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Rosalinda (telenovela)
''Rosalinda'' is a 1999 Television in Mexico, Mexican television drama series broadcast by Las Estrellas, Canal de Las Estrellas. The series is based of 1972 Venezuelan drama series ''María Teresa (TV series), María Teresa''. Directed by Beatriz Sheridan, it stars Thalía, Fernando Carrillo and Angélica María and Lupita Ferrer. It aired from March 1 to June 18, 1999, replacing ''El Privilegio de Amar'' and was replaced by ''Infierno en el paraíso''. This was the last telenovela wherein Thalía starred in (to focus on her rising music career at that time). ''Rosalinda'' remains as the most expensive television production in Mexico, as well as the all-time most exported and most watched single telenovela in the world, as it was broadcast in Mexico and more than 180 countries worldwide to 2 billion viewers by 2000. It is the most watched foreign program in the Philippines and still remains List of most-watched television broadcasts#Philippines, the second most watched program ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telenovela
A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar Drama (film and television), drama genres around the world include ''Turkish television drama, dizi'' (Turkey), ''Indian television drama, serial'' (India), ''teleserye'' (Philippines), ''lakorn'' (Thailand), ''teleromanzo'' (Italy), ''téléroman'' (Canada, specifically Quebec), ''Korean drama, K-drama'' (South Korea), ''Japanese television drama, J-drama'' (Japan), ''Chinese television drama, C-drama'' (China) and ''sinetron'' (Indonesia). Commonly described using the American colloquialism Spanish soap opera, many telenovelas share some stylistic and thematic similarities to the soap opera familiar to the English-speaking world. The significant difference is their series run length; telenovelas tell one self-contained story, typically within the span of a year or less whereas soap operas t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television In Mexico
Television is a popular form of entertainment in Mexico, with mass entertainment playing an important role in creating a national unified culture. ''Telenovelas'' are very traditional in Mexico, translated into many languages, and watched all over the world with famous names like Lucero, Thalía, Verónica Castro, Itati, Leticia Calderón and Victoria Ruffo. Network television Three major television companies in Mexico own the primary networks and broadcasts covering all nation, Televisa, TV Azteca and Imagen Television. Televisa is also the largest producer of Spanish-language content in the world and also the world's largest Spanish-language media network. Media company Grupo Imagen is another national coverage television broadcaster in Mexico, that also owns the newspaper Excélsior. Grupo Multimedios is another media conglomerate with Spanish-language broadcasting in Mexico, Costa Rica and the United States. Televisa, founded in 1955, is the largest media company in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivonne Montero
Ivonne Montero (born Ivonne García Macedo Montero on April 25, 1974) is a Mexican actress, model and singer. She is best known for playing the leading role in '' ¡Anita, no te rajes!'' ("Anita, Don't Give Up!") in 2004. Biography She has portrayed a wide variety of roles in telenovelas, and has appeared in several serials, including '' Rosalinda'', '' Las vías del amor'', ''Decisiones'' and ''El Juego de la Vida''. She played the struggling single mother Maité Contreras in Telemundo's '' Sin Vergüenza''. In 2008, she appeared in the Sci-Fi Original, ''The Wild Reporter''. In October 2008 she returned to Mexico to star in the soap opera called ''Secretos del Alma'' on TV Azteca. In April 2009, she participated in the reality show ''El Gran Desafio'', also on TV Azteca. In 2010 Ivonne starred in the telenovela '' La Loba'' alongside Mauricio Islas. She was married to Fabio Melanitto from 2011 to 2013. On May 2, 2013, she gave birth to a daughter, Antonella. Filmography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Zapata
