↑Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.
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.[1] She was referred as "the last diva" of the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema.[2] 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,[3] becoming the only Spanish-language film winner of a Palme d'Or,[4] and credited with boosting the Cinema of Mexico in that era.[5] 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.[6] 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[7] as well by organizations and critic's associations, including Berlin International Film Festival in 2018.[8] She is represented as one of the seven muses of Teatro Xicohténcatl.[9] She also became part of the Golden Book (Libro de Oro) by the Mexican Film Journalists Association (PECIME).[10] In 2024, secretary of Government of Mexico declared her as a "Transcendental figure in the cultural history of our country".[11]
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,[12] 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.[13][14] She was the president of the Asociación Nacional de Intérpretes (1988–1995), National Association of Actors (2010–2014),[15] and the Asociación Rafael Banquels, as well founder of Premios Bravo (established in 1991) from the same organization.[16]
↑A collaborative effort by cities of Brownsvile, Texas, and Matamoros, Tamaulipas established in 1964 to honor Mexican figures in sports, politics, business, cultural and arts[26]
