrecia).

In 1958, Silvia was responsible for producing the first musical play in Mexico Ring, Ring llama el amor, directed by Luis de Llano Palmer and performed at the Teatro del Bosque in Mexico City. For this play, Pinal had an offer to work on Broadway at the hands of Judy Holliday's manager, but Pinal refused to cut her career short in Mexico.

In 1964, he made the Mexican version of the musical Irma la dulce, alongside Julio Alemán and directed by Enrique Rambal. José Luis Ibáñez will end up becoming his head theater director. Under the baton of Ibáñez, in 1975 Silvia starred in the play Private Lives, alongside Rogelio Guerra. One of her most remembered musical comedy works was the Mexican version of Mame , a successful Broadway musical that, thanks to her success, Pinal staged three times (1972, 1985 and 1989). In 1976 she also starred in the musical Annie is a Shot.

In 1977, to commemorate her twenty-five-year career, Pinal put on her own cabaret show entitled Congratulations, Silvia!. The show was presented with great success, first at the "El Patio" nightclub, and then at the Teatro de la Ciudad Esperanza Iris in Mexico City.

In 1978, he starred in the play El ano proximo... a la misma hora, along with Héctor Bonilla. In that same year she also starred in the musical Plaza Suite , with José Gálvez and Armando Calvo. The death of her daughter Viridiana cut short the theatrical project Agnes of God , which they would star in together in 1982. In 1983, Pinal starred in La libélula, opposite Héctor Suárez. In that same year, Silvia starred in and produced the Mexican production of the play La señorita de Tacna, based on the work of Mario Vargas Llosa. In 1985, while serving as first lady of the state of Tlaxcala, Pinal remodeled the Xicohténcatl Theater, which she reopened with the production The memories of the divine Sarah . In 1986, Pinal starred in the play Anna Karenina , which despite its success, was not to the actress's liking, and the production only reached 100 performances.

In 1988, in association with Margarita López Portillo, Pinal acquired the Cine Estadio, located in Colonia Roma in Mexico City, transforming it into his own theater venue, the Teatro Silvia Pinal, a space dedicated mainly to musical comedy and in which Pinal had the freedom to mount his own productions. The Silvia Pinal Theater was inaugurated in 1989 with the third performance of the musical Mame, with Pinal leading the cast.

In 1992, Pinal acquired the old Cine Versalles, located in Colonia Juárez in Mexico City and turned it into his second theater venue, the Diego Rivera Theater, which was inaugurated in 1991 with the production Leticia and Amoricia.

In 1996, Silvia returned to musical theater with the second Mexican version of ¡Qué tal, Dolly!, opposite Ignacio López Tarso. The last play that Pinal starred in her previous theater was Gypsy (1998), starring alongside her daughter, the singer Alejandra Guzmán.

As a producer, she was responsible for making the Mexican versions of the musicals A Chorus Line (1989), Cats (1991) and La cage de las crazy (1992). In 2000, various problems caused Pinal to close the Silvia Pinal Theater, which stopped working to become a religious temple.

Pinal returned to the theater in 2002 with the production, Debiera habías obispas. Other works in which he later participated included; Adorable Enemies from 2008, and Love, Pain and What I Was Wearing from 2012. In 2014, the Diego Rivera Theater changed its name to become the new Silvia Pinal Theater.

In May 2022, Pinal returned to the theater in the children's musical Little Red Riding Hood, what's up with your grandmother!. The play ended its season that same year.

Television

Series, variety and unit shows

Pinal ventured into television since his appearance in Mexico in the early fifties. In 1952, he participated in a television game show with actor Domingo Soler called With open arms , to later perform the so-called televiteatros produced by Manolo Fábregas. His first televiteatro was directed by Rafael Banquells and he performed alongside María Elena Marqués and Rita Macedo. He also participated in the telecomedies Teatro Bon Soir, one of the first musical programs on Mexican television, produced by Luis de Llano Palmer. It was there that Pinal first introduced the use of playback on Mexican television.

In the mid-sixties, Silvia starred in her own comedy-musical show on the Televisa network entitled Los especiales de Silvia Pinal. When Silvia married the actor and singer Enrique Guzmán, they both produced and starred in the variety show entitled Silvia y Enrique, a comedy-musical program, which was on the air for four years from 1968 to 1972..

In 1985 she became the producer and presenter of the unitary program Mujer, casos de la vida real. Initially, the program was created to respond to cases and needs of the public focused on locating victims of the 1985 earthquake. Over time, the program evolved to present current affairs and daily life that included everything from domestic violence to legal issues. and public health. This production was a complete success and lasted for more than 20 years. It was broadcast in Mexico, Spain, Italy and several Latin American countries. The show was canceled in 2007.

