''Silvia Pinal, frente a ti'' is a Mexican

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directed by

Carla Estrada Carla Estrada (born Carla Patricia Estrada Guitrón on March 11, 1956 in Mexico City, D.F., Mexico) is a Mexican television producer, one of the foremost telenovela producers of Latin America. Biography In 2005, the Mexican government decided t ...

and

Mónica Miguel Mónica Miguel (born Gloria Chávez Miguel; 13 March 1936 – 12 August 2020) was a Mexican actress, director, and singer. Career Passionate about the arts and especially the theater, she would attend the occasional stage plays that came to Te ...

based on the life of the Mexican producer and

actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

Silvia Pinal Silvia Pinal Hidalgo (born 12 September 1931) is a Mexican actress. She began her career in the theater, venturing into cinema in 1949. Her film work and popularity in her native country led her to work in Europe (Spain and Italy). Pinal achiev ...

. It stars

Itatí Cantoral Itatí Guadalupe Cantoral Zucchi (born May 13, 1975) is a Mexican actress, singer, dancer, and producer, She is of Spanish and Italian descent. She is best known for her roles as Soraya Montenegro in Televisa's telenovela ''María la del Barrio ...

as the titular character. The series premiered on Las Estrellas on 24 February 2019 and ended on 22 March 2019.

Cast

** Nicole Vale as Young Silvia Pinal ** Mía Rubín as Teen Silvia Pinal ** Lara Campos as Child Silvia Pinal ** Gala Prieto as Child Silvia Pinal * Alberto Casanova as Rafael Banquells *

Marcelo Córdoba Marcelo Alejandro Córdoba (born Marcelo Alejandro Córdoba in Buenos Aires, Argentina on November 21, 1973) is an Argentine actor. Biography After a few years of living in México, he was in the cast of the 2005 telenovela Alborada, which w ...

as Arturo de Córdova * Pablo Montero as Gustavo Alatriste * Harry Geithner as

Emilio Azcárraga Milmo Emilio Azcárraga Milmo or Emilio Azcárraga Jr. (September 6, 1930 in San Antonio, Texas - April 16, 1997 outside Miami, Florida) was a Mexican-American businessman and the son of Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta and Laura Milmo Hickman. He was educ ...

Eleazar Gómez José Eleazar Gómez Sánchez (; better known as Eleazar Gómez born May 29, 1986, in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican actor. He is noted for his performance in Mexican telenovelas. Gómez is the brother of actress Zoraida Gómez, Alizair Gomez ...

Young Emilio Azcárraga Milmo * Gonzalo Guzmán as Felipe Román *

Arturo Peniche Arturo Peniche (born Arturo Delgadillo Peniche on May 17, 1962) is a Mexican telenovela actor who became popular in Latin America during the 1990s. He is the brother of actor Flavio Peniche, who appears in the telenovela '' La Traición''. Biogr ...

as Luis Pinal *

Gabriela Rivero Gabriela Rivero Abaroa (born September 15, 1964 in Mexico City, Mexico), better known as Gaby Rivero, is an actress and singer. Best remembered for portraying Maestra Jimena (character played in telenovelas Carrusel and Carrusel de las Américas) ...

as Sonia ** Roberta Burns as Young Sonia *

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as Moisés Pasquel *

Leticia Perdigón Leticia Perdigón (; born Guadalupe Leticia Perdigón Labrador on August 7, 1956, in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican Mexican may refer to: Mexico and its culture *Being related to, from, or connected to the country of Mexico, in North Amer ...

as Eva *

Roberto Blandón Roberto Blandon (born Roberto Blandon Jolly; March 8, 1961 in Mexico City) is a television actor in Mexico who starred in soap operas in that country in 1989, including the role of Henry in the soap opera "Mi segunda madre" producer Juan Osorio ...

Luis Buñuel Luis Buñuel Portolés (; 22 February 1900 – 29 July 1983) was a Spanish-Mexican filmmaker who worked in France, Mexico, and Spain. He has been widely considered by many film critics, historians, and directors to be one of the greatest and ...

* Kenia Gascón as Merilú ** María de la Fuente as Young Merilú * Fátima Torre as Concha *

Ricardo Franco Ricardo Franco (24 May 1949 in Madrid – 20 May 1998 in Madrid) was a Spanish screenwriter and film director. Biography Nephew of Jesús Franco. He died at 49 years old when he filmed ''Lágrimas negras (film), Lágrimas negras''. He wrote ...

Jorge Negrete Jorge Alberto Negrete Moreno (; 30 November 1911 – 5 December 1953) was a Mexican singer and actor. Life and career Negrete was born in the city of Guanajuato and had two brothers and three sisters; his father was a Mexican Army Colonel who f ...

