It was Mexican Meryl Streep: Death of 93-year-old Silvia Pinal, star of 3 Oscars.

The great Mexican star Silvia Pinal died on November 28 at the age of 93. Ministry of Culture From the Government of Mexico (Matt term): “The Ministry (…) condemns the death of actress Silvia Pinal. In a career spanning more than six decades, he has appeared in more than 60 films and plays. His legacy remains a fundamental pillar of film, theater and television in Mexico. May he rest in peace.

Unsuccessful debut in opera

An undisputed star in her native Mexico, Silvia Pinal Hidalgo was born in Mexico City to a radio conductor father who did not recognize her and a waitress mother who married her to her new husband, journalist and politician Luis G., who she considers her real father and from whom she borrowed her stage name.

Interested in art very early, she studied in Mexico and auditioned for opera roles. La Traviata. It was a failure and then he took acting lessons and made his debut in the theater. Fifteen days after being hired, she appeared briefly in Julian Soler’s El pecado de Laura in 1949. He did three other films in the same year, but his name was very low in the credits.

First prize on the 22nd!

In 1953, she won an Ariel (Mexican Oscar) for Best Supporting Actress for Un rincón cerca del cielo, in which her positive and helpful character (who is helped in return at a critical moment) touches the community. The rest of the decade was successful for her as she won 3 nominations for Best Actress for Ariel, including two wins for Locura pasional (1956) and La dulce enemya (1957).

In 1958, she headlined Emilio Fernández’s romantic western The Rebel, and three years later was cast by Luis Buñuel as a newcomer in Viridiana, which won the Palme d’Or at Cannes. The following year, the Spanish cinematographer again called upon his work behind closed doors for The Destroying Angel and the medium-length film Simon of the Desert (1965).

We next find him in a supporting role in Henri Verneuil’s blockbuster The Battle of San Sebastian (1968) and in the shark film The Man-Eating Shark with Samuel Fuller and Rafael Portillo (1969). Moreover, he is very comfortable in comedy, it is in this genre that he will shoot mainly in Mexico, and this until his death.

Telenovelas and main series

Several telenovelas will allow him to continue his career, such as Carita de ángel (2000, 53 episodes), Soy tu dueña (2010, 143 episodes) or even Mi marido tiene familia (251 from 2017 to 2019!) and make him famous. A new audience.

First of all, in 1985 she became the host of Mujer, casos de la vida real, an anthology series based on real events in everyday life in Mexico. A program that even came with social assistance to help people in need who wrote a series to tell their story. The series will last until 2006 with 671 episodes.