''El amor tiene cara de mujer'' is an Argentine

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produced by Jacinto Pérez Heredia for Canal 13 and Canal 9 in 1964.

Plot

The telenovela follows the lives of four women (

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, Iris Láinez,

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and Angélica López Gamio) who work in a beauty institute. They are of different ages, social stratums, and lifestyles. Each week, the show is dedicated one woman to allow for the participation of a larger cast. The telenovela aired for seven seasons, until it ended in 1970. To withdraw from the cast

, was incorporated in principle to

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, and then joined the plot a fifth protagonist, a role that was played in some seasons by Claudia Lapacó and others by Silvina Rada.

Cast

as Vanessa Lertó *Angélica López Gamio as Matilde *

as Marcela *

Evangelina Salazar Evangelina Yolanda Salazar (born 15 June 1946) is an Argentine actress.

as Betina *Iris Láinez as Laura * Claudia Lapacó *

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*Norma Alexander *Ricardo Aliaga *

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*Jorge Barreiro *Martha Barrios * Ricardo Bauleo *Miguel Bebán *Zulema Speranza

Versions

*In 1966 performed a version of this soap opera, called in Brazil, ''O amor tem cara de mulher''. *In 1971,

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performed this soap opera under the same name, Starring by

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, Irma Lozano,

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and

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. *In 1973, it took to film in

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, directed by Tito Davidson. *In 1976, an Argentine version was made with

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, Cristina Tejedor,

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, Dora Prince and

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. *In 1984, was repeated again in

with the title of '' Principessa''. *In 1994,

performed this soap opera under the same name, Starring by

, Marita Ballesteros,

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, Marcelo Alfaro and

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. *In 2007, a renewed version titled was made ''

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''.

References

External links

* 1964 Argentine television series debuts 1970 Argentine television series endings Spanish-language telenovelas 1964 telenovelas 1965 telenovelas 1966 telenovelas 1967 telenovelas 1968 telenovelas 1969 telenovelas 1970 telenovelas El Trece telenovelas {{Argentina-tv-prog-stub