Diana Bracho

Diana Bracho

Known for
Acting
Born
December 12, 1944 (age 81)
Birthplace
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Biography

Diana Bracho (born Diana Bracho Bordes on December 12, 1944 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican actress. Diana Bracho is the daughter of actor/director Julio Bracho, the niece of actress Andrea Palma and the aunt 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.  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 theAcademia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas. She has been involved in co-productions with countries such asThe 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 villainous Evangelina Vizcaíno in Cadenas de Amargura (1991), produced by Carlos Sotomayor. She is set to play the role of the black widow in the third season of Mujeres Asesinas. Though Diana was confirmed to star in Salvador Mejía's new telenovela: La tempestad, she rejected her participation.

Known For

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Filmography

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Toda el agua del mundo

Toda el agua del mundo

Movie · as Clarisa

2026
Hermanas, un amor compartido poster

Hermanas, un amor compartido

TV · 80 eps

2025
Regalo de amor poster

Regalo de amor

TV · as Catalina · 100 eps

2023
María: La Diva Eterna poster

María: La Diva Eterna

Movie · as Self

2023
All the Silence poster

All the Silence

Movie · as Diana

2023
Mundos cósmicos poster

Mundos cósmicos

Movie

2023
La posada poster

La posada

Movie · as Leticia

2023
El show: crónica de un asesinato poster

El show: crónica de un asesinato

TV · as Self / Leonora Navarro (archive footage) · 5 eps

2023
Eternamente Amándonos poster

Eternamente Amándonos

TV · as Martina Rangel de Iturbide · 120 eps

2022
What a Father! poster

What a Father!

Movie

2022
The Exorcist poster

The Exorcist

Movie · as La Serpiente (voice)

2022
Léemelo poster

Léemelo

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
For Better, For Worse poster

For Better, For Worse

Movie · as Elena

2018
I Wanted to Find You poster

I Wanted to Find You

Movie · as Sofía

2017
Cerulia poster

Cerulia

Movie · as (Voice)

2017
Mi marido tiene familia poster

Mi marido tiene familia

TV · as Blanca Gómez Beltrán de Córcega · 269 eps

2016
Secrets at the Hotel poster

Secrets at the Hotel

TV · as Teresa Alarcón · 80 eps

2015
María Bonita poster

María Bonita

Movie · as María Félix

2013
My Universe in Lowercase poster

My Universe in Lowercase

Movie · as Josefina

2013
Martin at Dawn poster

Martin at Dawn

Movie · as Lucía

2013
Amorous Pancho Villa poster

Amorous Pancho Villa

Movie · as Señora Corral

2013
Quiero Amarte poster

Quiero Amarte

TV · as Lucrecia Ugarte de Montesinos · 161 eps

2011
La noche de las flores poster

La noche de las flores

Movie

2011
Rafaela poster

Rafaela

TV · as Morelia Echaverria de de La Vega · 120 eps

2009
Buddah's Head poster

Buddah's Head

Movie · as Tomás's Mother (voice)

2008
Divine Confusion poster

Divine Confusion

Movie · as Julia

2008
3:19 poster

3:19

Movie · as Lucía

2008
Killer Women poster

Killer Women

TV · as Norma · 1 ep

2008
Burning for Revenge poster

Burning for Revenge

TV · as Doña Gabriela Acevedo Vda. de Elizondo · 205 eps

2007
Burn the Bridges poster

Burn the Bridges

Movie · as Catalina

2007
Eros una vez María poster

Eros una vez María

Movie · as María, madre de Tonatiuh

2007
Curse of the Weeping Woman: J-ok'el poster

Curse of the Weeping Woman: J-ok'el

Movie · as J-ok'el

2006
Las Ladrilleras poster

Las Ladrilleras

Movie

2006
Wounds of Love poster

Wounds of Love

TV · as Bertha de Aragón · 130 eps

2003
Dreaming of Julia poster

Dreaming of Julia

Movie · as Beta

2003
Bajo la misma piel poster

Bajo la misma piel

TV · as Sara Ortiz Escalante de Murillo · 95 eps

2002
The Faces of the Moon poster

The Faces of the Moon

Movie · as Magdalena Hoyos

2002
Life Kills poster

Life Kills

Movie · as Reportera

2002
Blind Heat poster

Blind Heat

Movie

2002
Las Lunas del Auditorio poster

Las Lunas del Auditorio

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2001
Y Tu Mamá También poster

