Diana Bracho

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

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Gender

Female

Birthday

12-Dec-1944

Age

(81 years old)

Place of Birth

Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

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Diana Bracho

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.


Credits

Eros una vez María Eros una vez María (2007) Character: María, madre de Tonatiuh
When Tonatiuh loses his beloved Maria, grief and obsession to be loved lead him to seek love in a variety of women also called Maria.
Mi universo en minúsculas Mi universo en minúsculas (2013) Character: Josefina
Director Hatuey Viveros' beautiful film unfolds as a fascinating exploration of contemporary life in Mexico, searching to understand today's world, while portraying a younger generation who lack an understanding of their past. And as we journey with Aina on her own discovery, it becomes clear that the process of her search is just as important as the results.
La noche de las flores La noche de las flores (2011) Character: N/A
The story of a wooing in which the stepdaughter, Elena, seduces her stepmother. A love story that is unpredictable for both, where reality overcomes their principles and traditions.
Yo no lo sé de cierto, lo supongo Yo no lo sé de cierto, lo supongo (1982) Character: Dalia
Dalia and Daniel are a couple running away from the noise, the pollution and the social prejudice, so they take shelter at an isolated farmhouse, which used to belong to Daniel's father. There they are, in full intimacy with each other, only with nature and their own memories. However, the monotony and the loneliness gradually deteriorates their relationship.
El hombre del puente El hombre del puente (1976) Character: N/A
A man without identity/citizenship papers is stuck in the no-man's-land between two countries.
El héroe desconocido El héroe desconocido (1981) Character: Chela
An outcast, Rodolfo Martínez, whom no one loves and whom everyone despises and undervalues ​​in his town of Valle Verde, in Mexico, decides to change his luck. He decides to invent that he has a very important ancestor and that is why he deserves a statue that will remind future generations of everything he has done. Rodolfo doesn't care what happens, all he wants is to stop being a failure and for people to see him as an equal.
Crónica íntima Crónica íntima (1979) Character: N/A
Mexican feature film
Max Dominó Max Dominó (1981) Character: N/A
Mexican feature film
Mundos cósmicos Mundos cósmicos (2023) Character: N/A
Drugs won’t solve your problems, but they might help. At least that’s what Memo, a artist tortured by his own failure, thinks. About to turn 30, and in a troubled relationship with his girlfriend, Memo decides to try LSD for the first time in hopes that a psychedelic trip provides him with the answers he so desperately needs. Through the use of this hallucinogenic substance, Memo will access parts of his psyche previously unknown even to him. Come along for the ride.
Redondo Redondo (1986) Character: María Magdalena
Loosely based on the novel "Leakage, iron and fire" by Paco Ignacio Taibo I, "Redondo" is an amazing and brilliant cinematic journey, biting and irreverently funny, for the fantastic world of a spontaneous novelist who finds himself, putting in crisis some of the institutions and traditional values of his society​​.
Martín al amanecer Martín al amanecer (2013) Character: Lucía
When Martin's car breaks down in the middle of the desert, he has no choice but to head off across the empty landscape to look for help. Along the road he happens upon a mysterious brothel. He has no choice but to go there. But when he goes inside he unknowingly is drawn into a fateful game of chance. In this suspenseful film from Mexico, not everything is what it seems.
Las caras de la Luna Las caras de la Luna (2002) Character: Magdalena Hoyos
The Faces of the Moon is the story of five women from five different countries (Argentina, Uruguay, Mexico, USA and Spain), invited to Mexico City to be the jury of the Third Annual Latin American Women's Film Festival. In six vertiginous days these women share their past experiences, their ghosts and, their expectations. The group views and critiques the festival's film entries, and, in the process, the women reveal their personal, political and national histories.
El encuentro de un hombre solo El encuentro de un hombre solo (1974) Character: Renata
Alberto is a journalist who remembers an event 15 years ago, when his friend Gabriel saved a girl from a fire suffering third-degree burns. When he tells the story to his friends, one of them asks him to write it with realism, so Alberto comes back to his old town to meet Gabriel again.
Serpientes y escaleras Serpientes y escaleras (1992) Character: Adelaida
Two young girls used to play Serpents and Ladders. One of them always won, but they are very close friends. When they grow up, the winner is still the lucky one in the game of life, but life can be treacherous...
Las asesinas del panadero Las asesinas del panadero (1989) Character: N/A
Mexican feature film
Los Abandonados – Die Niemandskinder von Camanducaia Los Abandonados – Die Niemandskinder von Camanducaia (1986) Character: N/A
Based on the true story of boys from Brazilian jails taken to the state border and abandoned without food or clothing to relieve overcrowding in prison. Once discovered it became a major scandal in the 70s.
María Bonita María Bonita (2015) Character: María Félix
