Silvia Pinal
Date of birth: 1931-09-12
Place of birth: Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Silvia Pinal Hidalgo, Sylvia Pinal
Biography
Silvia Pinal (September 12, 1931 - November 28, 2024) was a Mexican actress, who had roles in several of Luis Buñuel's movies such as El ángel exterminador and Viridiana. Pinal is also considered as one of the legends of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.
Movie Credits
¡Pedro Infante... Vive!
2007-04-15
Viridiana
1962-04-01
Viridiana is preparing to start her life as a nun when she is sent, somewhat unwillingly, to visit h
Shark
1969-10-08
A gunrunner loses his cargo near a small coastal Sudanese town so he's stuck there. When a woman hir
The Exterminating Angel
1962-05-16
After a lavish dinner party, the guests find themselves unable to depart... and, over the next few d
Simon of the Desert
1965-08-27
Simon, a deeply religious man living in the 4th century, wants to be nearer to God so he climbs a co
Pubis angelical
1982-08-12
It's about three women, three stories, or perhaps a single story in different projections of time an
Guns for San Sebastian
1967-04-26
Leon Alastray is an outlaw who has been given sanctuary by Father John, whom he then escorts to the
Adriana del Rio, actriz
1979-10-04
A Place Close to Heaven
1952-08-22
On reaching the capital, Pedro Gonzalez gets a lowly job and marries Margaret. After losing that job
The King of the Neighborhood
1950-02-04
A poor man becomes a modern Robin Hood, robbing the rich to give to the poor.
The Innocent
1956-09-20
After a quarrel with her boyfriend on New Year's Eve, Mane drives her car from Mexico City to Cuerna
Bamba
1949-06-02
María Isabel
1967-04-25
A woman jumping from the poverty of the countryside to the splendor of wealth in the city without lo
Si volvieras a mi
1954-10-01
Divine Words
1978-06-06
Mari Gaila (Silvia Pinal), is an adulteress who lives between ragged, thieves, prostitutes, dwarfs a
Por ellas aunque mal paguen
1952-08-16
Don Anastacio, an aristocrat passing through a rough patch,He will make marry his daughter Isabel wi
The Mayor
2012-08-18
The film tells the story of Mauricio Fernandez, mayor of the wealthiest municipality in Latin Americ
Pecado Mortal
1955-03-10
Juan Manuel intends his wife Clara, who is blind, sign the will in his favor, but she refuses. With
Maribel and the Strange Family
1960-04-06
The life of Maribel, a disilluisoned prostitute working the Madrid of 1960, suddenly changes when a
Una cita de amor
1958-06-05
The story of the doomed love between Soledad and Román. She is the daughter of a rich man that wants
Bang bang al hoyo
1971-09-30
Parody western about a poofy gunslinger and his brothers.
Hijas casaderas
1954-01-01
Mexican feature film
Orange Blossoms for your Wedding
1950-07-19
During the time of the Mexican Revolution, the eldest daughter of a conservative family must respect
The Scandalous Charm of Broken Egos
Short film inspired by the cinema of Luis Buñuel.
Tin Tan
2010-11-12
Germán Cipriano Gómez Valdés Castillo, a young radio announcer from Cuidad Juárez, succeeds in drawi
¡Buenas noches, año nuevo!
1964-12-17
Backstage comedy; singer-dancer and her songwriter husband pretend to have an open relationship, bec
Una gallega baila mambo
1951-05-18
Ladylike widow hires a roughneck neighbor to help her marry off her daughter and collect an inherita
El amor de María Isabel
1968-04-30
Follow up to Maria Isabel. Newly wed to a rich man, Maria Isabel must still struggle with being bran
The Last Call
2013-03-03
Turmoil becomes the order of the day when a Mexican theatrical company begins its rehearsals of absu
¡Adiós, Mimí Pompón!
