Silvia Pinal (born Silvia Pinal Hidalgo on September 12, 1931 in Guaymas, Sonora) is a Mexican actress, who had roles in several of Luis Buñuel's movies such as El ángel exterminador and Viridiana.
In 1949, Pinal started her career in film at the age of 18 in the movies La Bamba (with Carmen Montejo) and El pecado de Laura (with Meche Barba and Rafael Banquells). She gains popularity as "young lady" of the Golden age of Mexican cinema in the 1950s. She starred in some success movies like El rey del barrio with "Tin Tan" (1950), El portero, with "Cantinflas" (1951), Mis Tres Viudas Alegres (1953), with Amalia Aguilar and El inocente (1953), with Pedro Infante, winning her first Silver Ariel award. She earned two more Ariels for Locura Pasional (in 1955) and Enemiga (in 1956). She gaining recognition with some movies of the Argentinean director Tulio Demicheli, as Un extraño en la escalera (1954) or Desnudate Lucrecia (1959). After marrying Gustavo Alatriste, a businessman who invited Spanish-born film director Luis Buñuel to direct Viridiana, a controversial film depicting a nun (played by Pinal) and her affair with the character played by Spanish actor Francisco Rabal. This film is
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