{{Short description|Mexican film and television actress (1952–2022)}} {{Infobox person | name = Raquel Pankowsky | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1952|7|10}} | birth_place = Mexico City, Mexico | death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|3|28|1952|7|10}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-28 |title=Muere la actriz Raquel Pankowsky |url=https://noticieros.televisa.com/ultimas-noticias/muere-raquel-pankowsky-actriz/ |access-date=2022-03-28 |website=Noticieros Televisa |language=es-MX}}</ref> | death_place = Mexico City, Mexico | occupation = Actress | known_for = Un gancho al corazón (2008), and Que pobres tan ricos (2013). | nationality = | children = }}
'''Raquel Pankowsky''' (July 10, 1952 – March 28, 2022) was a Mexican Jewish film and television actress.<ref>{{cite web|title=Raquel Pankowsky - Biography|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0659603/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm|website=IMDb|accessdate=22 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title= Raquel Pankowsky, De Marta Según la esposa de Fox a Esther la hija de Moishe|url= http://diariojudio.com/comunidad-judia-mexico/raquel-pankowsky-de-marta-segun-la-esposa-de-fox-a-esther-la-hija-de-moishe/12897/|work= Diario Judio|location= Mexico|date= 31 December 2013}}</ref>
== Early life == Born in Mexico City, Mexico, she grew up in Narvarte, Mexico City.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title= Raquel Pankowsky, De Marta Según la esposa de Fox a Esther la hija de Moishe|url= http://diariojudio.com/comunidad-judia-mexico/raquel-pankowsky-de-marta-segun-la-esposa-de-fox-a-esther-la-hija-de-moishe/12897/|work= Diario Judio|location= Mexico|date= 31 December 2013}}</ref> Pankowsky never married and did not have children. She was the daughter of Isabel and José Pankowsky, who divorced when Pankowsky was 6 years old. Her father died when she was 19, and her mother when she was 25.<ref>{{cite news |last1= Montoya|first1= María|last2= Peréz|first2= Edgar|title= Raquel Pankowsky aseguró que dejó de tener novios porque los que tenía ¡eran puros 'mantenidos'!|url= http://www.tvnotas.com.mx/noticias-espectaculos-mexico/raquel-pankowsky-aseguro-que-dejo-de-tener-novios-porque-los-que-tenia|work= TV Notas|location= Mexico}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title= Raquel Pankowsky comparte sus 'peores' días|url= https://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/382256.raquel-pankowsky-comparte-sus-peores-dias.html|work= El Siglo de Torreón|location= Matamoros, Mexico|date= 29 September 2008}}</ref>
A lifelong smoker, she began smoking when she was 11 years, she was diagnosed with COPD and faced with the likelihood that she would develop pulmonary emphysema if she did not give up smoking. She could not imagine herself not smoking, and was having a difficult time giving it up and turned to an addiction psychiatrist. After she successfully quit smoking, during an interview she said the best thing she's done in her life was to give up smoking.<ref>{{cite news |last= Infante|first= Gustavo A|date= 27 November 2014|title= Raquel Pankowsky|url= http://www.excelsior.com.mx/opinion/gustavo-a-infante/2014/11/27/994557|work= Excelsior|location= Mexico}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title= Tengo EPOC, pero recuperé mi cuerpo: Raquel Pankowsky|url= https://sumedico.com/tengo-epoc-pero-recuper-mi-cuerpo-raquel-pankowsky/|work= Sumedico.com|location= Mexico|date= 18 November 2010}}</ref>
