Silvia Pinal

Silvia Pinal Hidalgo was born in Guaymas, Sonora, on 12{{nbsp}}September 1931.{{Cite web |date=12 September 2020 |title=FOTOS: Silvia Pinal cumple 89 años este 12 de septiembre. ¡Conoce la trayectoria de una grande del cine mexicano en esta imperdible galería! |url=https://www.tvazteca.com/aztecauno/venga-la-alegria/galerias-vla/galerias/fotos-silvia-pinal-cumple-89-anos-este-12-de-septiembre-conoce-la-trayectoria-de-una-grande-del-cine-mexicano-en-esta-imperdible-galeria |access-date=14 September 2020 |publisher=TV Azteca}}{{Cite web |date=12 September 2020 |title=¡Derrochaba sensualidad! Así de bella era Silvia Pinal en su juventud: FOTOS |url=https://heraldodemexico.com.mx/espectaculos/2020/9/12/derrochaba-sensualidad-asi-de-bella-era-silvia-pinal-en-su-juventud-fotos-2967.html |access-date=14 September 2020 |website=El Heraldo de México}}{{Cite web |date=12 September 2020 |title=Silvia Pinal celebra este 12 de septiembre su cumpleaños 89 |url=https://m.e-consulta.com/nota/2020-09-12/espectaculos/silvia-pinal-celebra-este-12-de-septiembre-su-cumpleanos-89 |access-date=14 September 2020 |website=e-consulta.com}} Her parents were María Luisa Hidalgo Aguilar and Moisés Pasquel. Pasquel was an orchestra conductor at radio station XEW by whom Hidalgo Aguilar became pregnant when she was 15 years old. Her father did not acknowledge Pinal as his child, and she did not know him until she was 11 years old.{{Cite web |last=García Amaro |first=Teresa |date=28 November 2024 |title=La historia de los dos padres que tuvo Silvia Pinal |url=https://es-us.vida-estilo.yahoo.com/historia-padres-silvia-pinal-182932538.html |access-date=30 November 2024 |website=El Universal |location=Mexico City}} Her biological father sired three more children: Eugenio, Moisés, and Virginia. However, Pinal never spent time with the Pasquel family.{{Cite book |last=Pinal |first=Silvia |title="Esta soy yo" |date=2015 |publisher=Editorial Porrúa |isbn=978-607-09-2109-4 |location=México City |pages=24, 25}} Pinal spent her first years behind the counter of a seafood restaurant near XEW, where her mother worked. When she was five years old, her mother married Luis G. Pinal, a journalist, military man, and politician 20 years her senior. Pinal subsequently adopted Silvia as his daughter and, in later interviews, she described Pinal as her only father. Pinal also had three daughters from a previous marriage: Mercedes, Beatriz and Eugenia.{{Cite web |date=28 November 2024 |title=Muere la actriz Silvia Pinal |url=https://www.radarsonora.com/muere-la-actriz-silvia-pinal/ |access-date=30 November 2024 |website=Radar Sonora |language=es |location=Mexico City}} Luis Pinal held several public positions, including serving as the municipal president of Tequisquiapan, Querétaro.{{Cite web |date=29 December 2023 |title=Quién fue Luis G. Pinal, el padrastro de Silvia Pinal que no apoyó su carrera como actriz |url=https://www.caras.com.mx/entretenimiento/quien-fue-luis-g-pinal-el-padrastro-de-silvia-pinal-que-no-apoyo-su-carrera-como-actriz |access-date=30 November 2024 |website=Caras |language=es}}

Pinal had an interest in show business since she was a child. In addition to film and music, she liked to write and recite poems.Pinal (1996), p. 15 She studied first at Pestalozzi College in Cuernavaca and then at the Washington Institute in Mexico City. Despite her artistic aspirations, her father cautioned her to look for "something useful", so she learned to type. At age 14, she began working as a secretary at Kodak.{{Cite book |last=García Riera |first=Emilio |title=El Cine de Silvia Pinal |date=1996 |publisher=Universidad de Guadalajara / Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía |isbn=978-968-895-714-1 |page=20}}

Pinal went to study opera and began preparing by taking classes, first with a private teacher and then with Professor Reyes Retana. Her first step toward fame occurred when she was invited to participate in a beauty pageant. In this contest, Pinal obtained the title of Student Princess of Mexico. At her coronation, she met the actors Rubén Rojo and Manolo Fábregas, with whom she became close friends.Pinal (1996), p. 28 While studying bel canto, Pinal went to work as a secretary in the pharmaceutical laboratories of Carlos Stein. At the music academy, Pinal auditioned for a role in the opera La Traviata. However, the audition was a failure. A teacher encouraged her to take acting courses at the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes (INBA), where she was a classmate of figures such as Carlos Pellicer, Salvador Novo and Xavier Villaurrutia.Pinal (1996), p. 31 She debuted as an extra in a performance of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.{{Cite book |last=García Riera |first=Emilio |title=El Cine de Silvia Pinal |date=1996 |publisher=Universidad de Guadalajara / Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía |isbn=978-968-895-714-1 |page=21}}

Pinal continued working in the advertising department of a pharmaceutical products firm. Aware that she was studying acting, her boss allowed her to participate in recording radio comedies for the station XEQ. She debuted in the comedy Dos pesos la dejada.

At the radio station, Pinal met publicists who invited her to join an experimental company. With that company, she debuted in the play Los caprichos de Goya. The director of this work was the Cuban-Mexican actor and director Rafael Banquells, with whom Pinal began an employment relationship and a close friendship that led to romance. Banquells got Carlos Laverne to allow them to use Mexico City's Ideal Theater for their productions. Laverne chose Pinal to participate in a montage with the company of the Ideal Theater, directed by the Spanish actress Isabelita Blanch. The work was called Nuestra Natacha. Pinal acted in numerous productions for this company. Her first starring role was in Un sueño de cristal.García Riera (1996), p. 22

