Silvia Elizabeth Banquells Pinal (born 13 October 1950), known professionally as Sylvia Pasquel, is a Mexican actress.

Sylvia Pasquel
Born
Silvia Elizabeth Banquells Pinal

(1950-10-13) 13 October 1950 (age 74)
OccupationActress
Years active1968-present

Career

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1960s

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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 in which Pasquel became very famous in Mexico. She followed her first film with her telenovela debut, in Los Inconformes (The Nonconformists).[citation needed]

In 1969, she took part in a movie about wrestling, starring alongside Santo and his wrestling enemy, Blue Demon, in Santo Contra Blue Demon en la Atlantida (Santo versus Blue Demon in Atlantis). She also appeared in two other films in 1969, Una Mujer Honesta (An Honest Woman) and La Casa del Farol Rojo (The Redlight House).[citation needed]

1970s

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The decade of the 1970s was a very busy one for Pasquel, as she starred in multiple films, soap operas, and even in magazine soaps, which were popular in Latin America then. In 1970, she starred in Me he de comer esa tuna (I Shall Eat That Prickly Pear), La Cruz de Mariza Cruzes (Mariza Cruzes' Cross) and in El Mariachi, the only telenovela she did that year.[citation needed]

In 1971, she played "Gianna Donatti" in the telenovela Muchacha Italiana Viene a Casarse (Italian Girl Comes to Get Married) with Angélica María. That soap opera was a major hit, and Pasquel followed her work there with another telenovela, La Recogida (The Step-Daughter). Her one movie in 1971 was Secreto de Confesion (Confession Secret). 1972 proved to be a relatively easy year for Pasquel, whose fame had already spread to the rest of Latin America and among Hispanics in the United States. She participated in only one movie and no soap operas. Her movie that year was named Cinco Mil Dolares de Recompensa (Five Thousand Dollars Reward).[citation needed]

She participated alongside Chabelo, a very popular children's actor of the era, in 1973's Chabelo y Pepito contra los Monstruos (Chabelo and Pepito Against the Monsters). This was followed by another telenovela, El Amor Tiene Cara de Mujer (Love has a Woman's Face). She finished 1973 playing "Maritza" in "Mi Rival" (My Rival).[citation needed]

Pasquel did two soap operas in 1974, each of which proved to be important in her career: in Ha LLegado una Intrusa (An Intruder has Arrived, remade during the 1990s as La Usurpadora), she played two roles in the same drama for the first time in her career, acting as twins "Veronina and Hilda Moreno". Mundo de Juguete (Toy World), meanwhile, became one of the most successful Mexican telenovelas of the era.[citation needed]

After El Milagro de Vivir (The Miracle of Living), a 1975 soap opera, Pasquel began slowing her on screen work rate, and she took 1976 off to return in 1977, with another soap opera, named Humillados y Ofendidos (Humiliated and Offended). Once again, she took a full year off the screens in 1978 and returned in 1979 with a movie named Johnny Chicano and a soap named J.J. Juez.[citation needed]

1980s

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By the 1980s, Pasquel was already a family woman, a fact which contributed to a further slowdown of her screen career. She participated in 1980's Al Rojo Vivo (loosely translated to Very Red), in 1982's El Amor Nunca Muere (Love Never Dies), 1983's Cuando los Hijos se Van (When Children Leave), and 1987's Los Años Perdidos (The Lost Years).[citation needed]

She took off three more years after that, returning in 1990 to participate in one episode of the popular television show, Mujer, Casos de la Vida Real, which is hosted by her mother. The chapter she appeared in was based on a real-life story of a rape victim. Soon after, she made another telenovela, Dias sin Luna (Days Without a Moon). Her return to soap operas was followed by her return to film, with two movies made in 1991: Politico por Error (Politician by Mistake) and Asalto (Robbery).[citation needed]

1990s

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In 1990, a teen-oriented soap opera, Alcanzar una estrella (Reaching a Star), with Eduardo Capetillo, had become a major hit on Mexican television. Pasquel acted in that production's 1991 sequel, Alcanzar una estrella II, where she acted alongside Capetillo, Sasha Sokol and a budding Puerto Rican star named Ricky Martin.[citation needed]

