''Ramona'' is a Mexican

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produced by Lucy Orozco for

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that premiered on April 3, 2000 and ended on July 14, 2000. Based on the 1884 novel ''

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'' by

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. It was the last telenovela of Eduardo Palomo, who died in 2003 of a heart attack. It was also the first telenovela of

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. Kate del Castillo,

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and René Strickler starred as protagonists, while

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as the main antagonist. Shaula Vega,

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, Raúl Ochoa and Ramón Menendez starred as antagonists.

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starred as stellar performance.

Plot

Ramona returns to the family ranch after years of being educated by nuns. Ramona reunites with her mother and brother and childhood friend, the Indian Alejandro. Ramona falls in love with Alejandro and the couple is faced with the prejudices of being an interracial couple. The family selects a suitable husband for Ramona and a wedding is planned. Family secrets come to light exposing the truth of Ramona's birth and her Indian heritage. The ill-fated romance continues when Alejandro kidnaps Ramona at the altar. The two enjoy a short-lived honeymoon before Alejandro is taken captive by the authorities and is hanged. Ramona returns home to live with her mother and Felipe who has loved her since childhood. Ramona is pregnant with Alejandro's child, so she and Felipe get married. This ill-fated romance is played out against the backdrop of the impending statehood of the Mexican territory, which ultimately becomes what is most often referred to as California.

Cast

* Kate del Castillo as Maria Ramona Moreno Gonzaga *

as Alejandro de Asís *

as Doña Ramona Gonzaga Vda. de Moreno * René Strickler as Felipe Moreno Gonzaga *

as Rex/Jack Green *Antonio Medellín as Don Pablo de Asís *

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as Juan Canito *Angelina Peláez as Martha Canito *Vanessa Bauche as Margarita Canito *

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as Angus O'Fail *

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as Ruy Coronado *Felipe Nájera as Fernando Coronado *Gabriela Murray as Analupe Coronado * Nicky Mondellini as Beatriz de Echague *Chela Castro as Perpetua de Echague *Luis Couturier as César de Echagüe *Juan Ríos Cantú as El Norteño *Álvaro Carcaño as Father Salvatierra *Kristoff as Davis *Raúl Ochoa as Merryl *Ramón Menéndez as Dr. Thomas *

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as Matea *Shaula Vega as Manuela *Roberto "Flaco" Guzmán as Nepo *Andrés García Jr. as Billy Dubois *

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as Father Sarriá *

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as Carmen *Oscar Traven as Abraham McQueen *

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as Doris *Eugenio Cobo as General Alonso Moreno *Jorge Capin as Pepe *

as Tom *Antonio Escobar as Antonio *Francisco Casasola as Lobo Solitario *Martín Rojas as Sebastián Lorenzo *Andreas Pearce as Prescott *Christian Tappan as Colorado *Zamorita as Negro Memphis *Ernesto Bog as Marcos *José Luis Avendaño as Lucio *Alicia del Lago as Sofía *Marcela Morett as Yahale *Hilda Nájera as Polita *Maja Schnellman as Betty *Ximena Adriana as Delgadima *Luis de Icaza as Douglas *Claudio Sorel as Dr. Oviedo *Daniel Gauvry as Dr. Brown

Awards

References

External links

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* 2000 telenovelas Mexican telenovelas 2000 Mexican television series debuts 2000 Mexican television series endings Spanish-language telenovelas Television shows set in California Televisa telenovelas {{Mexican-telenovelas-stub