Just fifteen days after she debuted in the theater, Pinal made her debut in the cinema with a brief role in Bamba (1949), starring Carmen Montejo and directed by Miguel Contreras Torres.{{Cite web |date=24 April 2020 |title=Los años de juventud de Silvia Pinal en fotos |url=https://www.nmas.com.mx/tendencias/los-anos-de-juventud-de-silvia-pinal-en-fotos/ |access-date=30 November 2024 |website=Noticieros Televisa |language=es}} Contreras Torres had seen her work at the Ideal Theatre and invited her to participate in the project. Contreras Torres was a demanding, strict director who made Pinal suffer for her inexperience.{{Cite web |date=28 November 2024 |title=¿Cuál fue la primera película de Silvia Pinal? |url=https://www.milenio.com/espectaculos/famosos/bamba-la-primera-pelicula-de-silvia-pinal |access-date=30 November 2024 |website=Milenio |language=es |location=Mexico City}} That same year, she performed in the film {{ill|El pecado de Laura|es}}, directed by Julián Soler and starring Meche Barba.{{Cite web |title=El pecado de Laura |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/peliculas-series/peliculas/el-pecado-de-laura-331416 |access-date=30 November 2024 |website=La Vanguardia |language=es}} In that film, she worked for the first time in cinema with Rafael Banquells, who had become her husband.{{Cite web |date=28 November 2024 |title=Murió Silvia Pinal: 5 momentos clave de su trayectoria política y artística |url=https://www.caras.com.mx/entretenimiento/murio-silvia-pinal-5-momentos-clave-de-su-trayectoria-politica-y-artistica |access-date=30 November 2024 |website=Caras |language=es}} Immediately, she played another small role in the movie Escuela para casadas, by Miguel Zacarías.{{Cite web |last=Delgado |first=Omar |date=6 March 2024 |title=Los grandes directores que dirigieron a Silvia Pinal |url=https://www.24-horas.mx/2024/03/06/los-grandes-directores-que-dirigieron-a-silvia-pinal/ |access-date=30 November 2024 |website=24-Horas.mx |language=es}} Pinal met and worked for the first time with the actor and singer Pedro Infante in the film La mujer que yo perdí.{{Cite web |last=González |first=Alexandra |date=28 November 2024 |title=Estas son las películas en las que Silvia Pinal y Pedro Infante actuaron juntos |url=https://www.milenio.com/espectaculos/cine/en-que-peliculas-actuan-silvia-pinal-pedro-infante-juntos |access-date=30 November 2024 |website=Milenio |language=es}} The actor and comedian Cantinflas (a close personal friend) chose Pinal as his co-star in El portero (1950).{{Cite web |last=Rodarte |first=Jorgel |date=13 June 2023 |title=Silia Pinal y 'Cantinflas': Así fue la relación que estas estrellas de México tuvieron 76 años atrás |url=https://www.debate.com.mx/show/Silvia-Pinal-y-Cantinflas-Asi-fue-la-relacion-que-estas-estrellas-de-Mexico-tuvieron-76-anos-atras-20230612-0314.html |access-date=30 November 2024 |website=El Debate}} Her breakthrough participation was in the comedy El rey del barrio (1949), co-starring with Germán Valdés "Tin Tan", directed by Gilberto Martínez Solares.{{Cite web |last=Rivero |first=Fernando |date=29 November 2024 |title=¿Qué ver?: 'Tin Tan' y Silvia Pinal en 'El rey del barrio', par de majestades en pantalla |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/que-ver-tin-tan-y-silvia-pinal-en-el-rey-del-barrio-par-de-majestades-en-pantalla/ |access-date=30 November 2024 |website=El Universal |language=es}} Pinal and Tin Tan acted together in two more films: La marca del zorrillo (1950) and Me traes de un ala (1952).{{Cite web |last=Rojas |first=Edith |date=28 November 2024 |title=Muere Silvia Pinal, gran diva del cine mexicano |url=https://www.unotv.com/entretenimiento/silvia-pinal-muere-fallece-diva-cine-mexicano/ |access-date=30 November 2024 |website=UnoTV}}

Pinal won her first Silver Ariel as a supporting actress for her performance in the film Un rincón cerca del cielo (1952), where she worked again with Infante.{{Cite web |last=Patiño |first=Joaquín |date=28 November 2024 |title=Silvia Pinal, la actriz de los 100 personajes y una carrera inmortal |url=https://elpais.com/mexico/2024-11-29/silvia-pinal-la-actriz-de-los-100-personajes-y-una-carrera-inmortal.html |access-date=30 November 2024 |website=El País |language=es}} In 1952, she performed with Joaquín Pardavé in the comedies Doña Mariquita de mi corazón and El casto Susano.{{Cite web |date=28 November 2024 |title=Relevancia de la filmografía de Silvia Pinal, diva de la Época de Oro del cine mexicano |url=https://www.chilango.com/cine-y-tv/peliculas/filmografia-silvia-pinal/ |access-date=30 November 2024 |website=Chilango |language=es}} In 1953, Pinal got her first starring roles in the films Reventa de esclavas (1953) and Yo soy muy macho (1953).{{Cite web |last=Calderón |first=Lucero |date=29 November 2024 |title=Silvia Pinal nos deja un legado invaluable |url=https://www.excelsior.com.mx/funcion/silvia-pinal-nos-deja-un-legado-invaluable/1687030 |access-date=30 November 2024 |website=Excélsior |language=es}}{{Cite web |last=López Gambito |first=Arturo |date=29 November 2024 |title='Viridiana' y las películas que Silvia Pinal protagonizó en el Cine de Oro Mexicano: Así fue la filmografía de la primera actriz |url=https://www.tomatazos.com/noticias/959456/Viridiana-y-las-peliculas-que-Silvia-Pinal-protagonizo-en-el-Cine-de-Oro-Mexicano-Asi-fue-la-filmografia-de-la-primera-actriz |access-date=30 November 2024 |website=Tomatazos |language=es}} In that same year, she performed in the musical film Mis tres viudas alegres, where she shared credits with Lilia del Valle and the Cuban rumba dancer Amalia Aguilar.{{Cite web |date=16 November 2021 |title=La Filmoteca de la UNAM rinde Homenaje a la actriz, cantante y bailarina Amalia Aguilar |url=https://www.filmoteca.unam.mx/la-filmoteca-de-la-unam-rinde-homenaje-a-la-actriz-cantante-y-bailarina-amalia-aguilar/ |access-date=30 November 2024 |website=Filmoteca UNAM |language=es}} They also starred in the comedy Las cariñosas.{{Cite web |last=Aviña |first=Rafael |date=4 July 2024 |title=Amalia Aguilar: 100 años |url=https://moreliafilmfest.com/amalia-aguilar-100-anos |access-date=30 November 2024 |website=Morelia Film Festival |language=es}} That same year, she acted with Libertad Lamarque in Si volvieras a mí.