The Mexican diva of cinema, María Felix, age 80, is staying as a guest at the home of a family in Veracruz. There she meets the daughter of the owners, Agatha, age 16, who wants to know what does the actress do to be so beautiful at her age. They become friends, live adventures and María reveals her secrets.
Felipe de Jesús Felipe de Jesús (1949) Character: Rosalia (Niña)
Biography of the first Catholic Saint to be born in Mexico.
Inmaculada Inmaculada (1950) Character: Rosalía (Niña)
A single mother discovers her daughter getting ready to elope with an unworthy boyfriend, so she sits the girl down and tells her the whole entire story of her own very unhappy marriage.
La leyenda del tambor La leyenda del tambor (1981) Character: Paula
In June 1808, Napoleon's troops invade Spain. A boy named Isidro will beat his drum in the mountains of El Bruc, making the French army believe that thousands of armed men are waiting to confront them.
Apasionado Pancho Villa Apasionado Pancho Villa (2013) Character: Señora Corral
The assassination of Pancho Villa, on the outskirts of Parral, Chihuahua, plunged the city into mourning, and a wake for the revolutionary hero was held by his closest collaborators. Conspicuous among the mourners were the four women with whom Villa was having intimate relationships at the time of his death. Now that Villa is no longer around to mediate and keep them apart, tensions between the women grow and intensify, with unexpected consequences. An intimate and human portrait of the Centaur of the North.
Entre Pancho Villa y una mujer desnuda Entre Pancho Villa y una mujer desnuda (1996) Character: Gina López
Gina, a modern business woman in her late forties, has a lover named Adrian, a journalist, who she sees once in a while just to have sex. They are both attracted to the historic figure of Pancho Villa: he admires his power while she admires his virility. As Gina helps Adrian to write a book about Villa, she discovers the similarity between Villa's relation to women to that of Adrian and hers, and that Villa's revolution never included her, nor the rest of the female half of the human species. Can the love of a woman and a man survive machismo?
De muerte natural De muerte natural (1996) Character: N/A
Four women get mad at a bakery while they recall their lives at their neighborhood.
El secreto de Romelia El secreto de Romelia (1988) Character: Dolores de Román
The way three different generations of women view virginity and the mystery that a love story hides.
La posada La posada (2023) Character: Leticia
The Mendoza family gathers yearly for Posada. Diego's girlfriend Caro hosts this year. Secrets and cultural clashes emerge, making Caro reconsider joining the Mendoza family.
Todo el silencio Todo el silencio (2023) Character: Diana
Miriam teaches sign language in the mornings and is part of a professional theater production in the afternoons, maintaining a stable and passionate relationship with her girlfriend Lola. Although her life is very much connected to the routine of a deaf person, her world begins to crumble when she discovers that she is losing her hearing.
Quemar las naves Quemar las naves (2007) Character: Catalina
Eugenia is a former pop singer who is bedridden and dying of cancer. She is cared for by her daughter, Helena, who dreams of traveling the world and wishes she could be a glamorous pop star like her mother was. Helena’s younger brother Sebastian's dreams are simple and he merely wants to move to the beach. Helena is smart and pretty but she has no friends, male or female and is totally devoted to her mother's care and is also on the verge of initiating an incestuous relationship with Sebastian. Sebastian however, is falling in love with a boy at school named Juan who is the school roughneck and the son of a single father who owns a little bar. Juan is the nemesis of the school preppy named Ismael who comes from such a wealthy home that he has his own chauffeur and bodyguards. Ismael's ping-pong obsessed girlfriend Aurora rents a room at Helena and Sebastian's house where Ismael discovers he is also attracted to Sebastian.
J-ok'el J-ok'el (2007) Character: J-ok'el
An unworldly and closed-minded American travels to a small village in exotic Chiapas, Mexico; at the behest of his estranged mother when his half-sister disappears during a local epidemic of kidnappings attributed to the legendary J-ok'el, the weeping woman, who drowned her own babies, centuries ago and whose spirit has returned to claim more children as her own.
Y tu mamá también Y tu mamá también (2001) Character: Silvia Allende de Iturbide
In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other.
The Dogs of War The Dogs of War (1980) Character: Nun
Mercenary soldiers Jamie and Drew are hired by a large corporation to liberate Zangaro, a small African nation, from an despot. Havoc ensues.
El castillo de la pureza El castillo de la pureza (1973) Character: Utopía
A disciplined and sexually driven man forces his family to stay isolated in their home in order to protect them from the “evil nature” of human beings.
María: La Diva Eterna María: La Diva Eterna (2023) Character: Self
Twenty years after her death, María Félix, a figure of Mexican cinema, is a model for free and independent women who are in control of their lives. Known as La Doña, she was a beautiful and strong woman. Admired and ahead of her time, she is our eternal diva.
Cerulia Cerulia (2017) Character: (Voice)
Cerulia comes back home to bid her final farewell, but her childhood memories and grandparents presence would not let her go.
Cabeza de Buda Cabeza de Buda (2009) Character: Tomás's Mother (voice)
