Fernanda Villeli

María Ofelia Villenave Garza, known as Fernanda Villeli, (14 May 1921 – 1 February 2009) was a Mexican writer and activist, who was one of the major writers of telenovelas in Mexico. She wrote for series such as '' Aprendiendo a amar'' (1980), '' Extraños caminos del amor'' (1981), '' El maleficio'' (1983), '' La traición'' (1984) (with Carmen Daniels), '' Lo blanco y lo negro'' (1989), '' Al filo de la muerte'' (1991) (with Marcia Yance) and ''El diario de Daniela'' (1998/99) (with Marcela Fuentes Beráin) .

Selected television works

Original stories

Adaptations

*'' Las modelos'' (1963) (original by Abelardo Arias)
*'' El derecho de nacer'' (1966) (original by Félix B. Caignet)
*'' Muchacha italiana viene a casarse'' (1971) (original by Delia González Márquez)
*'' Mi rival'' (1973) (original by Inés Rodena)
*'' El manantial del milagro'' (1974) (original by Vicente Leñero)
*'' El derecho de nacer'' (1981) (original by Félix B. Caignet)
*'' El engaño'' (1986) (original by Caridad Bravo Adams)
*''Morir para vivir'' (1989) (original by Félix B. Caignet)
*'' La sonrisa del Diablo'' (1992) (original by Luisa Xammar)
*''Azul'' (1996) (original by Pinkye Morris)
*''La casa en la playa'' (2000) (original by Enrique Gómez Vadillo)
*'' El derecho de nacer'' (2001) (original by Félix B. Caignet)

Remakes written herself

*'' El dolor de amar'' (1966) (remake of '' Senda prohibida'')
*'' El cielo es para todos'' (1979) (remake of '' San Martín de Porres'')
*'' Amor prohibido'' (1979) (remake of '' Senda prohibida'')
*'' Corazones sin rumbo'' (1980) (remake of '' La mesera'')

References

20th-century Mexican women writers
1921 births
2009 deaths
Telenovela writers
Women soap opera writers
20th-century Mexican screenwriters

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