Pinal gained success and recognition in 1954 after appearing in the film Un extraño en la escalera, directed by Tulio Demicheli, where she starred alongside Arturo de Córdova. Initially, de Córdova preferred either the Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida or the Cuban rumba dancer Rosa Carmina as his co-stars, due to his reservations about Pinal's youth. With the support of the producer Gregorio Walerstein, Pinal transformed her image, emphasizing her sex appeal, which ultimately led to de Córdova's approval for the role. The movie became a major success, solidifying Pinal's status as a leading film actress.García Riera (1996), p. 65–66

Another director who effectively utilized Pinal's acting skills was Alberto Gout. Under his direction, Pinal starred in La sospechosa (1954). Pinal participated in {{ill|Historia de un abrigo de mink|es}} (1954), a film in which Pinal co-starred with actresses María Elena Marqués, Columba Domínguez and Irasema Dilián. With Tito Davison as director, Pinal also filmed the Mexican-Spanish-Chilean co-production Cabo de Hornos (1955), along with the actor Jorge Mistral.{{Cite web |date=2 November 2022 |title=Silvia Pinal: el trauma que superó gracias a ganancias de su carrera |url=https://eldiariodecoahuila.com.mx/2022/11/02/silvia-pinal-el-trauma-que-supero-gracias-a-ganancias-de-su-carrera/ |access-date=30 November 2024 |language=es}} Pinal worked again with Pedro Infante as his co-star in the celebrated comedy El inocente (1955). Pinal starred in several films by Demicheli, including {{ill|Locura pasional|es}} (1955), which would bring her first Silver Ariel Award as best actress. Her second was thanks to her role in the film La dulce enemiga (1957), directed by Davison.{{Cite web |last=Huerta Ortiz |first=César |last2=Avendaño |first2=Reyna |date=28 November 2024 |title=Silvia Pinal: el andar artístico de la actriz a través del tiempo |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/silvia-pinal-el-andar-artistico-de-la-actriz-a-traves-del-tiempo/ |access-date=30 November 2024 |website=El Universal |language=Es}} In 1956, Pinal starred in Una cita de amor (1956), where she worked under the direction of Emilio Fernández.{{Cite web |title=Una cita de amor |url=https://cinema22.canal22.org.mx/sinopsis.php?id=640&barra=Cineteca |access-date=30 November 2024 |website=Canal 22 |language=es}}

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Pinal's popularity and success in Mexico paved the way for her to work in Europe, following the advice of Demicheli. Her first project was the Spanish-Mexican co-production Las locuras de Bárbara (1958), directed by Demicheli. Under his direction, she also starred in the Spanish musical film Charlestón.{{Cite web |last=Demicheli |first=Tulio H. |date=14 April 2016 |title=Silvia y Tulio, hermanos de cine |url=https://letraslibres.com/revista-mexico/silvia-y-tulio-hermanos-de-cine/ |access-date=30 November 2024 |website=Letras Libres |language=Es}} Given the success of her films in Europe, Pinal was invited to work in Italy, co-starring with Vittorio de Sica and Elke Sommer in the film Uomini e Nobiluomini (1959).{{Cite web |last=Colón |first=Carlos |date=29 November 2024 |title=Silvia Pinal, la estrella mexicana que Buñuel hizo universal |url=https://www.diariodesevilla.es/ocio/silvia-pinal-estrella-mexicana-bunuel_0_2002894884.html |access-date=30 November 2024 |website=Diario de Sevilla |language=es}} Under the direction of José María Forqué, Pinal starred in the Spanish film Maribel y la extraña familia (1960). In 1961, she filmed the Spanish musical film {{ill|Adiós, Mimí Pompom|es|Adiós, Mimí Pompom (película)}}, along with Fernando Fernán Gómez.{{Cite web |date=28 November 2024 |title=Silvia Pinal falleció a los 93 años |url=https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/arteseideas/silvia-pinal-fallecio-93-anos-20241128-736183.html |access-date=30 November 2024 |website=El Economista |language=es}}

Pinal had her first contact with Luis Buñuel through Mexican actor Ernesto Alonso, with the firm intention of starring in the film version of Pérez Galdós's novel Tristana in the 1950s.{{Cite web |title=Tristana, la película más provocadora de Luis Buñuel |url=https://flixole.com/tristana-la-pelicula-mas-provocadora-de-luis-bunuel/ |access-date=30 November 2024 |website=Flixole |language=es}} However, the tiny commercial success of Buñuel's films prevented the producers from financing the project. By the end of the 1960s, Buñuel shot the film in Spain with Catherine Deneuve instead.{{Cite web |last=Engel |first=Philipp |date=28 November 2024 |title=Fallece Silvia Pinal, la Viridiana que salvó a 'Viridiana' |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/20241129/10156444/fallece-silvia-pinal-viridiana-salvo-viridiana.html |access-date=30 November 2024 |website=La Vanguardia |language=es}} Years later, Pinal, with the help of her second husband, producer Gustavo Alatriste, looked for Buñuel in Spain and convinced him to film Viridiana (1961), also loosely based on a Pérez Galdós novel.{{Cite web |last=Vega |first=Wendy |date=28 November 2024 |title=Gustavo Alatriste, el amor de Silvia Pinal que estuvo marcado por la tragedia |url=https://www.elsoldemexico.com.mx/gossip/gustavo-alatriste-el-amor-de-silvia-pinal-que-estuvo-marcado-por-la-tragedia-12940708.html |access-date=30 November 2024 |website=El Sol de México |language=es}} It was the winner of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Despite the success and prestige enjoyed by the film, it was rejected by the Spanish censorship board (Spain was under the Franco dictatorship) and the Vatican at the time, who described the film as blasphemous.{{Cite web |last=Santillán |first=Tamara |date=29 November 2024 |title=Cómo Silvia Pinal salvó 'Viridiana' de la censura |url=https://elle.mx/celebridades/2024/11/29/como-silvia-pinal-salvo-viridiana-de-la-censura |access-date=30 November 2024 |website=Elle |language=es}}{{Cite web |date=28 November 2024 |title='Viridiana', película de Silvia Pinal censurada y dirigida por Luis Buñuel: ¿Por qué la prohibieron en el Vaticano y España? |url=https://www.milenio.com/espectaculos/cine/viridiana-pelicula-silvia-pinal-prohibida-espana |access-date=30 November 2024 |website=Milenio |language=es}} The film was saved through Pinal's intervention, when she fled to Mexico with a copy.Pinal (2015), p. 170 The Vatican censorship also resonated in Mexico, but with the help of Salvador Novo, the film had a limited release.