Tomás, a famous and egocentric actor, buying a Buddha head in Lagunilla . In an attempt to avoid being robbed, the thief accidentally kills in self-defense , with the relic . His life starts to change , forcing him to confront this crime and discover the sheer banality of existence. Seeking redemption faced with the mother of the thief and asks forgiveness , learning to forgive yourself
El santo oficio El santo oficio (1974) Character: Mariana de Carvajal
A plague is spreading through 16th century Mexico, and the Inquisition of the Roman Catholic Church is rooting out Jews, for they are believed to be its cause. At his father's funeral, a monk observes his family practicing Jewish burial rite, and he reports them, leading to devastating consequences for the whole family.
Divina confusión Divina confusión (2008) Character: Julia
The Greek Olimpian Gods engage in the human life experience to its full intensity, for which they choose Mexico City's trendy night club: "Olimpus Dancing Club". Once living in the mortal's world, the naughty Eros (with help of a gang of ill-behaved gods), is responsible for unleashing a forbidden passion that disrupts the lives of the members of two families of not-so-simple mortals.
La tía Alejandra La tía Alejandra (1979) Character: Lucia
The arrival of Aunt Alejandra triggers a series of nightmarish events that will put the life of a family at mysterious risk.
La otra conquista La otra conquista (1999) Character: Doña Juana
The film is a drama about the aftermath of the 1520s Spanish Conquest of Mexico told from the perspective of the indigenous Aztec people. It explores the social, religious, and psychological changes brought about by a historical process of colonization that both defined the American continent and is also highly reminiscent of today’s neocolonialism.
Detrás de Y tu mamá también Detrás de Y tu mamá también (2001) Character: Self
On-set documentary about the making of the film "Y tu mamá también."
Historias violentas Historias violentas (1985) Character: Diana
Five surreal short stories make up this Mexican anthology film.
Actas de Marusia Actas de Marusia (1975) Character: Luisa
Chronicle of the repression that a foreign company exerts on the miners of a small nitrate town in Chile, whose workers decide to claim their most essential rights. A reflection of the historic union struggles in the northern Chile that ended with terrible repressive acts.
En las buenas y en las malas En las buenas y en las malas (2019) Character: Elena
Sebastian and Valeria are about to get married. Everything seems perfect but a woman tries to seduce Sebastian while Valeria is pregnant.
¡Qué Despadre! ¡Qué Despadre! (2022) Character: N/A
Pedro is a single man in his forties who likes to party, has no children and lives at night. Everything changes when he meets Alin. She mentions to him that she is looking for her dad and that there is a high probability that it is him.
Chin Chin el teporocho Chin Chin el teporocho (1976) Character: N/A
Rogelio’s story, a young man of humble origin in the neighborhood of Tepito, who falls in love with the daughter of a wealthy grocer, Michelle, but his marriage to her will be a failure and he will end up as a one more drunk.
Las poquianchis Las poquianchis (1976) Character: Adelina
During the mid-1970s, in the Mexican state of Guanajuato, authorities discover a clandestine burial ground. The corpses are from murdered prostitutes. The suspects are three sisters known as "Las Poquianchis".
Dreaming of Julia Dreaming of Julia (2003) Character: Beta
The year is 1958, and in Holguín, Cuba, a boy's world is about to change forever.
El cumpleaños del perro El cumpleaños del perro (1975) Character: Silvia Ballesteros
Two men who kill their wives so they can be together. A tailor goes from having his dog as his best friend to a young man, in a friendship that becomes so very close that the younger man murders his wife. He is helped by the other man. The husband wants to help him, but his wife wants to turn him in to the police. So he also kills his wife.
El infierno de todos tan temido El infierno de todos tan temido (1981) Character: Andrea
The inner demons of an aspiring writer, whose dissatisfaction has pushed him to alcohol and drugs, lead him to his self-destruction under the guise of confusing political positions.
A ti te quería encontrar A ti te quería encontrar (2018) Character: N/A
Diego, just a few weeks away from his wedding to Julia, the perfect bride, is forced by his father to remodel a hotel he destroyed during his wild bachelor party. There, he meets Lu, the hotel manager, a free-spirited, bold, and beautiful woman; the kind of woman who turns your life upside down. Lu will make Diego confront himself and take control of his life for the first time.
Vivir Mata Vivir Mata (2002) Character: Reportera
A romantic comedy of our times about passion, friendship and lies, on one of those days when the city and its inhabitants go crazy and anything seems possible. Diego and Silvia meet each other and fall in love thanks to their masterly lies. The morning after, with their respective friends, they remember the encounter and slowly begin to realize how sincere and honest that relationship was. When the opportunity arises, both struggle to meet again on a day in which a sudden and unusual disorder reigns in Mexico City.
La Exorcista La Exorcista (2022) Character: La Serpiente (voice)
Ophelia, a young nun recently arriving in the town of San Ramon, is forced to perform an exorcism on a pregnant woman in danger of dying. Just when she thinks her possession has ended, she discovers that the evil presence hasn't disappeared yet. The director of the award-winning Here Comes the Devil and Late Phases adds a new twist to possession movies in one of this year's Latin American horror surprises.



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