Silvia Pinal, star of Mexico’s Golden Age of film, dies aged 93

Over a career that spanned seven decades, Pinal was a muse to director Luis Bunuel, appearing in 60s classics such as Viridiana

Silvia Pinal, an actor from Mexico's Golden Age of cinema and muse to the director Luis Bunuel, has died aged 93.

Pinal got her start in theatre in the 1940s, working with the director Rafael Banquells - the first of her four husbands. She became a star in 1950 aged 18, when she appeared opposite two of Mexico's biggest comedic film stars: German Valdes (Tin-Tan) in The King of the Neighborhood and Mario Moreno (Cantinflas) in The Doorman. In 1952 she appeared alongside heartthrob Pedro Infante in A Place Near Heaven.