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Pinal achieved international acclaim through a trilogy.{{Cite web |last=Huerta Ortiz |first=César |date=28 November 2024 |title=La aventura cinematográfica de Silvia Pinal con Luis Buñuel |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/la-aventura-cinematografica-de-silvia-pinal-con-luis-bunuel/ |access-date=30 November 2024 |website=El Universal}} Her second film with Buñuel was El ángel exterminador (1962), in which Pinal starred with a choral cast. The film also received critical acclaim worldwide. In 2004, The New York Times recognized it among the best films ever.{{Cite news |last=The Film Critics of The New York Times |year=2004 |title=The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made |url=https://www.nytimes.com/ref/movies/1000best.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522044531/https://www.nytimes.com/ref/movies/1000best.html |archive-date=22 May 2010 |work=The New York Times}} Her third and last project with Buñuel was Simón del desierto (1964). The film, misrepresented as a medium-length feature, was initially conceived as an episodic film. Pinal and Gustavo Alatriste looked for Federico Fellini to direct a second episode, but Fellini accepted only on the condition that his wife, Giulietta Masina, star in it. They then sought out Jules Dassin, who likewise said he would accept the project only on the condition that his wife, Melina Mercouri, star; Pinal also rejected this condition. The idea was that Pinal should star in all the episodes, so Buñuel ended up filming the project himself.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vYI4TPiAok Interview with Silvia Pinal: Simón del desierto] In the film, Pinal also made the first nude appearance in her career, an act still rare in Mexican cinema and the first nude scene in Buñuel's films.García Riera (1996), p. 108

Pinal was also on the verge of starring with Buñuel in the film Diary of a Chambermaid in France. She learned French and was willing to receive no pay for her role. However, French producer Serge Silberman ended up choosing Jeanne Moreau.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xhgvy-6LgJc Taller de Actores Profesionales (TAP): Silvia Pinal] Pinal was also going to shoot with Buñuel in Spain on Divinas palabras, but there were problems obtaining a copyright for the film. Years later, Pinal finally shot the movie in Mexico with Juan Ibáñez, featuring a nude scene.{{Cite web |last=Hernández |first=Yair |date=29 July 2020 |title=Así se conocieron Luis Buñuel y Silvia Pinal; éstas son las películas que hicieron juntos |url=https://www.milenio.com/cultura/luis-bunuel-historia-relacion-silvia-pinal |access-date=30 November 2024 |website=Milenio |location=Mexico City}}{{Cite web |last=Saldaña |first=Jonathan |date=28 November 2024 |title=Silvia Pinal: estrella eterna del cine mexicano |url=https://www.quien.com/cultura/2024/11/28/silvia-pinal-estrella-eterna-del-cine-mexicano |access-date=30 November 2024 |website=Quién |language=es}}

After her work with Buñuel, Pinal returned to the cinema with the comedy Buenas noches, año nuevo (1964), where she co-starred with Ricardo Montalbán.{{Cite web |date=17 December 1964 |title=¡Buenas noches, año nuevo! (1964) |url=https://www.tomatazos.com/peliculas/825598/Buenas-noches-ano-nuevo |access-date=30 November 2024 |website=Tomatazos |language=es}} In 1966 she made the film {{ill|La soldadera|es}}, directed by José Bolaños and inspired by the Mexican Revolution.{{Cite web |date=28 November 2024 |title=La diva del Cine de Oro: ¿en qué películas brilló Silvia Pinal? |url=https://www.aztecaqueretaro.com/viral-y/notas/peliculas-y-series-mas-famosas-silvia-pinal |access-date=30 November 2024 |website=TV Azteca |language=es}} That same year, she participated in the Mexican-Brazilian co-production Juego peligroso, directed by Luis Alcoriza and based on a script by Gabriel García Márquez.{{Cite web |last=Aviña |first=Rafael |date=29 November 2024 |title=La eterna Silvia Pinal |url=https://moreliafilmfest.com/la-eterna-silvia-pinal |access-date=30 November 2024 |website=Morelia Film Festival |language=es}} She also appeared in the Franco-Italian-Mexican co-production Guns for San Sebastian, along with Anthony Quinn and Charles Bronson.{{Cite web |last=Tinoco |first=Armando |date=28 November 2024 |title=Silvia Pinal Dies: Actress From The Golden Age Of Mexican Cinema Was 93 |url=https://deadline.com/2024/11/silvia-pinal-dead-star-golden-age-mexican-hollywood-cinema-1236185636/ |access-date=30 November 2024 |website=Deadline}} In 1967 Pinal appeared in Shark!, with Burt Reynolds and directed by Samuel Fuller, making this the only Hollywood production in which Pinal appeared. Pinal starred in the film {{ill|María Isabel (film)|lt=María Isabel|es|María Isabel (película)}} (1968), based on a popular cartoon by Yolanda Vargas Dulché.{{Cite web |last=Ortiz |first=Ana Belén |date=29 November 2024 |title=Esta es la icónica escena de Silvia Pinal como 'María Isabel' cuando se corta las trenzas |url=https://www.lasestrellas.tv/famosos/esta-es-la-iconica-escena-de-silvia-pinal-como-maria-isabel-cuando-se-corta-las-trenzas |access-date=30 November 2024 |website=Las Estrellas |language=es}} Between the late 1960s and early 1970s, Pinal mostly made comedy films directed by René Cardona Jr.{{Cite web |last=Saldaña |first=Erik Eduardo |date=28 November 2024 |title=Las películas que unieron a Silvia Pinal y Mauricio Garcés en el cine mexicano |url=https://www.milenio.com/virales/peliculas-unieron-silvia-pinal-mauricio-garces-cine |access-date=30 November 2024 |website=Milenio |language=es |location=Tampico}} In 1976, Pinal starred in {{ill|Las mariposas disecadas|es}}, a psychological suspense thriller.{{Cite web |last=Forteza |first=Hanzel |date=29 November 2024 |title=La película más perturbadora protagonizada por Silvia Pinal |url=https://heraldodemexico.com.mx/espectaculos/2024/11/29/la-pelicula-mas-perturbadora-protagonizada-por-silvia-pinal-657606.html |access-date=30 November 2024 |website=El Heraldo de México |language=es}}

Pinal returned in 1992 with the movie Modelo Antiguo, directed by Raúl Araiza.{{Cite web |date=28 November 2024 |title=Las películas y telenovelas que protagonizó Silvia Pinal |url=https://lopezdoriga.com/entretenimiento/las-peliculas-y-telenovelas-que-protagonizo-silvia-pinal/ |access-date=30 November 2024 |website=López-Dóriga Digital |language=es}} The decline of Mexican cinema and Pinal's activities on television and in other fields, such as politics, reduced the time she spent making films. In later years, her film appearances were limited to Ya no los hacen como antes (2002) her first and only dubbing role in El Agente 00-P2 (2009) and a brief special appearance in Tercera llamada (2013), her last feature film.

