Silvia Pinal

Silvia Pinal was a Mexican actress who started out in theater before taking leading parts in her first films in the late 1940s. She was part of the Golden Era's second wave of Mexican film stars, a set known for its range that also included Pedro Infante, Marga López and Silvia Derbez. Her most memorable work came under director Luis Buñuel, in Viridiana (1961), Simon of the Desert (1965) and The Exterminating Angel (1962). She remained active in Mexican show business. She continued to act on stage, sang and starred in television shows, and later produced the series Mujer, casos de la vida real (1985). Silvia Pinal died in 2024.