''Balada por un amor'' (English title: ''Ballad for a love'') is a Mexican

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 w ...

produced by José Rendón 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 1989.

Daniela Romo Teresa Presmanes Corona (born 27 August 1959), known professionally as Daniela Romo, is a Mexican singer, actress and TV hostess. During her career, she has sold 15 million records, making her one of the best-selling Latin music artists. Biog ...

Alfredo Adame Alfredo Adame (; born Alfredo Adame Von Knoop on 10 June 1958) is a Mexican actor, producer and host. Filmography Films Television As producer References External links *Alfredo adame la controversia , La Verdad Noticias ...

and Jorge Rivero starred as protagonists, while Isaura Espinoza and

Leticia Perdigón Leticia Perdigón (; born Guadalupe Leticia Perdigón Labrador on August 7, 1956, in Mexico City, Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and bor ...

starred as antagonists.

Enrique Lizalde Enrique Lizalde Chávez (January 9, 1937 – June 3, 2013) was a Mexican film, television and theater actor whose career spanned from the 1960s to the 2000s. He appeared in dozens of films and television shows, including telenovelas, throughout h ...

starred as special performance.

Plot

The story is about the singer Brianda (

), the girlfriend of Gustavo (Alfredo Adame). On a trip Brianda's plane suffers an accident and falls into the sea. She runs to a forest where she meets Manuel Santa María ( Jorge Rivero) who flees from thugs. Brianda and Manuel fall in love until he discovers that he is her father. Brianda is slowly discovering that who she really loves is Gustavo.

Cast

as ''Brianda Portugal Mercader'' *

as ''Gustavo Elenes Salamanca'' * Jorge Rivero as ''Manuel Santamaría'' *

as ''Fernando Portugal'' * Leticia Perdigón as ''Lucía Allende'' * Isaura Espinoza as ''Lidia Mercader'' *

Claudio Brook Claude Sydney Brook Marnat (28 August 1927 – 18 October 1995), known as Claudio Brook, was a Mexican actor. Active in film, stage, and television over a career spanning nearly 40-years, he was one of the stars of the Golden Age of Mexican Cin ...

as ''Marcelo Allende'' *

Daniela Castro Daniela Castro (born Danielle Stefani Castro Arellano; 17 August 1969) is a Mexican actress and singer. Biography She felt an attraction for music at a very young age, and this is why she entered the Centro de Estudios Artísticos de Televisa ...

as ''Simona Portugal'' *

Meche Barba Meche Barba (born Mercedes Barba Feito; September 24, 1922 – January 14, 2000) was a Mexican film actress and dancer of the Golden age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. She was considered one of the icons of the " Rumberas film". Ear ...

as ''Adela'' * Javier Díaz Dueñas as ''Sebastián'' * Margarita Gralia as ''Virginia'' *

Magda Guzmán María Magdalena Guzmán Garza (16 May 1931 – 12 March 2015), better known as Magda Guzmán, was a Mexican film and television actress. She died of a myocardial infarction. Karina Duprez is her daughter. Filmography Films Television ...

as ''Beatriz'' * Nelly Horsman as ''Pachita'' * Arsenio Campos as ''Eloy Allende'' * Irma Lozano as ''Leonora Mercader'' * Miguel Macía as ''Benjamín Allende'' * Yolanda Mérida as ''Ángela Pérez'' * María Teresa Rivas as ''Victoria'' * Rafael Banquells Jr. as ''Agustín'' * Héctor Cruz Lara as ''Bruno Sagasta'' * Alicia Fahr as ''Eloísa Negrete'' * Jorge Pais as ''Octavio Elenes'' * Darío T. Pie as ''Pablo Negrete'' * José Gálvez as ''Tony Vargas''

Awards

References

External links

* 1989 telenovelas 1989 Mexican television series debuts 1990 Mexican television series endings Spanish-language telenovelas Television shows set in Mexico Televisa telenovelas {{Mexican-telenovelas-stub