Pinal made her theatrical debut at the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes. Eventually, she acted in experimental plays, then worked at the Ideal Theater in Mexico City.{{Cite web |date=30 August 2022 |title=Las mejores imágenes del homenaje a Silvia Pinal por Bellas Artes |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/espanol/entretenimiento/sns-es-silvia-pinal-bellas-artes-mexico-instituto-nacional-literatura-cine-teatro-20220830-k2r4xv2cyfblhnxzpw3hr3bjuy-photogallery.html |access-date=6 January 2024 |website=Chicago Tribune |language=es}} Outside of this company, in 1950, she participated in the play Celos del aire with Manolo Fábregas and Carmen Montejo. That same year she represented Doña Inés in Don Juan Tenorio, co-starring with Jorge Mistral. The other plays from her early theatrical career are The Madwoman of Chaillot, co-starring Prudencia Griffel, and El cuadrante de la Soledad, by José Revueltas, with sets by the artist Diego Rivera. In 1954, Pinal participated in the play La Sed with Ernesto Alonso and the Argentinean actor Pedro López Lagar. In 1955 she obtained recognition in the theater scene in the cast of Anna Christie, along with Wolf Ruvinskis. In 1957 Pinal staged the play Desnúdate, Lucrecia, in Chile, with Jorge Mistral, who eventually became a star of Mexican cinema.{{Cite web |date=28 November 2024 |title=Silvia Pinal deja un enorme legado artístico y cultural en México |url=https://inba.gob.mx/prensa/21472/silvia-pinal-deja-un-enorme-legado-artistico-y-cultural-en-mexico |access-date=30 November 2024 |website=Instituto Nacional de las Bellas Artes |language=es}}

In 1958, Pinal was responsible for producing Mexico's first musical comedy, Bells Are Ringing, directed by Luis de Llano Palmer. For this work, Pinal received an offer from Judy Holliday's manager to work on Broadway, but Pinal refused to leave her career in Mexico.Pinal (1996), p. 133 In 1964 she made the Mexican version of the musical Irma La Douce, alongside Julio Alemán and directed by Enrique Rambal. José Luis Ibáñez ended up becoming her head theater director. Under his direction, Pinal starred in the work Vidas privadas. One of her most notable works in musical comedy was the Mexican version of Mame, a successful Broadway musical. Thanks to her success, Pinal starred in three productions (1972, 1985, and 1989). In 1976 she also starred in the Mexican version of the musical Annie Get Your Gun.

In 1977, to commemorate her twenty-five-year career anniversary, Pinal set up a cabaret show entitled ¡Felicidades Silvia!. The show was presented with great success, first at the nightclub El Patio and then at the Teatro de la Ciudad in Mexico City. In 1978, she starred in the musical Plaza Suite. Her daughter Viridiana's death truncated the theatrical project Agnes of God, in which both starred in 1982. In 1983, Pinal starred in and produced the Mexican montage of the work La señorita de Tacna, based on the work of Mario Vargas Llosa. In 1986, Pinal starred in Anna Karenina.{{Cite web |last=Membrillo Garrido |first=Alejandro |date=28 November 2024 |title=La contribución de Silvia Pinal en el teatro |url=https://www.milenio.com/espectaculos/famosos/asi-fue-la-carrera-de-silvia-pinal-en-el-teatro-y-a-de-los-anos |access-date=30 November 2024 |language=es |location=Mexico City}}{{Cite web |last=Cane |first=Miguel |date=12 November 2017 |title=La noche que murió Viridiana: el trágico final de una estrella enamorada de Jaime Garza |url=https://www.univision.com/entretenimiento/la-noche-que-murio-viridiana-el-tragico-final-de-una-estrella-enamorada-de-jaime-garza |access-date=30 November 2024 |website=Univisión |language=es}} In 1988, in association with Margarita López Portillo, Pinal acquired the Cine Estadio, located in Mexico City's Colonia Roma, transforming it into a theatrical venue, the Teatro Silvia Pinal. The theater was opened in 1989 with the third production of the musical Mame, with Pinal at the head of the cast. Several problems caused Pinal to close the theater, which ceased production in 2000 and became a religious temple.

In 1992, Pinal acquired the former Cine Versailles, located in Colonia Juárez in Mexico City, and turned it into her second theater, the Diego Rivera Theater. This theater opened in 1991 with the production Lettice and Lovage. In 1996, Pinal returned to musical theater with the second Mexican version of Hello, Dolly!, opposite Ignacio López Tarso. Pinal's last work in theater was Gypsy (1998), starring alongside her daughter, singer Alejandra Guzmán.{{Cite web |last=González |first=Jesús |date=28 November 2024 |title=De la ópera al pop: Así fue el curioso paso de Silvia Pinal en la música |url=https://www.sopitas.com/musica/silvia-pinal-carrera-paso-musica-opera-pop-enrique-guzman-mame-gypsy/ |access-date=30 November 2024 |website=Sopitas}} Pinal returned to the theater in 2005 with the play Debiera haber obispas,{{Cite web |last=Magallanes |first=Aldo |date=28 November 2024 |title=La última entrevista de Silvia Pinal a El Siglo |url=https://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/2024/la-ultima-entrevista-de-silvia-pinal-a-el-siglo.html |access-date=30 November 2024 |website=El Siglo de Torreón |language=es}} She participated in productions such as Adorables enemigas (2008) and Amor, dolor y lo que traía puesto (2012).{{Cite web |date=30 November 2024 |title=Silvia Pinal comenta la puesta en escena 'Adorables enemigas', en la que ella participa |url=https://wradio.com.mx/audio/561031/ |access-date=30 November 2024 |website=W Radio |language=es}}{{Cite web |last=Toledo |first=Fernando |date=30 November 2024 |title=Silvia Pinal, una diva que conquistó con su estilo único |url=https://www.reforma.com/silvia-pinal-una-diva-que-conquisto-con-su-estilo-unico/ar2915533 |url-access=registration |access-date=30 November 2024 |website=Reforma |location=Mexico City}} In 2014, the Diego Rivera Theater changed its name to become the new Silvia Pinal Theatre.{{Cite web |date=4 June 2014 |title=Ya viene Pinal con nuevo teatro |trans-title=Silvia Pinal returns with a new theatre |url=http://www.reforma.com/aplicaciones/articulo/default.aspx?Id=250628&v=3 |url-access=registration |access-date=30 November 2024 |website=Reforma |language=es |location=Mexico City}}

She produced the Mexican versions of the musicals A Chorus Line (1989), Cats (1991) and La Cage aux Folles (1992).{{Cite web |last=Diego |first=Jeannine |date=28 November 2024 |title=Silvia Pinal, una mujer adelantada a su tiempo: esta es su trayectoria |url=https://www.univision.com/famosos/muere-silvia-pinal-trayectoria |access-date=30 November 2024 |website=Univisión |language=es}}

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Pinal dabbled in television since its appearance in Mexico in the early 1950s. In 1952, she participated in a television show titled Con los brazos abiertos. Later, she participated in numerous telecasts by Luis de Llano Palmer, where Pinal introduced playback on Mexican television.García Riera (1996), p. 28

