Immigrated to Mexico in the late 1930s to escape the Spanish Civil war.
In later years, she wrote scripts for over 80 Mexican films.
She fled to Spain to escape the rise of the Nazis in her native Austria, where she worked for a time as a professional dancer.
Was the only child of Austrian composer Hugo Riesenfeld.
Worked for some years as an actress in Mexico under the name of Raquel Rojas.