---
name: "Silvia Pinal"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/silvia-pinal"
fi1m_id: "silvia-pinal"
imdb_id: "nm0683831"
tmdb_id: 37505
wikidata_id: "Q332485"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "12 September 1931"
died: "28 November 2024"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T14:42:19.856390+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Silvia Pinal

## Identity

Silvia Pinal

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/silvia-pinal
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** silvia-pinal
- **IMDb ID:** nm0683831
- **TMDB ID:** 37505
- **Wikidata ID:** Q332485
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvia_Pinal, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q332485, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0683831/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/37505

Actor. Born 12 September 1931 in Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico. Died 28 November 2024.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 12 September 1931, Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico
- **Died:** 28 November 2024
- **Also known as:** Silvia Pinal Hidalgo, Sylvia Pinal
- **Frequently works with:** [Gustavo Alatriste](https://film.one/person/gustavo-alatriste.md), [Luis Buñuel](https://film.one/person/luis-bunuel.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvia_Pinal, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q332485, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0683831/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/37505

## Biography

Silvia Pinal was a Mexican actress. She played the title role in Luis Buñuel’s *Viridiana* (1961) and Leticia ‘La Valkiria’ in his *The Exterminating Angel* (1962). She also appeared in his *Simon of the Desert* (1965).

Pinal was one of the leading figures of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema and had a career spanning film, theatre and television, including telenovelas such as *Una familia de diez* (2007). She died on 28 November 2024.

*Sources: nytimes.com, cnn.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Exterminating Angel* (1962), Fi1m 87, as Leticia 'La Valkiria' — [page](https://film.one/film/the-exterminating-angel.md)

