''Amor en silencio'' (English title: ''Silent Love'') is a Mexican

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produced by

Carla Estrada Carla Estrada (born Carla Patricia Estrada Guitrón; March 11, 1956, in Mexico City, D.F., Mexico) is a Mexican television producer, one of the foremost telenovela producers of Latin America. Biography In 2005, the Mexican government decided t ...

for

Televisa Grupo Televisa, S.A.B., simply known as Televisa, is a Mexican telecommunications and broadcasting company. A major Latin American mass media corporation, it often presents itself as the largest producer of Spanish-language content. In April ...

in 1988. Its first broadcast was in Mexico in 1988 and then made its debut in Latin America, Europe, Asia and, in a unique situation, it was broadcast in the United States by

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during primetime. It can be said that this is the only Televisa telenovela that was never shown on

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. Back then Telemundo got the rights to ''Amor en silencio'' and ''Pasión y poder'', the latter one got picked up by Univision in 1993 as daytime programming. The 1st part of the telenovela was starred by

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and Arturo Peniche while Margarita Sanz, Elvira Monsell and

Joaquín Cordero Joaquín Cordero (; August 16, 1922 – February 19, 2013) was a Mexican actor of the cinema, theatre and telenovelas. Biography Shortly after his birth, Cordero's family moved to Mexico City. In the following years he studied in a seminary and ...

starred as antagonists. The 2nd part of the telenovela was starred by

and

Omar Fierro Omar Fierro (born October 10, 1963) is a Mexican television actor and host who has appeared in many soap operas in and outside Mexico, movies and television shows such as '' Cada Mañana'', ''A Ganar con Omar'' and the Mexican version of ''Jeop ...

while Margarita Sanz, Elvira Monsell, Alberto Mayagoitía,

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, Rosa Furman and

Ada Carrasco Ada Carrasco (14 September 1912 – 5 April 1994) was a Mexican film and television actress. Early life Carrasco was born in Mexico City, the daughter of Honorato Carrasco, an engineer, and the opera star Ada Navarrete. Career Carrasco starte ...

starred as antagonists.

Plot

Marisela is a rich, beautiful, and intelligent woman who feels a big emptiness in her life that she considers dry and sad. It is then that she meets Fernando, a good and honest man from a great family. When the two fall in love, the two of them face the terrible opposition of their families. On one hand, it's Marisela's father Miguel, who doesn't want Fernando to be part of his family and wants something better for his daughter. On the other part, it's Fernando's sister Mercedes, who is obsessed with him and doesn't want to see him with anyone other than Paola, Marisela's sister, who becomes infatuated with Fernando and is not willing to let him be with her sister. Marisela, tired of everything and everyone, decides not to listen to anything or anyone and decides to be with the love of her life and has a daughter she names Ana. Terrified of what may come, Marisela asks Fernando to get married as soon as possible and on the day of the wedding, Mercedes goes crazy upon learning about it and takes a gun and murders Marisela and Fernando at the Ocampo family mansion, when they prepare to celebrate their wedding party. In the middle of the shooting, Marisela's mother Andrea also dies from

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. Several years later, Ana (the daughter of the deceased couple), who grew up locked up in a boarding school in the

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, returns to

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accompanied by Sandy, her companion in the boarding school and has become her great friend. Ana returns to her grandpa and aunt's house and has grown up into a woman looking physically identical to her mother. This similarity causes Miguel to feel remorse for not having listened to his daughter when she was alive and wants to fix his mistakes by welcoming Ana and giving all of his grandfatherly affection to her. On the other hand, Paola looks down on her niece with contempt for having the failed love that took her sister. Angel, the adoptive son of Miguel and Andrea, is a deaf-mute man who has been in love with Ana since childhood, but suffers an ordeal in which he can't express his love towards Ana. However, he decides to fight for her love but it is too late. Ana gets engaged to Diego, who only wants to use her to get revenge on his father. Diego's father turns out to be Miguel, because while Miguel was married to Andrea he had an extramarital relationship with Elena in the United States. This resulted in them having two sons: Diego and Tomas. Diego grew up feeling resentment towards his father, for his brother and mother were "the others" and Miguel never dared to acknowledge them. Diego's resentment was fueled mainly by his ambitious maternal grandmother Ada, who took care of tarnishing Miguel and his legitimate family and used his daughter to blackmail him and to extort money despite opposition from Elena, who was aware of what her place was in Miguel's life and was never interested in demanding something. Therefore, their children Tomas and Diego turn out to be Marisela's brothers and Ana's uncles. However, in addition to all these obstacles, the real important one to face Ana and Angel's love is Ana's crazed aunt Mercedes, who has escaped from the mental hospital where she had been locked up all these years and only seeks revenge. Upon seeing Ana, Mercedes thinks she's her late mother Marisela and believes she was saved from the attack years ago, so she decides to "put an end" to her once and for all.