* Pedro Romo as Ramón * Jorge Gallego as

Pedro Infante Pedro Infante Cruz (; 18 November 1917 – 15 April 1957) was a Mexican ranchera music singer and actor, whose career spanned the golden age of Mexican cinema. His popularity spread across Latin America. Infante was born in Mazatlán, Sinalo ...

* Patricia Bernal as Jovita * Sharis Cid as

Libertad Lamarque Libertad Lamarque Bouza (; 24 November 1908 – 12 December 2000) was a Mexican-Argentine actress and singer, one of the icons of the Golden Age of Argentine and Mexican cinema. She achieved fame throughout Latin America, and became known as " ...

* Adriana Nieto as Livia ** Odemaris Ruiz as Young Livia ** Mari Jose Alanís as Teen Livia * Sebastian Moncayo as Ernesto * José María Negri as Andrés Soler * Fernando Alonso as Severiano * David Ramos as

Diego Rivera Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez, known as Diego Rivera (; December 8, 1886 – November 24, 1957), was a prominent Mexican painter. His large frescoes helped establish the ...

* José María Galeano as Enrique Rodríguez Alday "El Güero" * Rafael Amador as Emilio Fernández * Sara Nieto as Madre Superiora * Noelia Zanón as Carmen * Maya Mishalska as Jeanne * Sara Montalvo as Josefina * Carmen Becerra as Sara Dorantes * Cassandra Sánchez Navarro as Viridiana Alatriste ** Victoria Biagio as Child Viridiana Alatriste * Hany Sáenz as Antonia * Lorena Álvarez as Teresa * Saturnino Martínez as Guillermo Monroy * Ernesto Godoy as Carlos * Héctor Álvarez as Rodolfo * Raúl Araiza as

Raúl Araiza Raúl Araiza (; born Raúl Araiza Herrera on 14 November 1964) is a Mexican actor and television presenter. He studied drama in the Centro de Educación Artística of Televisa Grupo Televisa is a Mexican multimedia mass media company. A m ...

* Mane de la Parra as Fernando Frade * Héctor Cruz as Mario Montoya * Pedro Sicard as

Tulio Demicheli Tulio Demicheli (born August 15, 1914, Buenos Aires, Argentina - d. May 25, 1992, Madrid, Spain) was an Argentine born Spanish film director, screenwriter and film producer of the classic era. Born as Armando Bartolomé Demichelli in 1914, ...

Ernesto Laguardia Ernesto Laguardia (; born October 5, 1959) is a Mexican actor known for his performances in Mexican telenovelas. Biography Laguardia was born in Mexico City and started as a model while he was in elementary school. His enthusiasm eventually led ...

as Julio * Michel López as Javier Garcia * María Chacón as Alondra * Vanya Aguayo as Fanny

Production

In December 2016 it was confirmed that

Televisa Grupo Televisa is a Mexican multimedia mass media company. A major Latin American mass media corporation, it often presents itself as the largest producer of Spanish-language content. In April 2021, Televisa and Univision Communications announce ...

was preparing a series based on the life of

, and that production would begin in February 2017. Then in May 2017 it was announced that the series would be canceled, but later it was confirmed that it was only postponed. Because of this

said "It is a project that does not interest

at the moment, so the pre-production of the series would be resumed in November 2017". On November 16, 2017 the beginning of the production of the series was officially confirmed. Filming ended in April 2018.

Casting

For the role of

in her adult stage, it was thought in Fernanda Castillo, due to their resemblance, but Castillo rejected the character because she was already filming the series ''

El Señor de los Cielos ''El Señor de los Cielos'' (in English: ''Lord of the Skies'') is an American telenovela created by Luis Zelkowicz, based on an original idea by Mariano Calasso, and Andrés López and it started airing on American broadcast channel Telemundo. P ...

''. On 28 March 2017,

confirmed

as the adult protagonist of the series through her Twitter account. In a press release Estrada confirmed the participation of actresses Mía Rubín, Gala Prieto, Lara Campos, Nicole Vale and

Sylvia Pasquel Sylvia Pasquel (born Silvia Banquells Pinal, 13 October 1949) is a Mexican actress. Career 1960s At the age of nineteen, Pasquel did her first movie, '' El Despertar del Lobo'' (''The Wolf's Awakening''). That movie was made in 1968, the year i ...

who will play Pinal at different stages of her life.

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External links

* {{TVyNovelas Award for Best Series Mexican drama television series Las Estrellas original programming Television series by Televisa 2019 Mexican television series debuts Spanish-language television shows 2019 Mexican television series endings Biographical television series Television series about actors Cultural depictions of actors