In 2009, Silvia also participated in a chapter of the series Mujeres asesinas.

Soap Operas

In 1968, Pinal made his soap opera debut with the historical soap opera Los caudillos, inspired by the events of the Mexican War of Independence. The telenovela was produced by Ernesto Alonso. His second foray into the genre was with the telenovela Quién? (1973), produced by Guillermo Diazayas and based on a cartoon by Yolanda Vargas Dulché. His costar was actor Joaquín Cordero.

Pinal decided to produce his own telenovelas, his first success being Tomorrow is Spring (1982), the last acting work of his daughter Viridiana, before she died. In 1985 she also produced and starred in Eclipse, alongside Joaquín Cordero, Martha Roth and Ofelia Guilmáin. She played herself in some chapters of the melodramas Lazos de amor (1995) and The privilege of loving (1998).

In 2000, Pinal was called upon to replace Libertad Lamarque, after her death, in the children's soap opera Carita de ángel. In 2008, she appeared with a small role in the telenovela Fuego en la sangre . In 2010, Pinal participated with a starring role in the telenovela Soy tu dueña, along with the actress and singer Lucero. In 2017 she made the telenovela My husband has a family , and she also appeared in the sequel to it released in 2018, My husband has more family .

In addition to the aforementioned telenovelas in which she starred, Silvia also produced the melodramas Cuando los hijos se van (1983) and Tiempo de amar (1987).

Silvia also tried to adapt for television the novels Mujeres de ojos grandes, by Ángeles Mastretta and Las niñas bien, by Guadalupe Loaeza. Unfortunately, these projects could not crystallize. She also had to give up on producing the telenovela La bastarda .

Politics

Pinal entered the world of politics as a result of her fourth marriage, with the politician Tulio Hernández Gómez, who was governor of the State of Tlaxcala. Between 1981 and 1987, Pinal was first lady of said state and developed as president of the state DIF. In this position, Pinal influenced cultural projects, such as the restoration of the Xicohténcatl Theater and the archaeological zone of Cacaxtla. She became a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party and was elected to federal deputy in 1991. Later, she became a senator and representative of the Assembly of Representatives of the Federal District of Mexico. In these positions, she Pinal had some achievements. Among the most notable are getting the Cinematographic Law to contemplate the right of an interpreter, he worked on the Condominium Law and the Tourism Law, did tasks in favor of ecology, promoted the dissemination of theater books and fought so that the Ministry of Finance will lower taxes on the theater.

Since the 1950s, Pinal actively participated in union movements of actors in his country. He was part of the "Rosa Mexicano" payroll, founded by Dolores del Río. Between 1988 and 1995, Pinal became a leader of the National Association of Interpreters (A.N.D.I.) of Mexico. Between 2010 and 2014, Pinal also served as general secretary of the National Association of Actors (A.N.D.A.) of Mexico.

Silvia Pinal is also the founder of the Rafael Banquells A.C. Association, in charge of providing non-profit help to actors in need. As president of the association, Pinal is in charge of delivering the Bravo Awards throughout most outstanding in music, cinema, theater, radio, television, dubbing and commercial production during the year. The awards have been given annually since 1991.

Pinal had problems with the law in the year 2000 due to problems in her management as leader of the Association of Theater Producers (Protea) in the early 1990s. For this reason, the actress lived for some time in Miami, United States United States. After eleven months, the actress was declared innocent and returned to her country.

Personal life

Pinal, c.1955.

Her first marriage was to actor and director Rafael Banquells, who was her first formal boyfriend. They both got married in 1947, and her best man was Cantinflas. Years later she acknowledged that her marriage at such a young age was in part to escape her father's repression. The union produced a girl, Sylvia Pasquel, before they divorced in 1952.

Her second marriage was to businessman and film producer Gustavo Alatriste. Pinal has revealed on numerous occasions that Alatriste was the love of her life. Silvia met Alatriste at a meeting at Ernesto Alonso's house when he was about to divorce actress Ariadne Welter. It was thanks to Alatriste that Pinal was able to carry out his film projects with Luis Buñuel. The marriage ended in 1967 due to Alatriste's infidelities and business problems between the couple.Fruit of her relationship with Alatriste they had a daughter, the also actress Viridiana Alatriste (born in 1963). The latter mentioned she died at the age of 19 in a car accident that occurred on October 25, 1982.

Her third marriage was to rock and roll singer and actor Enrique Guzmán. Pinal and Guzmán met when he was a guest on a television show hosted by Pinal. Pinal and Guzmán were married in 1967 despite some resistance from Pinal as she was 11 years older than her husband. Her marriage lasted nine years. They worked together and had two children: the singer Alejandra Guzmán (born 1968), and the musician and composer Luis Enrique Guzmán (born 1970). Pinal and Guzmán divorced in 1976, amid accusations of domestic violence.