Laura Guadalupe Zapata Miranda ( born July 31, 1956) is a Mexican telenovela actress, singer, and dancer. She has acted in Televisa productions. Life and career Born in Mexico City, Zapata is the daughter of Guillermo Zapata Pérez de Utrera (a Mexican boxer, model, and businessman) and Yolanda Miranda Mange. She is the maternal sister of Thalía (also a singer and actress), Federica, Gabriela, and Ernestina Sodi. Zapata is a singer and dancer. In '' Maria Mercedes'', one of Thalía's first soap operas, Zapata played a villain opposite her sister. She is well known for her antagonist roles in telenovelas. Zapata was married to Juan Eduardo Sodi de la Tijera. She has two sons, Claudio Sodi and Patricio Sodi. Kidnapping In September 2002, Zapata and her sister Ernestina Sodi were kidnapped and taken to an unspecified location. The news of their kidnapping made headlines across Latin America and among the Spanish-speaking television channels of the United States. Their sister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alejandro Ávila
Alejandro Ávila (born Alejandro Aranda Ávila on November 24, 1973) is a Mexican telenovela actor. Biography His birth name is Alejandro Aranda and his artistic name was chosen to honor his stepfather A stepfather or stepdad is a biologically unrelated male parent married to one's preexisting parent. A stepfather-in-law is a stepfather of one's spouse. Children from his spouse's previous unions are known as his stepchildren. In fiction Thou .... Filmography Films Television Awards and nominations References External links * 1973 births Living people Mexican male telenovela actors Mexican male television actors Mexican male film actors Male actors from Guanajuato Singers from Guanajuato 20th-century Mexican male actors 21st-century Mexican male actors People from Salamanca, Guanajuato 20th-century Mexican male singers 21st-century Mexican male singers {{Mexico-singer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ninón Sevilla
Emelia Pérez Castellanos (10 November 19211 January 2015), known professionally as Ninón Sevilla, was a Cuban-Mexican actress and dancer. Early life Sevilla was born and raised in Centro Habana, a popular section of Havana. As a youth, she thought about becoming a missionary nun, but after she started dancing with success in nightclubs and cabarets, she opted for a career in show business. She adopted her stage name in tribute to the legendary French courtesan Ninon de l'Enclos and began to work in the chorus of the Cuban comedians Mimí Cal and Leopoldo Fernández, respectively known as "Nananina" and "Tres Patines". Career Sevilla came to Mexico as part of a show starring the Argentinean singer Libertad Lamarque. Her number in the show was so successful that she was soon booked in other spectacles in Mexico City. While performing in the Teatro Lírico, producer Pedro Arturo Calderón saw Sevilla on stage and offered her a film contract. Her debut in cinema was in 1946 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anastasia Acosta
Anastasia Acosta (born Anastasia Magdalena Acosta Loría on October 18, 1974) is a Mexican actress and model. Life Born in San José, Costa Rica, Anastasia started her career in the modeling world and came to the attention of Mexican producers. She was invited to stay in Mexico to star as a game show model in the Mexican version of "Wheel of Fortune" ("La Rueda de la Fortuna"). Shortly after, the actor and producer Jorge Ortiz de Pinedo invited her to co-host the program "Humor es los Comediantes". Anastasia became well known for her roles in television comedy, particularly the television series "Cero en Conducta". She then moved on to play antagonist roles in several soap operas. Filmography Theater * ''Quiero pero no puedo'' (Teatro Insurgentes) * ''El show de la escuelita'' (Teatro blanquita) * ''Busco al hombre de mi vida, marido ya tuve'' (Teatro Arlequín/Teatro Ofelia) References External links * 1975 births Living people Mexican telenovela actresses Mexic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (Mexican Actor)
Miguel Ángel Rodríguez is a Mexican born actor and director with more than 200 credits. Among his work, he has acted in '' Rosalinda'' and ''Bad Cop'' with Damian Chapa. Career 1970s to 1990s One of his earliest roles was in the 1977 Rafael Villaseñor Kuri directed film, '' Mil caminos tiene la muerte''. After that he acted with René Cardona and Roberto Cañedo in ''Cronica roja'', released in 1978/1979. Also around the time, he appeared in ''Benjamín Argumedo el rebelde'', which was directed by Mario Hernández. Around 1989 / 1990, he played the part of Det. Mike Silva in the Alfredo Zacarías directed ''Crime of Crimes'', which also starred David Carradine. He played the part of Javier Pérez in the 1999 film '' Rosalinda''. 2000s He played a gangster in the Damian Chapa Damian Robert Chapa (born October 29, 1963) is an American actor, film director, screenwriter, and producer. Biography Chapa's ancestry is Mexican, Italian, German and Native American. He lives ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Víctor Noriega