Pinal hosted Los Especiales de Silvia Pinal, a comedy-musical show on Televisa, in the mid-1960s. When Silvia married the actor and singer Enrique Guzmán, both produced and starred in the variety show Silvia y Enrique, which ran for four years (1968–1972).{{Cite web |last=Alor Ambrosio |first=Patricia |date=29 November 2024 |title=Así fue el día que Silvia Pinal y Enrique Guzmán presentaron a su hija Alejandra |url=https://www.quien.com/espectaculos/2024/11/29/asi-fue-el-dia-que-silvia-pinal-y-enrique-guzman-presentaron-a-su-hija-alejandra |access-date=1 December 2024 |website=Quién |language=es}} Once separated from Guzmán, Silvia continued her variety show titled ¡Ahora Silvia!{{Cite web |last=Camacho |first=Alma Rosa |date=28 November 2024 |title=Silvia Pinal dedicó 70 años a trabajar en la televisión |url=https://www.elsoldemexico.com.mx/gossip/silvia-pinal-dedico-70-anos-a-trabajar-en-la-television-12937769.html |access-date=1 December 2024 |website=El Sol de México |language=es}}

In 1985, she became a producer and presenter of the Mujer, casos de la vida real TV show. Initially, the show was created to respond to cases and needs of the public and focused on locating victims of the 1985 Mexico City earthquake. Over time, the show evolved to present current issues in daily life, including domestic violence, legal issues, and public health. This production was successful and lasted over 20 years. The program was canceled in 2007.{{Cite web |date=28 November 2024 |title=Mujer, casos de la vida real: ¿Dónde ver el programa más famoso de Silvia Pinal? |url=https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/entretenimiento/2024/11/28/mujer-casos-de-la-vida-real-donde-ver-el-programa-mas-famoso-de-silvia-pinal/ |access-date=1 December 2024 |website=El Financiero |language=es}}

In 1968, Pinal debuted in telenovelas with the historical production Los Caudillos, inspired by the Mexican War of Independence. Ernesto Alonso produced the telenovela.{{Cite web |date=28 November 2024 |title=Silvia Pinal: vida y obra de una leyenda del cine nacional |url=https://www.reforma.com/silvia-pinal-vida-y-obra-de-una-leyenda-del-cine-nacional/ar2914835 |access-date=1 December 2024 |website=Reforma |language=es |location=Mexico City}} Her second foray into the genre was with the telenovela ¿Quién? (1973), produced by Guillermo Diazayas and based on a cartoon by Yolanda Vargas Dulché.{{Cite web |last=Ortiz |first=Ana Belén |date=28 November 2024 |title=Desde 'Mañana es primavera' hasta 'Mi marido tiene más familia', estas fueron las telenovelas donde estuvo Silvia Pinal |url=https://www.lasestrellas.tv/famosos/cuales-fueron-las-telenovelas-en-las-que-participo-silvia-pinal |access-date=1 December 2024 |website=Las Estrellas |language=es}}

Eventually, Pinal decided to produce her telenovelas; her first hit was Mañana es primavera (1982), the last acting work of her daughter Viridiana before her death. In 1985, she also produced and starred in Eclipse.{{Cite web |last=Olmos |first=Andrés |date=28 November 2024 |title=Así Fue la Carrera de Silvia Pinal: Lista de Telenovelas y Películas en las que Trabajó |url=https://www.nmas.com.mx/entretenimiento/asi-fue-carrera-silvia-pinal-lista-telenovelas-peliculas-que-trabajo-trayectoria/ |access-date=1 December 2024 |website=Noticieros Televisa |language=es}} She also produced the melodramas Cuando los hijos se van (1983) and Tiempo de Amar (1987).

Her later appearances were as a special guest star in various telenovelas and television series. These included Carita de ángel (2000), in which she replaced actress Libertad Lamarque following her death,{{Cite web |date=22 February 2017 |title='Carita de ángel' |url=https://www.diezminutos.es/telenovela/las-telenovelas-de-tu-vida/g1770935/carita-de-angel-reparto-capitulos/ |access-date=1 December 2024 |website=Diez Minutos |language=es}} Fuego en la sangre (2008), Soy tu dueña (2010) and Mi marido tiene familia (2017). In 2009, Pinal performed in an episode of the series Mujeres asesinas.

Pinal became involved in politics after her fourth marriage, to the politician Tulio Hernández Gómez, governor of Tlaxcala. Between 1982 and 1987, Pinal was the first lady of that state. Eventually, she became a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and, in 1991, was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for Mexico City's 27th district.{{Cite web |title=Legislatura 55 |url=https://www.diputados.gob.mx/sedia/biblio/virtual/dip/leg27-60/Legislatura_55.pdf |access-date=24 August 2024 |publisher=Cámara de Diputados}}García Riera (1996), p. 25 In 1994 she was elected to the Assembly of Representatives of the Federal District, and from 1997 to 2000 she sat as a national-list senator.{{efn|As the alternate of Esteban Moctezuma Barragán.}}{{Cite news |last=Reyes Padrón |first=Jorge |date=28 November 2024 |title=Además de primera actriz, Silvia Pinal tuvo un gran paso por la política mexicana |url=https://www.record.com.mx/contra/ademas-de-primera-actriz-silvia-pinal-tuvo-un-gran-paso-por-la-politica-mexicana |access-date=2 December 2024 |work=Récord}}{{Cite web |title=Perfil: Sen. Silvia Pinal Hidalgo, LVII Legislatura |url=http://www.sil.gobernacion.gob.mx/Librerias/pp_PerfilLegislador.php?SID=&Referencia=986127 |access-date=1 December 2024 |website=Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) |publisher=SEGOB}} In those positions, her achievements included contributions to the Cinematographic Law to protect the rights of performers, her work on the Law of Condominiums and the Law of Tourism, tasks in favor of ecology, her promotion of the dissemination of theater books, and her fight against the Ministry of Finance to lower taxes on the theater.García Riera (1996), p. 21–22

Since the 1950s, Pinal actively participated in the trade union movement representing her country's actors. In 1998 she became the leader of the National Association of Interpreters (ANDI) and, between 2010 and 2014, she served as general secretary of the National Association of Actors (ANDA).{{Cite news |date=3 April 2010 |title=Silvia Pinal es la nueva secretaria general de la Asociación Nacional de Actores |url=https://www.informador.mx/Entretenimiento/Silvia-Pinal-es-la-nueva-secretaria-general-de-la-Asociacion-Nacional-de-Actores-20100403-0090.html |access-date=1 December 2024 |agency=informador.mx}}

