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); E…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Y Tu Mamá También (2001) — Silvia Allende de Iturbide
2. Killer Women (2008) — Norma
3. Mi marido tiene familia (2017) — Blanca Gómez Beltrán de Córcega
4. What a Father! (2022)
5. The Dogs of War (1980) — Nun
6. Burning for Revenge (2008) — Doña Gabriela Acevedo Vda. de Elizondo
7. Cadenas de amargura (1991) — Evangelina Vizcaíno Lara
8. The Exorcist (2022) — La Serpiente (voice)
9. Den of Wolves (1986) — Leonora Navarro
10. Papá Soltero (1987)
11. Secrets at the Hotel (2016) — Teresa Alarcón
12. Castle of Purity (1973) — Utopía
13. Aunt Alejandra (1980) — Lucia
14. Las Poquianchis (1976) — Adelina
15. For Better, For Worse (2019) — Elena
16. El show: crónica de un asesinato (2023) — Self / Leonora Navarro (archive footage)
17. I Wanted to Find You (2018) — Sofía
18. All the Silence (2023) — Diana
19. The Other Conquest (1999) — Doña Juana
20. Curse of the Weeping Woman: J-ok'el (2007) — J-ok'el
21. Quiero Amarte (2013) — Lucrecia Ugarte de Montesinos
22. Hermanas, un amor compartido (2026)
23. The Marked Hour (1988)
24. La posada (2023) — Leticia
25. The Holy Inquisition (1974) — Mariana de Carvajal
26. Regalo de amor (2025) — Catalina
27. Letters from Marusia (1975) — Luisa
28. La leyenda del tambor (1981) — Paula
29. Burn the Bridges (2007) — Catalina
30. Divine Confusion (2008) — Julia
31. The Birthday of the Dog (1975) — Silvia Ballesteros
32. Between Pancho Villa and a Naked Woman (1996) — Gina López
33. Everyone's Hell So Feared (1981) — Andrea
34. Round (1986) — María Magdalena
35. Chin Chin el teporocho (1976)
36. Violent Stories (1985) — Diana
37. Cerulia (2017) — (Voice)
38. María: La Diva Eterna (2023) — Self
39. Eros una vez María (2007) — María, madre de Tonatiuh
40. 3:19 (2008) — Lucía