Silvia Pinal

An actress who sang

Silvia Pinal Hidalgo was born on September 12, 1931 according to English Wikipedia and MusicBrainz, in Guaymas, Sonora, though Spanish Wikipedia gives September 16 and Mexico City, and she died on November 28, 2024 in Mexico City, aged 93. She trained in bel canto and acting, and she is an actress rather than a recording artist: we found no discography, album or label data for her. She began in theater and radio comedy in the late 1940s and reached film around 1949. Her 1950s films include Un extraño en la escalera (1954) and La dulce enemiga (1957), and she won Ariel awards.

In 1952 she appeared on the television musical program Teatro Bon Soir, where she introduced playback to Mexican television, and in 1958 she produced a Mexican musical stage production. Her best-known international work was with Luis Buñuel: Viridiana (1961, Palme d'Or), El ángel exterminador (1962) and Simón del desierto (1964). She later led stage musicals including Mame, Annie Get Your Gun and Hello, Dolly, hosted the television show Mujer, casos de la vida real from 1986 to 2007, and served in Mexican politics.