== Career == Pankowsky began acting in high school. Pankowsky was an extra in the theater production of Hat Full of Rain (Un sombrero lleno de lluvia) and met Luis Gimeno who was also in the play. At that time Gimeno was the director of the school of the National Association of Actors (ANDA), he encouraged her to study acting there.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title= Raquel Pankowsky, De Marta Según la esposa de Fox a Esther la hija de Moishe|url= http://diariojudio.com/comunidad-judia-mexico/raquel-pankowsky-de-marta-segun-la-esposa-de-fox-a-esther-la-hija-de-moishe/12897/|work= Diario Judio|location= Mexico|date= 31 December 2013}}</ref>
In 2005 Pankowsky's role as Marta Sahagún, Mexico's First Lady and wife of President Vicente Fox, in ''El privilegio de mandar'' opened many doors for her and "gave her the greatest success of her career".<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title= Raquel Pankowsky, De Marta Según la esposa de Fox a Esther la hija de Moishe|url= http://diariojudio.com/comunidad-judia-mexico/raquel-pankowsky-de-marta-segun-la-esposa-de-fox-a-esther-la-hija-de-moishe/12897/|work= Diario Judio|location= Mexico|date= 31 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title= Raquel Pankowsky afirma que "Marta Según" ya está en el baúl de los recuerdos|url= http://www.radioformula.com.mx/notas.asp?Idn=650693&idFC=2016|work= Radio Formula|location= Mexico|date= 24 December 2016}}</ref>
In 2016 she participated in the Bellas Artes reading promotional program “Leo… luego existo” (I read, therefore I exist) at the International Book Fair in Arteaga, where she read from the book "La culpa es de los Tlaxcaltecas " by Elena Garro, which encourages people of all ages to read.<ref>{{cite news |last= González|first= Estefanía |date= 1 June 2016|title= 'No interpretaría a la primera dama del país': Raquel Pankowsky|url= https://www.vanguardia.com.mx/articulo/no-interpretaria-la-primera-dama-del-pais-raquel-pankowsky|work= Vanguardia|location= Mexico}}</ref>
== Filmography ==
=== Telenovelas === {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Telenovela roles |- ! Year !! Title !! Roles !! Notes |- | 2018 | ''José José, el príncipe de la canción'' | | |- | 2017 | ''Papá a toda madre'' | Esperanza Félix | |- | 2017 | ''El bienamado'' | Concordia Briseño | |- | 2013-2014 | ''Qué pobres tan ricos'' | Isela Blanco | |- | 2013 | ''Corazón indomable'' | Cira | |- | 2012 | ''Miss XV'' | Griselda | |- | 2012 | ''Cachito de cielo'' | ''Coca Obregón'' | |- | 2010-2011 | ''Para volver a amar'' | Sra. de Pimentel | |- | 2010 | ''Zacatillo, un lugar en tu corazón'' | Sonia | |- | 2008-2009 | ''Un gancho al corazón'' | Bernarda | |- | 2003-2004 | ''Alegrijes y rebujos'' | Consuelo Márquez | |- | 2001-2002 | ''El juego de la vida'' | Bertha De la Mora | |- | 2001 | ''Carita de ángel'' | ''Honoria'' | |- | 2000-2001 | ''El precio de tu amor'' | Meche | |- | 2000 | ''La casa en la playa'' | | |- | 1999 | ''Por tu amor'' | Dr. Obregón | |- | 1998-1999 | ''Camila'' | Gloria | |- | 1997 | ''Esmeralda'' | Juana | |- | 1996 | La sombra del otro | | |- | 1994-1995 | ''Caminos cruzados'' | Inés | |- | 1992-1993 | Ángeles sin paraíso | Brígida | |- | 1992 | ''Carrusel de las Américas'' | Professor Matilde Mateuche | |- | 1991-1992 | ''Al filo de la muerte'' | Adela | |- | 1991 | ''Cadenas de amargura'' | Inés Blancarte | |- | 1989-1990 | ''Carrusel'' | Professor Matilde Mateuche | |- | 1988 | ''Amor en silencio'' | Sirvienta de Mercedes | |- | 1987-1988 | ''Victoria'' | Hortensia | |- | 1987 | ''Rosa salvaje'' | La Tacones | |- | 1981-1982 | ''Juegos del destino'' | Teresa | |- |}
