Diana Bracho
| Diana Bracho | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
Diana Bracho Bordes December 12, 1944 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1949-1950, 1970-present |
| Spouse(s) |
Felipe Bracho (?-?) (divorce) Rafael Cortés (?-2011) (his death) |
| Children | Andrea Bracho |
| Parent(s) |
Julio Bracho (deceased) Diana Bordes Mangel (deceased) |
| Relatives |
Andrea Palma (aunt) Marcela Bordes (cousin) Alexander de Bordes (first cousin) Julio Bracho (nephew) Dolores del Río (2nd degree family) Ramon Novarro (2nd degree family) Enrique Bordes Mangel (uncle, deceased) |
Diana Bracho (born Diana Bracho Bordes on December 12, 1944 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican actress.
Early life
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. He died in March 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 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,[1] she rejected her participation.[2]
Filmography
| Telenovelas, Series, Films | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
| 1949 | San Felipe de Jesús | Film | ||
| 1950 | Immaculate | Rosalia (child) | Film | |
| 1972 | El Santo Oficio | Mariana de Carvajal | Film | |
| 1973 | El castillo de la pureza | Utopía | Film | |
| Mi primer amor | Elena | Supporting Role | ||
| Los miserables | Cosette | Protagonist | ||
| 1974 | Los Miserables | Cossette | Film | |
| El encuentro de un hombre solo | Renata Castillo | Film | ||
| El cumpleaños del perro | Silvia | Film | ||
| 1975 | El hombre del puente | Film | ||
| Actas de Marusia | Luisa | Film | ||
| 1976 | Las Poquianchis | Adelina | Film | |
| Crónica íntima | Film | |||
| 1979 | La Tía Alejandra | Lucía | Film | |
| El infierno de todos tan temido | Film | |||
| Ángel Guerra | Lorenza | Co-Protagonist | ||
| El amor llegó más tarde | Mrs. Dobuti | Protagonist | ||
| 1980 | Al Salir el Sol | Ana | Protagonist | |
| The Dogs of War | Nun | Film | ||
| 1981 | Max Domino | Film | ||
| La leyenda del tambor | Film | |||
| El héroe desconocido | Film | |||
| 1982 | Entre paréntesis | Film | ||
| Antonieta | Juana | Film | ||
| Yo no lo sé de cierto, lo supongo | Film | |||
| Leona Vicario | Leona Vicario | Protagonist | ||
| 1985-86 | Esperándote | Isabel | Supporting Role | |
| 1986 | On Wings of Eagles | Mrs. Dobuti | TV Series | |
| 1986-87 | Cuna de lobos | Leonora Navarro de Larios | Protagonist | |
| 1988 | Pasión y poder | Ana Laura Gómez Luna | Protagonist | |
| El Secreto de Romelia | Dolores de Roman | Film | ||
| 1989 | La Hora Marcada | Martha | TV Series | |
| 1991 | Cadenas de amargura | Evangelina Vizcaíno Lara | Main Antagonist | |
| 1992 | Serpientes y escaleras | Film | ||
| 1993 | Capricho | Eugenia Montaño de Aranda | Main Antagonist | |
| 1994-95 | El vuelo del águila | Sara Pérez Romero de Madero | Supporting Role | |
| 1995 | Alondra | Alondra (voice) | Special Appearance | |
| Entre Pancho Villa y una mujer desnuda | Gina López | Film | ||
| 1995-96 | Retrato de familia | Irene Mariscal | Main Antagonist | |
| 1997 | Un baúl lleno de miedo | Film | ||
| 1998 | La otra conquista | Doña Juana | Film | |
| 1998-99 | El Privilegio de Amar | Ana Joaquina Velarde (young) | Antagonist | |
| 1999 | Infierno en el paraíso | Dariana Valdivia | Main Antagonist | |
| 1999-00 | Cuento de Navidad | Queta | TV Mini-series | |
| 2001 | El derecho de nacer | Clemencia Rivera de del Junco | Co-protagonist | |
| Y tu mamá también | Silvia Allende de Iturbide | Film | ||
| Dreaming of Julia | Beta | Film | ||
| 2002 | Las Caras De La Luna | Magdalena Hoyos | Film | |
| Vivir mata | Film | |||
| 2003 | El Umbral | Mercedes | Film | |
| 2003-04 | Bajo la misma piel | Sara Ortiz Escalante de Murillo | Co-Protagonist | |
| 2006 | Heridas de Amor | Doña Bertha de Aragón de San Llorente | Main Antagonist | |
| 2007 | S.O.S.: Sexo y otros Secretos | Isadora | TV Series | |
| J-ok'el | J-ok'el | Film | ||
| Quemar Las Naves | Catalina | Film | ||
| 2008 | Divina Confusión | Julia | Film | |
| Fuego en la sangre | Doña Gabriela Acevedo vda. de Elizondo | Main Antagonist | ||
| 2009 | Locas de amor | Regina | TV Series | |
| Martín al amanecer | Lucía | Film | ||
| 2010 | Mujeres Asesinas 3 | Norma Blanco | Episode: "Las Blanco, viudas" | |
| 2011 | Rafaela | Morelia Echevarría de de la Vega | Antagonist | |
| My Universe in Lower Case | Film | |||
| 2013-14 | Quiero amarte | Lucrecia Ugarte de Montesinos | Main Antagonist | |
| 2016 | El hotel de los secretos | Doña Teresa | ||
Awards and nominations
| Year | Awards | Category | Telenovela | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Premios TVyNovelas | Best Lead Actress | Cuna de lobos | Won |
| 1992 | Cadenas de amargura | |||
| 1994 | Best Female Antagonist | Capricho | ||
| 2007 | Best First Actress | Heridas de Amor | Nominated | |
| 2009 | Best Female Antagonist | Fuego en la sangre | Won |
References
External links
- Diana Bracho at the Internet Movie Database
- Diana Bracho official website
- Biografía de Diana Bracho (Spanish)
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