Diana Bracho

Diana Bracho
Born	December 12, 1944(1944-12-12) México City, México
Occupation	actress (theater, film, TV)
Years active	1970–present

Diana Bracho (born December 12, 1944) is a Mexican film, television and stage actress.

Early life

Diana Bracho is the daughter of actor/director Julio Bracho, the niece of actress Andrea Palma and the mother of actor Julio Bracho (named after his grandfather). She married Dr. Felipe Bracho, a university professor. They have a daughter, Andrea. She married, secondly, to Rafael Cortes, an artist, designer and painter. He died in march of 2011.

Career

She made her film debut as a child actress in two of her father's films: San Felipe (1949) and Immaculate Conception (1950). She studied Philosophy and Letters in New York. She debuted professionally on stage in the play Israfel by Abelardo Rodríguez alongside Sergio Bustamante. Her television debut was in 1973. Diana Bracho won the Silver Ariel award twice, the first time in 1973.

She won her second Silver Ariel for El infierno, de todos tan temído and was nominated for Best Actress for Letters from Marusia (1976) and Entre Pancho Villa y una mujer desnuda (1996). On August 6, 2002 she was appointed president of the Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas. She has been involved in co-productions with countries such as The Chess Player (France); Edmilson (Germany), The Dogs of War (Britain), The Aleph (Italy), The legend of the Drum (Spain), Antonieta (Spain) and On Wings of Eagles (United States).

She starred in several television series and soap operas, notably as Leonora Navarro in the telenovela Cuna de lobos (1986), produced by Carlos Tellez. She also played the villanous Evangelina Vizcaíno in Cadenas de Amargura (1991), produced by Carlos Sotomayor. She is set to play the role of the black widows in the third season of Mujeres Asesinas.

Filmography

Movies

• Martín al amanecer (2009) - Lucía
• Divina Confusión (2008) - Julia
• Quemar Las Naves (2007) - Catalina
• J-ok'el (2007) - J-ok'el
• El Umbral (2003) - Mercedes
• Vivir mata (2002)
• Dreaming of Julia (2001) - Beta
• Y tu mamá también (2001) - Silvia Allende de Iturbide
• Las Caras De La Luna - Magdalena Hoyos
• La otra conquista (1998) - Doña Juana
• Un baúl lleno de miedo (1997)
• Entre Pancho Villa y una mujer desnuda (1995) - Gina López
• Serpientes y escaleras (1992)
• El Secreto de Romelia (1988) - Dolores de Roman
• Yo no lo sé de cierto, lo supongo (1982)
• Antonieta (1982) - Juana
• Entre paréntesis (1982)
• El héroe desconocido (1981)
• La leyenda del tambor (1981)
• Max Domino (1981)
• The Dogs of War (1980) - Nun
• El infierno de todos tan temido (1979)
• La Tía Alejandra (1979) - Lucía
• Crónica íntima (1976)
• Las Poquianchis (1976) - Adelina
• Actas de Marusia (1975) - Luisa
• El hombre del puente (1975)
• El cumpleaños del perro (1974) - Silvia
• El encuentro de un hombre solo (1974) - Renata Castillo
• Los Miserables (1974) - Cossette
• El castillo de la pureza (1973) - Utopía
• El Santo Oficio (1972) - Mariana De Carvajal
• Inmaculada (1950) - Rosalia (niña)
• San Felipe de Jesús (1949)

Televisión

• Rafaela (telenovela) (2011) - Morelia de la Vega
• Mujeres Asesinas 3 (2010) - Las Blanco,Viudas - Norma Blanco
• Locas de amor (2009)
• Fuego en la sangre (2008) - Gabriela Acevedo de Elizondo
• S.O.S: Sexo y otros secretos (2007) - Isadora
• Heridas de Amor (2006) - Bertha de Aragón
• Bajo la misma piel (2003) - Sara Ortiz Escalante
• El derecho de nacer (2001) - Clemencia Rivera del Junco
• Abrázame muy fuerte (2000) - Actuación Especial
• Infierno en el paraíso (1999) - Dariana Valdivia
• El privilegio de amar (1998) - Ana Joaquina Velarde (joven)
• El vuelo del águila (1996) - Sara Madero
• Alondra (1995) - Alondra (voz solamente)
• Retrato de familia (1995) - Irene Mariscal
• Capricho (1993) - Eugenia
• Cadenas de amargura (1991) - Evangelina Vizcaíno
• Pasión y poder (1988) - Laura Gómes Luna
• Cuna de lobos (1986) - Leonora Navarro de Larios
• On Wings of Eagles (1986) - Mrs. Dobuti
• Esperándote (1985) - Isabel
• Leona Vicario (1982) (1982) - Leona Vicario
• El amor llegó más tarde (1979) - Mrs. Dobuti
• Ángel Guerra (1979) - Lorenza
• Los miserables (1973) - Cosette
• Mi primer amor (1973) - Elena

External links

• Diana Bracho at the Internet Movie Database
• Diana Bracho official website
• Biografía de Diana Bracho (Spanish)

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Name	Bracho, Diana
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Date of birth	December 12, 1944
Place of birth	México City, México
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