Y Tu Mamá También

Movie · as Silvia Allende de Iturbide

2001
Behind the Scenes of 'Y Tu Mamá También' poster

Behind the Scenes of 'Y Tu Mamá También'

Movie · as Self

2001
In the Time of the Butterflies poster

In the Time of the Butterflies

Movie

2001
El derecho de nacer poster

El derecho de nacer

TV · as Clemencia Rivera de del Junco · 80 eps

1999
The Other Conquest poster

The Other Conquest

Movie · as Doña Juana

1999
Infierno en el paraíso poster

Infierno en el paraíso

TV · as Dariana Valdivia · 90 eps

1997
Un baúl lleno de miedo poster

Un baúl lleno de miedo

Movie · as Cristina de Estévez

1997
Conversando con Cristina Pacheco poster

Conversando con Cristina Pacheco

TV · as Self, Diana Bracho · 1 ep

1996
Between Pancho Villa and a Naked Woman poster

Between Pancho Villa and a Naked Woman

Movie · as Gina López

1996
De muerte natural poster

De muerte natural

Movie

1996
El repartidor de pensamientos poster

El repartidor de pensamientos

Movie

1995
Alondra poster

Alondra

TV · as Alondra · 157 eps

1995
Retrato de familia poster

Retrato de familia

TV · as Irene Mariscal · 90 eps

1993
Capricho poster

Capricho

TV · as Eugenia Montaño de Aranda · 115 eps

1992
Serpientes y escaleras poster

Serpientes y escaleras

Movie · as Adelaida

1991
Cadenas de amargura poster

Cadenas de amargura

TV · as Evangelina Vizcaíno Lara · 80 eps

1989
Las asesinas del panadero poster

Las asesinas del panadero

Movie

1988
Romelia's Secret poster

Romelia's Secret

Movie · as Dolores de Román

1988
The Marked Hour poster

The Marked Hour

TV · 87 eps

1988
Pasión y poder poster

Pasión y poder

TV · as Ana Laura Montesinos de Gómez-Luna · 80 eps

1987
Single Dad poster

Single Dad

TV · 1 ep

1986
Los Abandonados – Die Niemandskinder von Camanducaia poster

Los Abandonados – Die Niemandskinder von Camanducaia

Movie

1986
Round poster

Round

Movie · as María Magdalena

1986
Den of Wolves poster

Den of Wolves

TV · as Leonora Navarro · 85 eps

1985
Violent Stories poster

Violent Stories

Movie · as Diana

1985
Esperándote poster

Esperándote

TV · as Isabel · 160 eps

1983
El héroe desconocido poster

El héroe desconocido

Movie · as Chela

1982
I Don't Know For Sure, But I Suppose poster

I Don't Know For Sure, But I Suppose

Movie · as Dalia

1982
Entre paréntesis poster

Entre paréntesis

Movie

1982
Antonieta poster

Antonieta

Movie · as Juana

1982
A Married Woman poster

A Married Woman

Movie

1981
Max Dominó poster

Max Dominó

Movie

1981
Everyone's Hell So Feared poster

Everyone's Hell So Feared

Movie · as Andrea

1981
La leyenda del tambor poster

La leyenda del tambor

Movie · as Paula

1980
Aunt Alejandra poster

Aunt Alejandra

Movie · as Lucia

1980
The Dogs of War poster

The Dogs of War

Movie · as Nun

1979
Crónica íntima poster

Crónica íntima

Movie

1976
Chin Chin el teporocho poster

Chin Chin el teporocho

Movie

1976
Las Poquianchis poster

Las Poquianchis

Movie · as Adelina

1976
El hombre del puente poster

El hombre del puente

Movie

1975
The Birthday of the Dog poster

The Birthday of the Dog

Movie · as Silvia Ballesteros

1975
Letters from Marusia poster

Letters from Marusia

Movie · as Luisa

1974
La casa de Bernarda Alba poster

La casa de Bernarda Alba

Movie · as Amelia

1974
The Holy Inquisition poster

The Holy Inquisition

Movie · as Mariana de Carvajal

1974
The Encounter of a Lonely Man poster

The Encounter of a Lonely Man

Movie · as Renata

1974
Los miserables poster

Los miserables

TV · as Cosette · 77 eps

1973
Castle of Purity poster

Castle of Purity

Movie · as Utopía

1950
Inmaculada poster

Inmaculada

Movie · as Rosalía (Niña)

1949
Felipe de Jesús poster

Felipe de Jesús

Movie · as Rosalia (Niña)