''Amada enemiga'' (English: ''Beloved Enemy'') is a Mexican

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produced by

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for

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in 1997. This telenovela based on radionovela ''Cuando la rival es una hija'' by

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. On Monday, August 18, 1997, Canal de las Estrellas started broadcasting ''Amada enemiga'' weekdays at 7:00pm, replacing ''Gente bien''. The last episode was broadcast on Friday, December 5, 1997 with ''Mi pequeña traviesa'' replacing it the following Monday.

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Susana Dosamantes María del Perpetuo Socorro Guadalupe Susana Dosamantes Rul Riestra (9 January 1948 – 2 July 2022), known professionally as Susana Dosamantes (), was a Mexican actress. She won the 1990 TVyNovelas Best Antagonist Actress award for her role ...

and Enrique Ibáñez starred as protagonists, while the leading actor

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starred as main antagonist.

Synopsis

Regina (Susana Dosamantes) is married to a much older man (Guillermo Murray). She leads a sedate life but longs for some passion. On a business trip to

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, Regina meets Alonso (Enrique Ibañez), a much younger man, and they have a brief but torrid affair. On her return, Regina finds to her horror that Alonso is now working for her husband. To make matters worse, her daughter Jessica (Dominika Paleta) falls for her father's new employee. To save Regina's reputation, Alonso agrees to marry Jessica. The marriage ends up being a sham; however, he falls deeply in love with Jessica. They live a tumultuous romance, lose a baby. Then Regina becomes their surrogate, they get married and live their happy ever after with their child.

Cast

as Jessica Quijano Proal *

as Regina Proal de Quijano *Enrique Ibáñez as Alonso Velarde *

as Esteban Quijano *

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as Cecilia Sandoval *Hugo Acosta as Héctor * Eduardo Noriega as Arcadio Lubo *

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as Reinalda Proal *

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as Mauricio Martinez *

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as Mauricio *

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as Jorge Pruneda *Rocío Sobrado as Rebeca Sandoval *Teo Tapia as Alejandro *Lucero Lander as Alicia Benitez *Kenia Gazcón as Gilda Moreno *Mariet Rodríguez as Alexandra Pruneda *

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as Francisco *

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as Sara *Carmen Amezcua as Elena Moreno *Amara Villafuerte as Felisa *

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as Marcos Benitez *Zully Keith as Rita de Pruneda *Irlanda Mora as Fernanda *

as Francisco *Marco Uriel as Emiliano *Martha Zamora as Malena *

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as Abelardo *Gustavo Negrete

References

External links

* 1997 telenovelas 1997 Mexican television series debuts 1997 Mexican television series endings Spanish-language telenovelas Television shows set in Mexico City Televisa telenovelas {{Mexican-telenovelas-stub