She followed that with 1993's Las Secretas Intenciones (Secret Intentions). and 1995's comedy film El Superman....Dilon Dos (The Super....lacy one, Part Two). In 1996, she participated in Para Toda la Vida (Forever), which was another telenovela. She returned once again in 1998's Huracan, where she played "Caridad".[citation needed]

It was also in 1993 that Pasquel's handprints were embedded into the Paseo de las Luminarias alongside those of her mother and second stepfather as she was honored for her contributions to television. Their handprints would be joined in 2013 by those of Pasquel's sister, Alejandra Guzmán

2000s

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She starred as "Zulema" in 2000's Mi Destino Eres Tu (You Are My Destiny).[citation needed]

In 2001, she participated in another major Mexican telenovela hit, El Manantial (The Cascade). That same year, she played as "Silvia" in Aventuras en el Tiempo (Time Adventures). During 2002, she participated in a very large number of episodes of Mujer, Casos de la Vida Real.[citation needed]

She also participated, as of 2005, in the Mexican soap opera Amarte es mi Pecado (My Sin is Loving You).[citation needed]

Her latest appearance was, as of 2008, in the soap opera Yo amo a Juan Querendón.[citation needed]

On stage, Pasquel had great success in 1979 in the play Claudia me quieren volver loco.[citation needed]

2010s

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In 2013, Pasquel signed to star in Qué pobres tan ricos from the hit producer of Por Ella Soy Eva, Rosy Ocampo.

2020s

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In 2022, Pasquel appeared on Netflix’s ’‘Siempre reinas’’(“Forever Queens”) to star in Qué pobres tan ricos from the hit producer of Por Ella Soy Eva, Rosy Ocampo.

Filmography

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Films

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Year Title Role Notes
1970 El despertar del lobo Sivia Debut film
1970 Santo contra Blue Demon en la Atlantida Juno
1971 Secreto de confesión Mayte
1973 Chabelo y Pepito contra los monstruos Alicia
1973 El amor tiene cara de mujer Cristina
1974 Cinco mil dolares de recompensa Claire
1979 Discotec fin de semana Susana
1981 Johnny Chicano Raquel
1990 Violaciónes, casos de la vida real Susana
1991 Asalto Alde
2001 Padres culpables Susana
2015 La calle de la amargura Doa Epi
2019 Devil Between the Legs Beatriz Nominated - Ariel Award for Best Actress

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1968 Los inconformes Unknown role
1970 La cruz de Marisa Cruces Young Marisa Cruces
1970 El mariachi Unknown role
1971 Muchacha italiana viene a casarse Gianna Donatti
1971 La recogida Alicia
1971 El rabo verde Unknown role
1973 Mi rival Unknown role
1974 Mundo de juguete Elvira
1974 Ha llegado una intrusa Hilda Moreno
1975 El milagro de vivir Hortencia Alvarado
1977 Humiliated and Insulted Unknown role
1979 J.J. Juez Unknown role
1980 Al rojo vivo Tina Villana
1982 El amor nunca muere Carolina
1983 Cuando los hijos se van Teresa
1987 Los años perdidos Unknown role
1990–2004 Mujer, casos de la vida real Various role 13 episodes
1990 La telaraña Unknown role Episode: "Una dama para dos"
1990 Días sin luna Laura Villana
1991 Alcanzar una estrella II Paulina Muriel Loredo Villana
1993 Las secretas intenciones Olivia Cardenal Villana
1995 Lazos de amor Herself
1996 Para toda la vida Lidia
1998 Huracán Caridad
1998 ¿Qué nos pasa? Unknown role Season 1, episode 28
2000 Mi destino eres tú Zulema Fernández
2001 El manantial Pilar Luna
2001 Diseñador ambos sexos Unknown role Episode: "Madres"
2001 Aventuras en el tiempo La Barbura
2003 La hora pico: El reventón Unknown role Television film
2004 Amarte es mi pecado Isaura Ávila de Guzmán Villana
2007 Yo amo a Juan Querendón Nidia Estela de la Cueva Pérez de Cachón
2012 Como dice el dicho Lucrecia "Quien se fía de un lobo..." (Season 2, Episode 64)
2013 Durmiendo con mi jefe Doña Lidia de Briones
2014 Misterio's Isaura "El vestido de novia" (Season 1, Episode 1)
2013–2014 Qué pobres tan ricos Ana Sofía Romagnoli Tolentino de Ruizpalacios
2015–2016 Antes muerta que Lichita Elsa

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