=== Television === {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Television roles |- ! Year !! Title !! Roles !! Notes |- | 2016 | ''Los González'' | Doña María González | Several episodes<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radioformula.com.mx/notas.asp?Idn=613220&idFC=2016|title=Raquel Pankowsky graba serie "Los González". Con Maxine Woodside|first=Grupo|last=Fórmula|website=www.radioformula.com.mx}}</ref> |- | 2013 | ''As the Saying Goes (Como dice el dicho)'' | | 1 episode, 2013 |- | 2009 | ''Killer Women (Mujeres asesinas)'' | Elena 'Nena' Quiroz Montalbo | 1 episode, 2009 |- | 2009 | ''Los simuladores'' | | 1 episode, 2009 |- | 2009 | ''Hermanos y detectives'' | | 1 episode, 2009 |- | 2008 | ''La rosa de Guadalupe'' | Clotilde | 1 episode |- | 2007 | ''Vecinos'' | Tía Maty | 1 episode |- | 2007 | ''A Family of Ten (Una familia de diez)'' | Conchita | 1 episode |- | 2007 | ''The Plush Family (La familia P. Luche)'' | Directora | 1 episode |- | 2005-2006 | ''The Privilege to Rule (El privilegio de mandar)'' | Martha Según | Several episodes<ref>{{cite news |last= Magallanes Favero|first= Aldo|date= 23 November 2007|title= ¡Ahí viene 'Martita'!|work= El Siglo de Torreón|location= Matamoros, Mexico}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last= Compton|first= Timothy|date= 2003|title= Mexico City's Spring 2003 Theatre Season|url= https://journals.ku.edu/latr/issue/view/114|magazine= Latin American Theatre Review|page= 162|location= University of Kansas Libraries|publisher= Center of Latin American Studies}}</ref> |- | 2005 | ''Así es Gilberto Gless'' | Herself | 1 episode |- | 2005 | ''Incognito'' | Martha Según de Fox | 1 episode |- | 2003 | ''Your Love Story (Tu historia de amor)'' | Ana | Several episodes |- | 2002-2004 | ''Desde Gayola'' | Martha Según de Fox | Several episodes |- | 1994-2003 | ''Women, Real Life Cases (Mujer, casos de la vida real)'' | | 18 episodes |- |}
=== Film === {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Film roles |- ! Year !! Title !! Roles !! Notes |- | 2011 | ''La cebra'' | Señora Martina | |- | 2010 | ''No eres tú, soy yo'' | Agente de Bienes raíces | |- | 2007 | ''My Mexican Shivah (Morirse está en hebreo)'' | Esther<ref>{{cite news |last= Tsai|first= Martin|date= 29 August 2008|title= Lifetimes To Go in Old Mexico: 'My Mexican Shivah'|url= https://www.nysun.com/arts/lifetimes-to-go-in-old-mexico-my-mexican-shivah/84860/|work= The New York Sun|location= New York}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= Catsoulis|first= Jeannette|date= 28 August 2008|title= Jewish Ritual and Mariachi Bands|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/29/movies/29shiv.html|work= New York Times|location= New York}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= Scheib|first= Ronnie|date= 10 January 2007|title= My Mexican Shivah|url= https://variety.com/2007/film/reviews/my-mexican-shivah-1200511222/|work= Variety|location= Los Angeles, CA}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= Scheck|first= Frank|date= 7 September 2008|title= My Mexican Shivah|url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/my-mexican-shivah-126126|work= Hollywood Reporter|location= Hollywood, CA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/raquel_pankowsky/|title = Raquel Pankowsky - Rotten Tomatoes|website = Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1= Glickman|first1= Nora|last2=Ariana|first2=Huberman|date= 2018|title= Evolving Images-Jewish Latin American Cinema|publisher= University of Texas Press|isbn= 9781477314289}}</ref> | |- | 2006 | ''Así del precipicio'' | Raquel | |- | 1991 | El jugador | ''Juanita'' | |- | 1990 | ''Imagen de muerte'' | | |- | 1989 | ''El cornudo soy yo'' | | |- | 1989 | ''Señoritas a disgusto'' | Rosita Rivero | |- | 1988 | ''Las psiquiatras ardientes'' | | |- | 1983 | ''Amityville 3-D'' | Sensory Woman | |- | 1978 | ''La plaza de Puerto Santo'' | Hija de Carmona | |- | 1974 | ''El mexicano feo'' | | |- |}