Pinal had legal problems in 2000 due to conflicts with her management as the president of the Association of Theater Producers (Protea) in the early 1990s. For this reason, she lived in Miami, United States, for some time.[https://www.televisainternacional.com/index.php/content/this-is-silvia-pinal This Is Silvia Pinal], Televisa, retrieved 29 May 2023. After eleven months, the proceedings were vacated and she returned to Mexico.{{Cite news |last=Méndez |first=Enrique |last2=Caballero |first2=Jorge |date=14 December 2000 |title=Amparada, regresó la Pinal al DF |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/2000/12/14/regreso.html |access-date=1 December 2024 |work=La Jornada}}

To protect older actors, she founded the Asociación Rafael Banquells, in charge of providing non-profit help to performers. As president of the association, Pinal delivered the {{ill|Premios Bravo (Mexico)|lt=Bravo Awards|es|Premios Bravo}} for highlights in music, film, theater, radio, television, dubbing and commercials during the year. The awards have been given annually since 1991.{{Cite news |date=12 October 2011 |title=Pinal celebra edición 20 de los Premios Bravo |url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/800529.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808052750/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/800529.html |archive-date=8 August 2014 |access-date=2 December 2024 |work=El Universal}}

Pinal was married four times. Her first marriage was to Cuban actor and director Rafael Banquells in 1947. She acknowledged that her marriage at such an early age was partly to escape her repressive father: "I changed my father for a softer one that stimulated me in my career." The couple divorced in 1952, a year after the birth of their daughter, Sylvia Pasquel, who later had a successful career as an actress.

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Her second marriage was to the businessman and film producer Gustavo Alatriste. Pinal revealed on numerous occasions that Alatriste was the love of her life, a husband with whom she could have stayed forever. Pinal met Alatriste at a meeting at Ernesto Alonso's house when he was about to divorce actress Ariadne Welter. It was thanks to Alatriste that Pinal was able to make her film projects with Luis Buñuel. The marriage ended in 1967 due to Alatriste's infidelities and business problems between the couple. From her relationship with Alatriste, she had a daughter, actress {{ill|Viridiana Alatriste|es}} (1963–1982). Viridiana died in a car accident in Mexico City in 1982 at the age of 19.

Her third marriage was to rock-and-roll singer and idol Enrique Guzmán. Pinal and Guzmán met when he was a guest on Pinal's television show ¡Ahora Silvia! They were married in 1967 despite some public resistance, as Pinal was 11 years older than her husband. Their marriage lasted nine years. They worked together and had two children: the singer Alejandra Guzmán (born 1968) and the musician and composer Luis Enrique Guzmán (born 1970).[https://www.quien.com/espectaculos/2018/05/24/enrique-guzman-admite-maltrato-a-silvia-pinal-y-revela-represalias-en-su-contra Quién.com: Enrique Guzmán and Silvia Pinal]

Her last marriage was to the politician Tulio Hernández Gómez, at the time the governor of Tlaxcala. The couple married in 1982, and it was through Hernández that Pinal entered the world of politics. Pinal and Hernández divorced in 1995.{{Cite news |date=28 November 2024 |title=Muere Silvia Pinal: ¿Quién fue Tulio Hernández, el exgobernador priista que la conquistó con su intelecto? |url=https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/nacional/2024/11/28/muere-silvia-pinal-quien-fue-tulio-hernandez-su-ex-esposo-gobernador-de-tlaxcala-diputado-del-pri/ |access-date=1 December 2024 |work=El Financiero}}

In addition to her marriages, at various times in her life, Pinal had multiple romances. In 1954, when filming Un extraño en la escalera, Pinal fell in love with her co-star, Arturo de Córdova.[https://www.infobae.com/america/entretenimiento/2022/08/21/cuando-arturo-de-cordova-le-rompio-el-corazon-a-silvia-pinal/ "Cuando Arturo de Córdova le rompió el corazón a Silvia Pinal"], infobae.com, 21 August 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2023. Other romances were with Mexican businessman Emilio Azcárraga Milmo,[https://www.infobae.com/america/entretenimiento/2021/09/29/por-que-termino-el-romance-de-silvia-pinal-y-el-tigre-azcarraga/ "Por qué terminó el romance de Silvia Pinal y El Tigre Azcárraga"], infobae.com, 29 September 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2023. Egyptian actor Omar Sharif[https://heraldodemexico.com.mx/espectaculos/2022/4/11/silvia-pinal-fue-amante-de-este-guapo-actor-egipcio-nominado-al-oscar-esta-es-la-romantica-historia-394995.html "Silvia Pinal fue amante de este guapo actor egipcio nominado al Oscar; esta es la romántica historia"], El Heraldo de México, 11 April 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2023. and American businessman Conrad Nicholson Hilton, Jr.[http://www.milenio.com/espectaculos/silvia-pinal-prefirio-mexico-refugiarse-hollywood Milenio.com: Silvia Pinal prefers Mexico over Hollywood]

With time, Pinal became the head of one of Latin America's most famous artistic dynasties. Her daughters Sylvia and Viridiana followed in her footsteps as actresses. Alejandra, her youngest daughter, is one of Mexico's most popular singers. Alejandra's daughter Frida Sofía is also a model living in Miami, United States. In addition, her granddaughter Stephanie Salas (daughter of Sylvia) has also forged a career as an actress and singer. Stephanie's daughters, Michelle Salas and Camila Valero, are both models and actresses.[https://www.univision.com/entretenimiento/las-pinal-lo-que-no-conoces-de-esta-polemica-y-poderosa-dinastia-mexicana Univisión.com: The Pinals: A controversial and powerful Mexican dynasty]

