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 Un rincón cerca del cielo (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… read more
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 Un rincón cerca del cielo (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 still considered the best of the cinema of Spain and won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. The Alatriste-Pinal-Buñuel team made two more successful films, El ángel exterminador (1962) and Simón del desierto (1965).
After the Buñuel-Pinal collaboration, Silvia starred numerous movies during the 1960s and 1970s, like Los Cuervos están de luto (1965), La soldadera (1966), La Bataille de San Sebastian (1968, in France), María Isabel (1968), El Cuerpazo del Delíto (1970, with Mauricio Garcés), Divínas Palabras (1978), Pubis Angelical (1982, in Argentina), and Modelo Antiguo (1992). —Wikipedia.
