Elena Poniatowska
Acting
Born: 1932-05-19 · France
Biography
Hélène Elizabeth Louise Amélie Paula Dolores Poniatowska Amor (born May 19, 1932), known professionally as Elena Poniatowska is a French-born Mexican journalist and author, specializing in works on social and political issues focused on those considered to be disenfranchised especially women and the poor. She was born in Paris to upper-class parents, including her mother whose family fled Mexico during the Mexican Revolution. She left France for Mexico when she was ten to escape the Second World
🎬 Movies (18)
Memoria de Los Olvidados
2025
Self
Leonora in the Morning Light
2025
Novel
Pedro
2022
Self
Ana
2020
Escritora (México)
Xico's Journey
2020
Cuca (voice)
The Busty Doll
2017
One Hundred Years with Juan Rulfo
2017
Self
Between Cuba and Mexico, Everything is Bonito & Sabroso
2016
Chaos and Order: Manuel Felguérez and His Abstract Work
2016
Alaide Foppa Falla, The Unfortunate One
2014
Tina Modotti: Dogma and Passion
2013
Herself
Made in Mexico
2012
Self
El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza
2012
Self / Additional Voices (voice)
Leonora Carrington - The Surrealist Game
2012
Self
The Storm That Swept Mexico
2011
Self - Novelist/Journalist (as Elena Poniatowska Amor)
José Emilio Pacheco: me llamo Nadie
2009
Self
Esmeralda Comes by Night
1997
Writer
Asaltar los cielos
1996
