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Silvia Pinal, thought of to have been the final surviving actress who was a star throughout Mexico’s Golden Age of Cinema, died Thursday. She was 93.
Her passing, after a quick hospitalization for a urinary an infection, was confirmed by Claudia Curiel de Icaza, Mexico’s tradition secretary.
Pinal’s profession, which lasted over 70 years, started in 1949.
She was maybe most well-known for her performances in a trio of Luis Buñuel movies, the Palme d’Or-winning “Viridiana” (1961), “The Exterminating Angel” (1962), and “Simon of the Desert” (1965).
Amongst her uncommon Hollywood roles have been components within the star-studded “Weapons for San Sebastian” (1968) and the Burt Reynolds starrer “Shark” (1969).
The glamorous Pinal’s attain prolonged past the cinema — she had many stage and TV credit, together with because the host of the anthology sequence “Mujer, Casos de la Vida Actual” (1986-2007), and was each the president of the Mexican actors’ guild ANDA and an elected political official.
Born September 12, 1931, in Sonora, Mexico, Pinal was married and divorced 4 occasions, and is survived by her 4 kids.