Víctor Noriega (; born Víctor Enrique Noriega Hernandez May 10, 1972) is a Mexicans, Mexican actor, singer and model. Biography Born in Mexico City, he started his career as a model. He then pursued a BA in Communications. At the same time he auditioned for a musical group and became part of Garibaldi (group), Garibaldi from 1989 to 1998, in which he was one of the eight original members. The group reunited in 1999 launching a double CD. He then started his acting career in Mexican soap operas. Later on he mixed his career as a host for several TV shows for Univision and TeleFutura. He recorded an album as solo artist, but it was never released. However he continues to pursue his dream of recording and releasing a CD as a solo artist in the near future. Music I. Garibaldi The group was formed during a casting by producer Luis de Llano in 1989. It originally cast 11 members, but months later after image testing only eight participants were kept in the group: * Patricia Mante ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Muñoz
René Muñoz (February 19, 1938 – May 11, 2000) was a Cuban actor and screenwriter of telenovelas and the cinema of Mexico. He is most remembered for his role in the Spanish film ''Fray Escoba''. Biography He was born in Havana, Cuba but started his acting career in Spain with the film ''Fray Escoba'' of Ramón Torrado. He made two more films with him and then moved to Mexico to participate in ''Los hijos que yo soñé'' ("The sons I dreamed of") and the telenovela ''San Martín de Porres'' that made him famous in this country. He made his last film in the Mexico/United States production ''The Bees'' and focused on working on telenovelas. In 1987 he wrote his first scripts for telenovelas for ''Como duele callar'' and the first story written for a young audience ''Quinceañera''. Quinceañera was the telenovela of the year, it featured singer Thalía in one of the main roles and catapulted the career of Adela Noriega in her first starring role. In 1992 he wrote the script ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adriana Fonseca
Adriana Fonseca (; born Adriana Fonseca Castellanos March 16, 1979) is a Mexican actress and dancer. She is best known for her roles in Televisa's telenovelas like '' La usurpadora'' as Veronica Soriano (1998), '' Rosalinda'' as Lucy Pérez Romero (1999), '' Mariana de la Noche'' as Caridad "Chachi" Montenegro (2003), '' Contra viento y marea'' as Sandra Serrano Rudell (2005), '' Bajo las riendas del amor'' as Montserrat Linares (2007) and for her role as the protagonist in Telemundo's successful telenovela '' Corazón Valiente'' as Angela Valdez (2012). Biography Fonseca was born on March 16, 1979, in Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico. She is the daughter of dentists Hugo Fonseca and Guillermina Castellanos. She has one brother Hugo and one sister Jacqueline. She started her acting career by performing in a local television show. At 16, she was accepted into the C.E.A. (''Centro de Education Artistica'') in Mexico. After winning the award in the " El rostro de El Heraldo de México" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nora Salinas
Nora Salinas (born Nora Alicia Ortiz Salinas on June 7, 1976) is a Mexican actress and former model. She has appeared in numerous soap operas, several plays and film "Cicatrices" for which she won a "Diosa de Plata" award as New Actress. Career Salinas was born on June 7, 1976 in Monterrey, Mexico. She first obtained international recognition in the telenovela '' Esmeralda'' alongside Leticia Calderon, as the damsel in distress Graciela. She was noticed in Esmeralda for her ability to portray the dramatic and often extremely love-obsessed character of Graciela who is in love with a poor foreman Adrian (Alejandro Ruiz) but has to suffer under the control of her aristocratic mother Fatima (Laura Zapata). She was further internationally recognized as the antagonist Fedra in the telenovela "Rosalinda". In Rosalinda, Salinas portrayed a cruel and ambitious woman who makes the lead character, Rosalinda (Thalia) suffer. As a new twist in her career, veering away from her villainous a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