1961-02-21
The famous couplet singer Mimi Pompon leaves everything to marry Heriberto Promenade, a wealthy merc
The Song of the Cicada
1980-09-12
Cape Horn
1956-02-20
The whaling captain, Antonio Grez, meets in a bar in the port of Valparaiso a very beautiful woman w
El Portero
1950-05-03
Cantinflas works as a porter, who writes letters and speeches in his old writing machine to earn an
Laura's Sin
1949-05-26
Young woman breaks her engagement to be married when an opportunity for stardom comes her way.
Love in Four Parts
1955-08-19
Anthology film, four episodes.
The Crows are Grieving
1965-01-01
The family of a dying man celebrates his wake while the man is still alive, showing their darker, se
Me traes de un ala
1953-02-05
To conquer the beautiful vedette Rosita, journalist Tin Tan is subject to her whims. Fired along wit
La estatua de carne
1951-11-20
Sculptor becomes infatuated with model. Everyone suffers.
Doña Mariquita de mi corazón
1953-06-04
Adolfo, the son of Dona Mariquita, is committed to Marisa to please his mother, but his real love is
When Children Sin
1952-11-20
Bad girl makes lives miserable.
Ya no los hacen como antes
2003-05-22
Recently widowed, Benito faces the jealousy of his daughters when, reunited by an old ford car, he f
El casto Susano
1954-05-20
Father and son are sober, responsible pillars of the community in their home-town... but they make f
Historia de un abrigo de mink
1955-04-28
Four anecdotes involving a mink coat in display in a shop window.
La adúltera
1956-11-22
Jilted lover takes revenge on her ex's new wife.
¡Viva el amor!
1958-02-22
Man wants to dump wife for a new girlfriend; all three end up weekending in Acapulco together along
Agent Macaw: Shaken & Stirred
2009-02-13
Tambo Macaw, an overweight macaw who works as a janitor at the Central Intelligentus Animalus (CIA),
La sospechosa
1955-06-03
After a trip to Europe, Regina de Alba comes home and finds out her mother is nowhere to be found. W
My Three Merry Widows
1953-09-16
Dead man's will reveals he had three wives.
Estrategia matrimonio
1967-03-23
Pragmatic young woman plots out her flirtations with five rich, eligible bachelors to play to the we
Mi desconocida esposa
1958-01-22
After moving from Guadalajara to Mexico City, a young woman gets embroiled in a series of puzzling m
Dangerous Game
1967-07-20
Two dark-comedy stories involving blackmail, murder and love triangles in Rio de Janeiro
24 horas de placer
1969-08-07
Man develops a reputation as a great bedroom athlete after publishing a 'spicy' novel.
La soldadera
1967-08-10
While waiting for a train which will take them on their honeymoon, two newlyweds, Juan and Lázara, a
Charlestón
1959-06-01
Silvia Pinal stars as Beatriz, a woman whose troubles are brought on by the fact that she has two wi
La hermana Trinquete
1970-09-03
Career-thief hides from the police by joining a convent.
Caín, Abel... y el Otro
1971-09-16
Three early twenties guys in Acapulco competing for women... they end up marooned on a desert island
¡Cómo hay gente sinvergüenza!
1972-01-13
Two criminal rivals and two crooked insurance adjusters jockey for ownership of a batch of stolen je
La mujer de oro
1970-11-19
Heist movie: bank teller develops an elaborate game plan to lift money from the vault where she work
Una golfa
1958-09-25
Trumpet-player in a club band falls for a streety young woman; she dumps him to become a kept woman.
La vida tiene tres días
1955-09-01
Big-city songwriter and small-town music student conduct a romance by mail, then finally meet.