Her last marriage was to the politician and then governor of the state of Tlaxcala, Tulio Hernández Gómez. The couple married in 1982. It was through Hernández that Pinal entered the world of politics. Pinal and Hernández divorced in 1995.

In addition to his marriages, at different times in his life, Pinal had various romances. In 1954, while filming A stranger on the stairs, Pinal fell in love with her co-star, actor Arturo de Córdova. Other of her famous romances were with the Mexican businessman Emilio Azcárraga Milmo, the Egyptian actor Omar Sharif, Italian actor Renato Salvatori and American businessman Conrad "Nicky" Hilton.

Tributes, legacy and tributes

Pinal Statue located in Mexico City.

In 1954, Corona beer released an advertisement that featured a song featuring Silvia alongside Italian divas Gina Lollobrigida, Silvana Mangano, and Silvana Pampanini.

In 1955, Pinal was immortalized in a portrait by the painter Diego Rivera, which occupies a place in his residence located in Mexico City. According to various valuations, the painting could cost about 3 million dollars.

In addition to Rivera, Silvia has also been painted by other artists such as Oswaldo Guayasamín, Mario Chávez Marión, Sylvia Pardo and General Ignacio Beteta Quintana, who portrayed her nude.

In 1978, Silvia posed nude in a photo shoot for Interviú magazine.

Silvia is represented as one of the Seven Muses of Art in a stained glass window at the Xicohténcatl Theater in Tlaxcala.

When her daughter Alejandra Guzmán launched as a singer, in 1989, she dedicated a controversial song to her mother, entitled Bye mamá, and included on her debut album.

In 2002, Pinal was recognized when a statue in her honor was unveiled near Parque de los Venados in Mexico City. The work was made by the renowned sculptor Ricardo Ponzanelli.

In 2006, Pinal was decorated in Spain with the Order of Isabel la Católica, in the degree of Commendation, for her cultural contribution to the world of cinema.

In 2013, Silvia Pinal was honored by the Mexico City Wax Museum, by unveiling a figure in her honor.

In 2015, Silvia Pinal published her autobiographical book entitled This is me.

In 2016, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Hollywood selected Pinal as one of its members in recognition of her long career and contribution to the international film industry.

In 2018, the Hidalgo Theater in Mexico City unveiled a seat with the name of Silvia Pinal.

In 2019, Pinal was played by actress Carmen Madrid in the biographical television series, La Guzmán, which portrayed the life of her daughter Alejandra Guzmán. biographical series, but which recounted the life of Pinal; it was titled, Silvia Pinal, in front of you. In it she was personified by the actress Itatí Cantoral.

On August 29, 2022, she received a tribute at the Palacio de Bellas Artes, where she was a student at the National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature (INBAL). This celebration was held in commemoration of her career as an actress.On October 18 of the same year, she was honored at the Teatro del Bosque Julio Castillo during the fifth edition of the Metropolitan Theater Awards, where she was awarded the prize for career path.

Filmography

Silvia Pinal en The exterminating angel (1962).

From left to right: Jacqueline Andere, Pinal and Enrique García Álvarez.

From left to right: Enrique Rambal, Enrique García Álvarez, Augusto Benedico, Pinal and Patricia Morán.

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TV Shows

• Women, cases of real life (1986-2007)

Movies

• The woman I lost (1949)
• School for weddings (1949)
• The king of the neighborhood (1950)
• The doorman
• A corner near the sky (1952)
• I am very Macho (1953)
• The suspect (1955)
• A stranger on the ladder (1955)
• The innocent (1956)
• Long live love! (1958)
• Maribel and the strange family (1960)
• Viridiana (1961)
• The exterminating angel (1962)
• Simon of the desert (1965)
• Isabel (1968)
• Twenty-four hours of pleasure (1969)

Awards and nominations

Ariel Awards

Silver Goddesses

TVyNovelas Awards

TVyNovelas Special Awards (Mexico)

• Special Award for "Vida de Telenovela" (2012)
• Special Prize for Silvia Pinal Women, cases of real life (2007)

TVyNovelas Special Awards (Mexico)

• Best series transmitted for 5 consecutive years of Women, cases of real life (1991): Silvia Pinal.

For 10 years on the air (1996): Woman, real life cases

• Best social content TV Series (2005) - Women, cases of real life
• Series with longer transmission Women, cases of real life (2007): Silvia Pinal.

GLAAD Awards

ACPT Awards

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