Silvia Pinal (1931–2024) was a Mexican actress, recipient of various accolades in film, television and theater. In her life, spanning 8 decades in media (1950s-2020s), she won an estimated 150 national and international awards. She was referred as "the last diva" of the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema. She also had movies in the Golden Age of Hollywood, and in Europe. The film Viridiana (1961) made her an international cinema icon. The movie won the Palme d'Or at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival, becoming the only Spanish-language film winner of a Palme d'Or, and credited with boosting the Cinema of Mexico in that era. Her anthology telenovela Mujer, Casos de la Vida Real (1986–2007) also achieved recognition.
Silvia Pinal won various Ariel Award and Premios TVyNovelas, highest awards in Mexican cinema and telenovelas, respectively, including the Golden Ariel—highest award for a Mexican actor. She also won awards in regions such as Argentina, Italy, and Cuba, and various other Mexican accolades, including El Heraldo de México Awards, Diosas de Plata and Zarape de Plata. In addition, Silvia received multiple tributes in life and posthumously by the Government of Mexico, Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico, the Mexican Postal Service as well by organizations and critic's associations, including Berlin International Film Festival in 2018. She is represented as one of the seven muses of Teatro Xicohténcatl. She also became part of the Golden Book (Libro de Oro) by the Mexican Film Journalists Association (PECIME). In 2024, secretary of Government of Mexico declared her as a "Transcendental figure in the cultural history of our country".
Pinal also received recognition for her womanhood, receiving the national medal Woman of the Year in 1999. She was named one of the best-known Mexican women figures along with Thalía and Dolores Ayala in a poll conducted in 2007, and The Bicentennial Woman in Veracruz, in 2010. In 2016, she became the first Mexican actor member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She was the president of the Asociación Nacional de Intérpretes (1988–1995), National Association of Actors (2010–2014), and the Asociación Rafael Banquels, as well founder of Premios Bravo (established in 1991) from the same organization.
Awards and nominations Award/organization Year Nominee/work Category Result Academia Mexicana del Humor 1996 Silvia Pinal Lifetime Award Ariel Awards 1953 Silvia Pinal (A Place Near Heaven) Best Supporting Actress 1955Silvia Pinal (Locura pasional)Best Actress 1957Silvia Pinal (La Dulce Enemiga)Best Actress 2007Silvia PinalGolden Ariel 1997 Silvia Pinal Special Recognition 2008 Silvia Pinal (Adorables enemigas) Best Actress — Comedy Agrupación de Profesionales en Relaciones Públicas y Periodismo 1995 Silvia Pinal (Hello, Dolly!) Best Actress Agrupación de Periodistas Teatrales 2011 Silvia Pinal Gran Premio de Honor Association of Latin Entertainment Critics 1979 Silvia Pinal (Las Mariposas Disecadas) Best Actress 1994 Silvia Pinal Extraordinary ACE for Distinction and Merit Bravo Awards 2018 Silvia Pinal (Mi marido tiene familia) Best Leading Actress Brownsville Chamber of Commerce 1999 Silvia Pinal Mr. Amigo Diosas de Plata 1965 Silvia Pinal For her work internationally 1966 Silvia Pinal (Los Cuervos Están de Luto) Best Actress 1978 Silvia Pinal (Divinas Palabras) Best Actress 1995 Silvia Pinal Carlos Bravo "Carhilos" Award 1998 Silvia Pinal Career Achievement Award 2009 Silvia Pinal Honorary Award Encuentro Latinoamericano de Cine 1997 Silvia Pinal Lifetime Award Festival de Cine Español en México 2008 Silvia Pinal Lifetime Award Festival Internacional de Cine de Acapulco 2014 Silvia Pinal Jaguar de Plata 2000 Silvia Pinal Luis Buñuel Award 2010 Silvia Pinal Icon of Mexican Cinema Festival Internacional de Cine Xilitla 2024 Silvia Pinal Career Achievement Award in Mexican Film Industry 2009 Silvia Pinal Premio de Oro Festival Latino de Nueva York 1993 Silvia Pinal Special Award GLAAD Media Award 2006 Mujer, Casos de la Vida Real Outstanding Individual Episode — in a Series Without a Regular Gay Character Guild of Entertainment Journalists 2021 Silvia Pinal Gold Medal Silvia Pinal Guadalajara International Film Festival~2003Silvia PinalSilver Mayahuel 2013 Silvia Pinal (Tercera Llamada) Best Actress Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura 2022 Silvia Pinal Gold Medal: Bellas Artes Instituto Nacional de Mercadotecnia Silvia Pinal Most Popular Woman Las Vegas Walk of Stars Committee 2022 Silvia Pinal Diamond Award Commemorative Medal Las Vegas Keys to the City Metropolitan Theatre Awards 2022 Silvia Pinal Lifetime Award National Association of Actors 2000 Silvia Pinal Gold Medal Order of Isabella the Catholic 2006 Silvia Pinal Encomienda Plaza de las Estrellas 2024 Silvia Pinal Walk of Star Premios Eres 1993 La Jaula de las Locas Best Play Premios Pedro Sarquis Merrewe 2006 Silvia Pinal Career Achievement Award Premios TVyNovelas 1983 Silvia Pinal (Mañana es primavera) Best Actress 1991 Mujer, Casos de la Vida RealBest Series Airing for 5 Consecutive Years in Mexico 1997Best Teletheater Program with Social Content 1999 Best Melodramatic Show 2000 2001 2002 2007 Special Award 2011 Soy tu dueña Best Leading Actress 2012 Silvia Pinal A Lifetime in Telenovelas 2018 Mi marido tiene familia Best Leading Actress Reforma 1999Silvia PinalFemale Figure of the Century Best Theater Actress of the CenturyBest Film Actress of the Century TV Adicto Golden Awards 2019 Silvia Pinal (Mi marido tiene familia) Best Leading Actress 2020 Silvia Pinal (This Is Silvia Pinal) Best Female Special Performance
Other honors
+List of state honors Country City/Gov./Entity Year Description Status Mexico President of Mexico 1999 Medal Woman of the Year Mexico Cosamaloapan City Council, Veracruz 2009 Veracruz Medal of Merit Woman of the Year Distinguished Visitor Keys to the City Honorary Ambassador of La Cuenca MexicoMunicipality of Tihuatlán/Mayor José Luis Rodríguez Rivera 2010 Keys to the City Government of Veracruz/Governor Fidel Herrera Beltrán The Bicentennial Woman Medal: Silvia Pinal, Máxima Estrella del Centenario Mexico Taxco City, Guerrero / Mayor Salomón Majul González 2014 Keys to the City Mexico Cuernavaca, Morelos / Mayor Cuauhtémoc Blanco Bravo 2017 Special Recognition United States Nevada Senate 2022 Silvia Pinal's Day (March 3) Mexico Government of Mexico 2023 "México en tus manos" Award Mexico Secretariat of Tourism 2023 Special Recognition Mexico Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City / Mayor Sandra Cuevas 2023 Alas de la Cuauhtémoc Award
Year Description 2009 Plaque of 2,250 episodes (Mujer, Casos de la Vida Real)
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References
External links Awards for Silvia Pinal on the Internet Movie Database