## Complete filmography (100)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Mi Marido tiene Más Familia* (2018), series, as Doña Imelda Sierra de Córcega
- *Mi marido tiene familia* (2017), series, as Imelda Sierra Calvillo de Córcega
- *The Last Call* (2013), as "La Delegada"
- *The Mayor* (2012), Actor
- *Soy tu dueña* (2010), series, as Isabel Rangel Vda. de Dorantes
- *Addicto de Salsa* (2009), Actor
- *Agent Macaw: Shaken & Stirred* (2009), as Mamá Osa
- *Killer Women* (2008), series, as Inés Someyera
- *Burning for Revenge* (2008), series, as Santa "Santita"
- *Ya no los hacen como antes* (2003), as Genoveva
- *Las Vías del Amor* (2002), series, as Vanessa Vázquez
- *Little Angel Face* (2000), series, as Reverenda Lucía / Madre Superiora #2
- *Vintage Model* (1992), as Carmen
- *Women, Real Life Cases* (1985), series, as Host
- *Mañana es primavera* (1982), series, as Amanda Serrano
- *Pubis angelical* (1982), as Beatriz
- *Amor es... veneno, Carlota* (1981), as Carlota Cavendish
- *Dos y dos, cinco* (1981), as Julia
- *The Song of the Cicada* (1980), as Elisa
- *El niño de su mamá* (1980), Actor
- *México de mis amores* (1979), Actor
- *Divine Words* (1978), as Mari Gaila
- *The Dried Butterflies* (1978), as Cassandra / Writer
- *¿Quién?* (1973), series, as Mirna /Sonia
- *Los Cacos* (1972), as Bertha
- *¡Cómo hay gente sinvergüenza!* (1972), Actor
- *Secreto de confesión* (1971), as María
- *Bang bang al hoyo* (1971), as Viuda velorio (uncredited)
- *Caín, Abel... y el Otro* (1971), as Mujer en el casino (sin credito)
- *Los novios* (1971), as Irene
- *La mujer de oro* (1970), as Silvia Torres
- *La hermana Trinquete* (1970), as Silvia/Sister Elena
- *El cuerpazo del delito* (1970), as Magda Bustamante / Enriqueta (segment "La insaciable")
- *Awakening of the Wolf* (1970), as Kim Jones
- *Shark* (1969), as Anna
- *24 horas de placer* (1969), as Catalina
- *El amor de María Isabel* (1968), as María Isabel Sánchez
- *La soldadera* (1967), as Lázara
- *Dangerous Game* (1967), as Lena Anderson
- *Divertimento* (1967), as Lena Anderson
- *Guns for San Sebastian* (1967), as Félicia
- *María Isabel* (1967), as María Isabel Sánchez
- *Estrategia matrimonio* (1967), as Mónica Ferrer
- *Simon of the Desert* (1965), as The Devil
- *The Crows are Grieving* (1965), as Piedad
- *¡Buenas noches, año nuevo!* (1964), as Silvia
- *The Exterminating Angel* (1962), as Leticia 'La Valkiria' — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/the-exterminating-angel.md)
- *Viridiana* (1962), as Viridiana
- *¡Adiós, Mimí Pompón!* (1961), as María 'Mimí Pompón'
- *Maribel and the Strange Family* (1960), as Maribel
- *Charlestón* (1959), as Beatriz
- *Men and Noblemen* (1959), as Giovanna
- *Las locuras de Bárbara* (1959), as Bárbara
- *The Man That Pleases Me* (1958), Actor
- *Love of a Cabaret Singer* (1958), as Diana
- *Una cita de amor* (1958), as Soledad
- *Desnúdate, Lucrecia* (1958), as Lucrecia
- *Préstame tu cuerpo* (1958), as Leonor Rivas Conde / Regina Salsamendi
- *¡Viva el amor!* (1958), Actor
- *Mi desconocida esposa* (1958), as Silvia Heredia
- *Dios no lo quiera* (1957), as Felisa
- *La dulce enemiga* (1957), as Lucrecia
- *La adúltera* (1956), as Irene Gálvez
- *The Innocent* (1956), as Mané
- *Locura pasional* (1956), as Mabel Mendoza
- *Cape Horn* (1956), as Jimena
- *La vida tiene tres días* (1955), as María Andrade
- *Love in Four Parts* (1955), as Sofía
- *A Stranger on the Stairs* (1955), as Laura
- *The Suspect* (1955), as Regina de Alba
- *Historia de un abrigo de mink* (1955), as Margot / Margarita
- *Pecado Mortal* (1955), as Soledad Hernández
- *El vendedor de muñecas* (1955), as Diana Álvarez
- *Si volvieras a mi* (1954), as Lidia Kane
- *El casto Susano* (1954), Actor
- *Reventa de esclavas* (1954), Actor
- *Hijas casaderas* (1954), as Magdalena
- *Las cariñosas* (1953), as Carmen
- *I Am Very Macho* (1953), as Mario / María Aguirre
- *My Three Merry Widows* (1953), as Silvia
- *Doña Mariquita de mi corazón* (1953), as Paz Alegre
- *Si, Mi vida* (1953), as Leticia
- *Me traes de un ala* (1953), as Rosita
- *When Children Sin* (1952), as Tencha López
- *A Place Close to Heaven* (1952), as Sonia Iliana
- *Por ellas aunque mal paguen* (1952), as Isabel
- *Mujer de medianoche* (1952), as Palmira Castillo
- *La estatua de carne* (1951), Actor
- *Recién casados... no molestar* (1951), Actor
- *Una gallega baila mambo* (1951), Actor
- *El amor no es ciego* (1950), Actor
- *Orange Blossoms for your Wedding* (1950), as Tota
- *The Mark of the Skunk* (1950), as Lupita
- *El Portero* (1950), as Rosita
- *The King of the Neighborhood* (1950), as Carmelita
- *Escuela para casadas* (1949), as Teresa Moreno
- *The Woman I Lost* (1949), as Laura
- *Bamba* (1949), as Emilia
- *Laura's Sin* (1949), as Juanita
- *The Scandalous Charm of Broken Egos*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Silvia Pinal](https://film.one/media/person/3878289/gallery-543af285fb39.jpg) Silvia Pinal — Unknown, none visible and no marks, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Silvia_Pinal_in_Maribel_y_la_extra%C3%B1a_familia_%281960%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Mexican actress Silvia Pinal in a publicity photograph taken at Cuba coming from Tampa, Florida. Circa 1955.](https://film.one/media/person/3878289/gallery-992cab89a60d.jpg) Mexican actress Silvia Pinal in a publicity photograph taken at Cuba coming from Tampa, Florida. Circa 1955. — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/Silvia_Pinal%2C_c._1955_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Mexican actress Silvia Pinal in a publicity photo for the film Viridiana (1961).](https://film.one/media/person/3878289/gallery-0ef7db1d3b20.jpg) Mexican actress Silvia Pinal in a publicity photo for the film Viridiana (1961). — Unknown, probably Kingsley International or Producciones Gustavo Alatriste, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Silvia_Pinal_publicity_photo_for_Viridiana_%281961%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Mexican actors; Luis Beristáin, Silvia Pinal and Patricia Morán, alongside Spanish actors; Augusto Benedico, Enrique García Álvarez and Enrique Rambal, in a fil (1962)](https://film.one/media/person/3878289/gallery-4b295d1fadd3.jpg) Mexican actors; Luis Beristáin, Silvia Pinal and Patricia Morán, alongside Spanish actors; Augusto Benedico, Enrique García Álvarez and Enrique Rambal, in a fil (1962) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Enrique_Rambal%2C_Augusto_Benedico%2C_Luis_Berist%C3%A1in%2C_Enrique_Garc%C3%ADa_%C3%81lvarez%2C_Patricia_Mor%C3%A1n_y_Silvia_Pinal_en_El_%C3%81ngel_Exterminador_%281962%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Silvia Pinal](https://film.one/media/person/3878289/gallery-430a7c409ad0.jpg) Silvia Pinal — Image via TMDB
- ![Silvia Pinal](https://film.one/media/person/3878289/gallery-f7d56b710b7b.jpg) Silvia Pinal — Image via TMDB
- ![Silvia Pinal](https://film.one/media/person/3878289/gallery-e7c21e93d03c.jpg) Silvia Pinal — Image via TMDB
- ![Actrices mexicanas Jacqueline Andere y Silvia Pinal, y actor español Enrique García Álvarez en una fotografía publicitaria para la película El Ángel Exterminado (1962)](https://film.one/media/person/3878289/gallery-f591f6a0298f.jpg) Actrices mexicanas Jacqueline Andere y Silvia Pinal, y actor español Enrique García Álvarez en una fotografía publicitaria para la película El Ángel Exterminado (1962) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Silvia_Pinal%2C_Jacqueline_Andere_y_Enrique_Garc%C3%ADa_%C3%81lvarez_en_El_%C3%81ngel_Exterminador_%281962%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Silvia Pinal](https://film.one/media/person/3878289/gallery-b2dc1107c0d3.jpg) Silvia Pinal — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 4 won, 1 nominated

- Golden Ariel 2008: Golden Ariel (won)
- Order of Isabella the Catholic 2006: Order of Isabella the Catholic (won)
- Ariel Award for Best Actress 1958: Ariel Award for Best Actress (won)
- Ariel Award for Best Actress 1957: Ariel Award for Best Actress (won)
- Ariel Award for Best Actress 1956: Ariel Award for Best Actress (nominated), for *Un extraño en la escalera*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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