In November 2024, Pinal was hospitalized in Tlalpan, Mexico City, for a urinary tract infection.{{Cite news |last=Carrasco |first=Carolina |date=28 November 2024 |title=Así fueron los últimos días de Silvia Pinal, la gran diva del Cine de Oro y figura de Televisa |url=https://www.infobae.com/mexico/2024/11/29/asi-fueron-los-ultimos-dias-de-silvia-pinal-la-gran-diva-del-cine-de-oro-y-figura-de-televisa/ |access-date=30 November 2024 |agency=Infobae}} She died there on 28 November, at the age of 93.{{Cite web |date=28 November 2024 |title=Silvia Pinal, an actress in Mexico's Golden Age of cinema, has died at 93 |url=https://apnews.com/article/mexico-actress-silvia-pinal-golden-age-cinema-33634604e13ea947ef84863b58bf6755 |access-date=29 November 2024 |website=Associated Press |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Nájar |first=Alberto |date=29 November 2024 |title=Muere Silvia Pinal, la actriz y gran diva mexicana que persiguió a Buñuel hasta convertirse en su musa |url=https://www.bbc.com/mundo/articles/c9rr06n9vgno |access-date=29 November 2024 |website=BBC News |language=es}} The Senate of the Republic observed a minute's silence as a mark of respect,{{Cite news |date=28 November 2024 |title=Senado guarda minuto de silencio por el fallecimiento de la actriz Silvia Pinal |url=https://latinus.us/entretenimiento/2024/11/28/senado-guarda-minuto-de-silencio-por-el-fallecimiento-de-la-actriz-silvia-pinal-129448.html |access-date=29 November 2024 |agency=Latinus}} and the Secretariat of Culture organized a posthumous homage to the actress in the Palacio de Bellas Artes on 30 November.{{Cite news |last=González |first=BB |date=29 November 2024 |title=Confirmado: Homenaje a Silvia Pinal en Bellas Artes este sábado 30 de noviembre |url=https://www.excelsior.com.mx/funcion/confirmado-homenaje-silvia-pinal-bellas-artes-sabado-30-noviembre/1687032 |access-date=29 November 2024 |work=Excélsior}}{{cite news |title=Así se vivió el emotivo homenaje a Silvia Pinal en Bellas Artes |url=https://aristeguinoticias.com/3011/kiosko/fotos-asi-se-vivio-el-emotivo-homenaje-a-silvia-pinal-en-bellas-artes/ |access-date=3 December 2024 |agency=Aristegui Noticias |date=30 November 2024}} Her cremated ashes were placed at her family crypt, in the Panteón Jardín cemetery in San Ángel.{{cite web | last=García | first=Itzel | title=Muerte de Silvia Pinal: revelan donde reposarán las cenizas de la diva del Cine de Oro | website=Radio Fórmula | date=2024-11-29 | url=https://www.radioformula.com.mx/espectaculos/2024/12/2/muerte-de-silvia-pinal-revelan-donde-reposaran-las-cenizas-de-la-diva-del-cine-de-oro-843243.html | language=es | access-date=2024-12-17}}{{cite web | last=León | first=Jacqueline Ponce | title=¿Qué sucederá con las cenizas de Silvia Pinal? | website=REFORMA | date=2024-12-02 | url=https://www.reforma.com/que-sucedera-con-las-cenizas-de-silvia-pinal/ar2916305 | language=es | access-date=2024-12-17}}

{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by Silvia Pinal}}

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• In 1954, the beer company Corona created an advertisement that included a song in which they mentioned Pinal next to the Italian divas Gina Lollobrigida, Silvana Mangano and Silvana Pampanini.Pinal (1996), p. 79
• In 1956, Diego Rivera painted Pinal's portrait.{{Cite web |last=Huerta Ortiz |first=César |date=28 November 2024 |title=Silvia Pinal y el "no" definitivo que le dio a Diego Rivera |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/silvia-pinal-y-el-no-definitivo-que-le-dio-a-diego-rivera/ |access-date=29 November 2024 |publisher=El Universal}}
• Pinal is represented as one of the Seven Muses of Art in a stained glass window of the Teatro Xicohténcatl in Tlaxcala.Pinal (1996), p. 265, 268
• In 2002, Pinal was recognized with a statue in her honor unveiled in Mexico City. Sculptor Óscar Ponzanelli did the work.{{Cite web |last=Tapia |first=Victoria |date=9 March 2002 |title=Reconocen a Silvia Pinal en el Día Internacional de la Mujer |url=https://archivo.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/35783.html |access-date=1 December 2024 |website=El Universal}}
• In 2006, in Spain, Pinal was awarded the Orden de Isabel la Católica in the grade of Commander for her cultural contribution to the world of cinema.{{Cite web |date=23 June 2006 |title=Pinal, condecorada con la Orden de Isabel La Católica en grado de Encomienda |url=http://www.cronica.com.mx/notas/2006/232557.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627062509/http://www.cronica.com.mx/notas/2006/232557.html |archive-date=27 June 2018 |access-date=1 December 2024 |website=La Crónica de Hoy |language=es |agency=Notimex}}
• In 2015, Pinal published her autobiography, entitled Esta soy yo.{{Cite web |last=Ortega |first=Luis Alejandro |date=29 September 2015 |title=Silvia Pinal cuenta su vida en 'Esta soy yo' |trans-title=Silvia Pinal tells her life story in 'Esta soy yo' |url=http://noticieros.televisa.com/mexico/1509/silvia-pinal-cuenta-su-vida-esta-soy-yo/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151007045823/http://noticieros.televisa.com/mexico/1509/silvia-pinal-cuenta-su-vida-esta-soy-yo/ |archive-date=7 October 2015 |access-date=15 December 2020 |website=Noticieros Televisa |language=es}}
• In 2016, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) of Hollywood chose Pinal as one of its members to recognize her long career and contribution to the international film industry.{{Cite web |last=Magaña |first=Luis |date=27 November 2016 |title=Silvia Pinal es elegida por la Academia |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/entrada-de-opinion/columna/luis-magana/espectaculos/2016/11/27/silvia-pinal-es-elegida-por-la/ |access-date=1 December 2024 |website=El Universal |language=es}}
• At some point, Matt Casella, a headhunter for DreamWorks, sought Pinal to make a biographical series about her life; the project, however, failed to materialize.{{Cite web |last=González |first=Renata |date=28 March 2019 |title=Antes que Carla Estrada, Steven Spielberg buscó a Silvia Pinal para hacer serie |url=https://www.quien.com/espectaculos/2019/03/28/antes-que-carla-estrada-steven-spielberg-busco-a-silvia-pinal-para-hacer-serie |access-date=1 December 2024 |website=Quién |language=es}}

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• {{Cite book |last=Agrasánchez |first=Rogelio Jr. |year=2001 |title=Bellezas del cine mexicano/Beauties of Mexican Cinema |publisher=Archivo Fílmico Agrasánchez |isbn=978-968-5077-11-8}}
• {{Cite book |last=García Riera |first=Emilio |year=1996 |title=El cine de Silvia Pinal |publisher=Universidad de Guadalajara (Centro de Investigaciones y Enseñanza Cinematográficas), Patronato de la Muestra de Cine Mexicano en Guadalajara, A. C. e Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía (IMCINE) |isbn=978-968-895-714-1}}
• {{Cite book |last=Pinal |first=Silvia |year=2015 |title=Esta soy yo |publisher=Porrúa |isbn=978-607-09-2108-7}}

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110518071809/http://cinemexicano.mty.itesm.mx/estrellas/silvia_pinal.html Silvia Pinal] at the Cinema of Mexico site of the ITESM {{in lang|es}}

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