''La Paloma'' (English title: ''The Dove'') 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 1995. Gerardo Hemmer and Maite Embil starred as protagonists. The telenovela was cancelled abruptly due to the death of its protagonist Gerardo Hemmer. It was supposed to go on after his death, however, after filming a couple more scenes, Televisa had decided to just cancel the novel altogether. It is, to date the only telenovela from Televisa that has suddenly gone off air, leaving it unfinished at just 50 episodes.

Plot

Ramiro López Yergo owns a funeral home, and controls his wife Teresa and three children with an iron fist. Although he appears to be of high moral character Ramiro has a lover, Lilia, and is a corrupt and greedy man.

Cast

*Gerardo Hemmer as ''Rafael Estrada Fuentes'' *Maite Embil as ''Emilia López-Yergo Montenegro'' *

Manuel Ojeda Manuel Salvador Ojeda Armenta (4 November 1940 – 11 August 2022) was a Mexican actor. Ojeda was one of the most active actors of television and cinema in Mexico. He played the villain, Zolo, in the Hollywood film ''Romancing the Stone''. C ...

as ''Ramiro López-Yergo Aguilar'' *Arsenio Campos as ''Luis Alarcón'' *

Yolanda Ventura Yolanda Ventura (born 21 October 1968, in Barcelona, Spain) is a dual nationality Spanish/Mexican actress and was a Spanish singer when she was young . She is best known for roles in Mexican telenovelas and is a former member of the Spanish chi ...

as ''Lilia Rivero'' *

Arath de la Torre Arath De La Torre Balmaceda (born 20 March 1975) is a Mexican actor and comedian, best known for his roles in the telenovelas '' Soñadoras'', '' Amigas y rivales'', and ''Una familia con suerte''. Career At the age of 17 he moved from Cancún t ...

as ''Paco Rivero'' *

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 ...

as ''Gilberto Bernal'' *

Delia Casanova Delia Casanova (born Delia Margarita Casanova Mendiola November 4, 1948, in Poza Rica, Veracruz Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, is one of the ...

as ''Elsa'' *Isaura Espinoza as ''Teresa Montenegro Tovar de López-Yergo'' *José María Yazpik as ''Ángel'' *

Adriana Barraza Adriana Barraza González (born 5 March 1956) is a Mexican actress. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for '' Babel'' (2006). Early life Barraza was born in Toluca, Estado de Mexico, the daughter of Celia (née ...

as ''Mother Clara'' *Carolina Valsaña as ''Marcela'' *Martha Mariana Castro as ''Lorena'' *Marina Marín as ''Lucía'' *Antonio Miguel as ''Don Mario'' *Hernán Mendoza as ''Leonardo'' *Sergio Sánchez as ''Montaño'' *Lupita Lara as ''Toña'' *Óscar Flores as ''Neto'' *Samuel Loo as ''Enrique'' *Alejandra Morales as ''Alicia'' *Dalilah Polanco as ''Armida'' *Alisa Vélez as ''Pilar López Yergo'' *Fidel Garriga as ''Pedro'' *Lourdes Villarreal as ''Rosa'' *

Abraham Ramos Abraham Ramos (born 13 February 1974 in Mexico City) is a Mexican actor who has appeared in many ''telenovelas'' and television series. Career Abraham is the youngest of the four siblings. His first role was in Retrato de familia, a telenove ...

Fernando Luján Fernando Ciangherotti Díaz (August 23, 1939 – January 11, 2019), better known by the stage name Fernando Luján, was a Mexican actor. He was a star of the silver screen in classic mexican films during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. His fat ...

Israel Jaitovich Israel Jaitovich Cortés (born 12 August 1969 in Mexico City) is a Premios TVyNovelas award-winning Mexican actor, producer, writer and racing car driver. He produced and co-hosted the Televisa variety series '' Desmadruga2.'' Jaitovich began h ...

*Fabián Corres *Cuca Dublán *Raúl Askenazi *Gabriel Galván

References

External links

* 1995 telenovelas 1995 Mexican television series debuts 1995 Mexican television series endings Mexican television series based on Brazilian television series Spanish-language telenovelas Television shows set in Mexico City Televisa telenovelas {{Mexican-telenovelas-stub