El amor no es ciego
1950-07-26
A boxer wins a championship but he is injured and forced to retire. After that he falls in love with
Speaking of Buñuel
2000-06-09
Surrealist master Luis Buñuel is a towering figure in the world of cinema history, directing such gr
La dulce enemiga
1957-05-02
The story of a femme fatale whose adventures are narrated in flashbacks by the ghosts of her former
Préstame tu cuerpo
1958-04-01
Heaven Can Wait scenario; a young woman dies forty years ahead of schedule because her guardian ange
Las cariñosas
1953-11-18
When three beautiful young nurses from Jalisco, afflicted with a rare disease called "sexappealitis"
A Stranger on the Stairs
1955-06-09
Based on Ladislas Fodor's "Stranger on the Stairs". A loved triangle composed by a cynical entrepren
Reventa de esclavas
1954-03-30
Mad-science/comedy scenario about reviving the corpse of an Egyptian mummy morphs into a love story
Tras Nazarin: Following Nazarin
2015-03-09
"Nazarín is a Quixote of the priesthood " "Among the films I have made in Mexico, Nazarin is one tha
El vendedor de muñecas
1955-03-03
A man sells his wife, and takes care of street women turning them into ladies to sell to rich men.
The Last Script: Remembering Luis Buñuel
2008-01-01
A loosely chronological visual “scrapbook” marking the 25th anniversary of the death of Luis Buñuel
Los Cacos
1972-12-28
A group of Soccer-loving friends devise a plan to make easy money.
Dos y dos, cinco
1981-11-23
Si, Mi vida
1953-05-14
Dr. Castellanos is saved from bankruptcy.
Teatro del crimen
1957-02-13
In a music hall has committed a murder, the police will also find the murderer.
Addicto de Salsa
2009-06-29
Crucial outline following the life of a heroin addicted salsa singer.
Locura pasional
1956-03-14
Wife-killer narrates flashbacks about how his obsessive jealousy led him to tragedy.
El hombre que me gusta
1958-11-13
A man facing bankruptcy and ruin rehearses a couple of scenarios relating to suicide, until his fami
El niño de su mamá
1980-01-01
Desnúdate, Lucrecia
1958-05-05
Commercial artist and her fiancé go to Acapulco for a weekend, and she discovers that their engageme
Luis Buñuel: constructor de infiernos
1986-07-04
Awakening of the Wolf
1970-02-05
Young woman looking for a rich husband, sets her sights on a very pious and old-fashioned neighbor.
El cuerpazo del delito
1970-07-09
Anthology film: three "sophisticated" rom-com scenarios.
The Dried Butterflies
1978-02-09
A disturbed middle aged writer becomes obsessed with a little boy who reminds her of a former lover.
Los novios
1971-04-29
Near the end of a very long engagement, two lovers break away from each other to cut loose and have
México de mis amores
1979-10-12
Anthology of clips from classic-era Mexican films, with reality-footage of elderly actors discussing
Mujer de medianoche
1952-05-28
Young woman elopes with her fiancé; during their honeymoon, things happen that cause them to be sepa
Recién casados... no molestar
1951-08-09
Newly-married woman discovers that her husband's a virgin and not the notorious Don Juan that she'd
Secreto de confesión
1971-11-18
Young woman falls in love with a cub reporter who's investigating the illegal activities of her fath
Buñuel
1989-01-01
Analysis of the work of Luis Buñuel in fifty mini chapters. A co-production of Arsenal Films, Barcel
La Mujer Que Yo Perdí
1949-07-12
A political revolutionary fights against injustice, his adoring wife by his side. But only in her de
Men and Noblemen
1959-04-03
Nicola Peccoli has always nurtured his niece Giovanna, an orphan since the age of two and now of age
I Am Very Macho
1953-10-29
To help her pilot brother, Maria disguises as a man to take his place, and must live in the jungle w
Dios no lo quiera
1957-05-30
A beautiful young woman from the neighborhood falls in love with two rude men, one good and the othe
Amor es... veneno, Carlota
1981-12-31
Las locuras de Bárbara
1959-02-02
Vintage Model
1992-09-04
Life unravels when famous radio talk-show host Carmen (Sylvia Pinal) discovers she has just months t
The Mark of the Skunk
1950-06-15
In 1840 California, The Texmelucan viscount bizco, offers a feast for his son Tin, who returned fro
A Mexican Buñuel
1997-01-01
A documentary covering the years Luis Buñuel spent in Mexico making films.
Divertimento
1967-07-20
Mario is a playboy who is married to Lucía, a millionaire who has fallen on hard times, and he also
Escuela para casadas
1949-08-12