=== Stage === * ''Humo, amo y cosas peores'' (2010)<ref>{{cite interview |title= Raquel Pankowsky, actriz. Obra de teatro 'Humo, amo y cosas peores'|url= http://wradio.com.mx/programa/2018/05/18/asi_las_cosas/1526653690_971643.html|publisher= WRadio}}</ref> * ''Driving Miss Daisy'' (2013)<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title= Raquel Pankowsky ''se estaciona'' en el teatro|url= https://www.informador.mx/Entretenimiento/Raquel-Pankowsky-se-estaciona-en-el-teatro-20130429-0243.html|work= Informador|location= Guadalajara, Jalisco|date= 29 April 2013}}</ref> * ''Los Locos Adams'' (2015)<ref>{{cite news|last= Rubio|first= Flor|title= Concluiremos "Los Locos Addams" con teatro lleno: Pankowsky|url= http://www.radioformula.com.mx/notas.asp?Idn=520504&idFC=2015|work= Radio Formula|location= Mexico City, Mexico|archive-date= 2018-09-29|access-date= 2018-05-22|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180929194633/https://www.radioformula.com.mx/notas.asp?Idn=520504&idFC=2015|url-status= dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title= Raquel Pankowsky incursionará en el canto con 'Los locos Adams'|url= http://www.milenio.com/espectaculos/raquel-pankowsky-incursionara-canto-locos-adams|work= Milenio|location= Mexico|date= 7 September 2014}}</ref> * ''El secuestro de la Cuquis'' (2015)<ref>{{cite news |last= Cruz|first= Itai|date= 27 November 2015|title= El Teatro Helénico estrena "El secuestro de la Cuquis"|url= http://carteleradeteatro.mx/2015/el-teatro-helenico-estrena-el-secuestro-de-la-cuquis/|work= Cartelera de Teatro|location= Mexico City, Mexico}}</ref>
== Awards == * ''Premios TVyNovelas'' - Nominated for Best Leading Actress for Papá a Toda Madre in 2018<ref>{{cite web|url=https://peru.com/entretenimiento/espectaculos/tvynovelas-2018-conoce-toda-lista-nominados-y-detalles-este-gran-certamen-mexico-usa-televisa-noticia-552632|title=Premios TVyNovelas 2018: nominados y detalles de la gran gala|first=Redacción|last=Peru.com|date=18 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://laopinion.com/2018/02/18/lista-de-ganadores-de-premios-tv-y-novelas-2018/|title=Lista de ganadores de Premios TV y Novelas 2018|date=19 February 2018}}</ref> * ''Presea Luminaria de Oro'' - Career achievement award (Reconocimiento por Desempeño) in 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.diarioamanecer.com.mx/raquel-pankowsky-presente-en-la-obra-los-locos-adams/|title=Diario Amanecer (Raquel Pankowsky, presente en la obra "Los Locos Adams".)|access-date=2018-05-22|archive-date=2016-02-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201210255/http://www.diarioamanecer.com.mx/raquel-pankowsky-presente-en-la-obra-los-locos-adams/|url-status=dead}}</ref> * ''TV Adicto Golden Awards'' - Awarded Best Leading Actress for Cachito de cielo in 2012<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.revistarepublica.com.mx/tv-adicto-golden-awards/ |title=Revista Republica (tv-adicto-golden-awards 2012) |access-date=2018-05-22 |archive-date=2018-01-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180112044608/http://www.revistarepublica.com.mx/tv-adicto-golden-awards/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> * ''Premios Calendario de Oro'' - Best Comedy Actress in 2007
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