Cast

as ''Marisela Ocampo Trejo/Ana Silva Ocampo'' * Arturo Peniche as ''Fernando Silva'' *

as ''Angel Trejo'' *

as ''Miguel Ocampo'' * Margarita Sanz as ''Mercedes Silva'' *

Saby Kamalich Saby Kamalich, born Sabina Fantoni Kamalich, (13 May 1939 in Lima, Peru – 13 September 2017 in Mexico City, Mexico) was a Peruvian- Mexican actress, known for her work in television and film. Her father Antonio Fantoni was from Italy, and her ...

as ''Andrea Trejo de Ocampo'' * Patricia Pereyra as ''Sandy Grant'' * Elvira Monsell as ''Paola Ocampo Trejo'' *

José Elías Moreno José Elías Moreno (12 November 1910 – 15 July 1969) was a Mexican character actor. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1937 and 1969. He was from the state of Jalisco. His José Elías Moreno Jr., son of the same name, born in 1956 ...

as ''José María Durán'' *

as ''Pedro'' *

Carlos Espejel Carlos Espejel Leguizano (born April 21, 1972) is a Mexican telenovela actor and comedian, best known for his roles as "Chiquidrácula" (1982–1987) and "Carlinflas" (1982–2006). Biography Espejel started his acting career at an early age. ...

as ''Aníbal'' *

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as ''Julián Durán'' * Isabel Martinez "La Tarabilla" as ''Martina'' *

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as ''Elena Robles'' *

Laura León Laura León (born Rebeca Velderraín Vera on November 24, 1952) is a Mexican actress and singer. Laura León scored hits with the themes to three of her telenovelas: 'Dos Mujeres, Un Camino (2 Women, 1 Path)', 'El Premio Mayor (the Big Prize)' a ...

as ''Alejandra'' * Lucha Moreno as ''Consuelo de Durán'' *

Fernando Balzaretti Fernando Balzaretti (June 10, 1946 – September 5, 1998) was a Mexican actor. Career Balzaretti began his acting career in the 1960s and by the time of his death in 1998 had acted in at least 40 films, 21 telenovelas and 136 plays. He was a ...

as ''Jorge Trejo'' * Alejandra Maldonado as ''Mayra Zambrano'' *

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as ''Tomás Ocampo Robles'' * Alberto Mayagoitia as ''Diego Ocampo Robles'' * Rafael Rojas as ''Sebastián'' *

Cynthia Klitbo Cynthia Klitbo (; born March 11, 1967) is a Mexican actress of telenovelas, theater and Cinema of Mexico, Mexican cinema. She is best known for her roles as Laura in Televisa's telenovela La Dueña (1995 Mexican TV series), ''La Dueña'' (Mexico) ...

as ''Aurora'' * Claudia Guzman as ''Gaby'' *

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as ''Roberto'' * Marina Marín as ''Olivia'' * Aurora Alonso as ''Gudelia'' * Patricia Martinez as ''Olga'' * Fabiola Elenka Tapia as ''Ana (young)'' * Juan Bernardo Gazca as ''Ángel (teenager)'' * Rodrigo Ramón as ''Ángel (young)'' * Luis Rábago as ''Carlos'' *

Marta Aura Marta Aura (4 September 1942 – 8 July 2022) was a Mexican actress. Life and career Aura was born in Mexico City on 4 September 1942, the daughter of Olimpo Aura Pineda and Ema Palacios Ordorica. Her parents did not accept the fact that she wa ...

as ''Celia'' *

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as ''Mindys'' *

as ''Ada vda. de Robles'' * Mauricio Ferrari as ''Anthony Grant'' *

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as ''Chucho'' *

Rosa Furman Rosa Furman Epstein (25 October 1930 – 29 October 1999) was a Mexican actress. Career Furman was born in Mexico City to Favy Furman Jaitzer of Mogilev, Belarus, and Sulamita Epstein Lamdansky of Aukštadvaris, Lithuania. She was raised in P ...

as ''Rosario'' *

Blanca Sánchez Blanca Sánchez (March 2, 1946 – January 7, 2010) was a Mexican character actress, the daughter of Luis Sánchez Silva and Ofelia de la Fuente. She appeared in several telenovelas such as ''Quinceañera'' and '' Luz y sombra''. Her film work ...

as ''Producer'' *

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as ''Herself'' * Enrique Gilabert as ''Nicolás'' * Rafaello as ''Marcelo'' *

Raquel Morell Raquel Morell ( Spanish pronunciation: akel moɾeʎborn Raquel del Rosario Ruiz Morell on February 4, 1959) is a Mexican actress who appeared in many telenovelas. Morell was born in Morelia, Michoacán. She is probably best known for her role ...

as ''Lizbeth'' *

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as ''Luciana'' * Morenita as ''Linda'' * Marcela Davilland as ''Elvira de Zambrano'' * Mauricio Armando as ''Tomás (young)'' * Ricardo de Loera as ''Agent of Police'' * Ana María Aguirre as ''Mercedes's Psychiatrist''

Awards

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Amor en silencio 1988 telenovelas Televisa telenovelas 1988 Mexican television series debuts 1988 Mexican television series endings Spanish-language telenovelas Television shows set in Mexico