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Silvia Pinal dead at 93: Iconic Mexican film actress and Luis Buñuel's muse passes away after hospitalization


Legendary Mexican film and television actress Silvia Pinal has died at the age of 93. Pinal achieved international acclaim for her roles in three 1960s films by filmmaker Luis Buñuel.

Pinal achieved international acclaim for her roles in three iconic 1960s films by renowned Spanish and Mexican filmmaker, Luis Buñuel — Viridiana (1961), The Exterminating Angel (1962), and Simon of the Desert (1965). Pinal, who made her debut during Mexico’s Golden Age of cinema, passed away after being hospitalized earlier this month for a urinary tract infection; seen in a still with Paco Rabal from the 1961 Luis Buñuel film Viridiana Meanwhile television producer Carla Estrada shared a photo with Pinal, writing, 'Today I saw goodbye to a unique woman who leaves an unerasable mark in the heart of México.

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