''Rina'' is a Mexican

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produced by

Valentín Pimstein Valentín Pimstein Weiner (9 August 1925 – 27 June 2017) was a Chilean Television producer, producer of telenovelas. Biography Pimstein was the seventh child of nine in a Belarusian Jewish family (from Minsk), which owns a glass shop in Bar ...

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 ...

. It was written by

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and starring Ofelia Medina as a eponymous

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Enrique Álvarez Félix Enrique Álvarez Félix (5 April 1935 – 24 May 1996) was a Mexican actor, known for his roles in telenovelas and in films, such as '' The Monastery of the Vultures'' and '' The House of the Pelican''. Family and personal life Enrique Álvarez ...

as her love interest and María Rubio as the main villain of the story. It is based on the radionovela "Enamorada". Rina was broadcast in the United States in 1983 on

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, a tv station that was licensed by Televisa at the time. along with the other telenovelas " Los Ricos Tambien Lloran" and " Extraños caminos del amor". The telenovela was dubbed under the title "The Broken Doll" under the umbrella "Love and Tears".

Plot

Rina is a

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hunchback woman selling

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s on the streets of

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. She approaches cars at stop-lights to offer her products and she meets an old rich man. He gets acquainted with Rina and eventually manipulates her into marrying him. The old man dies soon afterwards, and Rina is faced with dealing with his greedy sister-in-law Rafaela and her feelings for the son of that woman, Carlos Augusto.

Cast

* Ofelia Medina as Rina Galeana de Miranda *

as Carlos Augusto Miranda Carballo *

María Rubio María Rubio (September 21, 1934 – March 1, 2018) was a Mexican actress. She worked with Televisa on many telenovelas. She appeared as the villain Catalina Creel in the 1986–87 telenovela, ''Cuna de lobos ''Cuna de lobos'' ( English: ''C ...

as Doña Rafaela Carballo de Miranda *

Carlos Ancira Carlos Ancira (20 August 1929 – 10 October 1987) was a Mexican film actor. He appeared in more than sixty films from 1950 to 1986. Selected filmography Awards * TVyNovelas Award for Best First Actor (1986, 1987) References Extern ...

as Don Leopoldo Miranda * Alicia Rodríguez as María Julia/Victoria * Ana Laura Maldonado as Betina *

Rafael Llamas Rafael may refer to: * Rafael (given name) or Raphael, a name of Hebrew origin * Rafael, California Fiction * ''Rafael'' (TV series), a Mexican telenovela * ''Rafaël'' (film), a 2018 Dutch film People * Rafael (footballer, born 1978) ( ...

as Carmelo * Alicia Encinas as Gisela * Rosa María Moreno as Dionisia Carballo *

Sasha Montenegro Sasha Montenegro (), born Aleksandra Aćimović Popović (Cyrillic: Александра Аћимовић Поповић; 20 January 1946 – 14 February 2024), was a Mexican actress of Montenegro, Montenegrin descent. She was married to Jos� ...

as Marcela *

Virginia Gutiérrez Virginia Gutiérrez (born 27 November 1928) is a Mexican actress. She was married to actor Luis Gimeno until his death in 2017. She is one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Selected filmography *'' Abismos de amor ...

as Rosario *

Raúl Meraz Raúl Meraz Estrada (March 13, 1927 – April 20, 1996) was a Mexican actor of film and television. Selected filmography *''Balajú'' (1944) - Pueblerino (uncredited) * '' The Little House'' (1950) - Invitado a fiesta *''La fiera'' (1956) - Jos ...

as Guillermo *

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as Javier *

Otto Sirgo Otto Sirgo (, born Otto Sirgo Haller; December 19, 1946 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban actor and director of Mexican telenovelas and theater. He is the son of Cuban actor Otto Sirgo and Mexican actress Magda Haller and was married to Maleni Moral ...

as Omar *

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as Margarita *

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as Doña Chana *

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as Nora * Javier Ruán as Daniel Galeana *

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as Silvia *

Demián Bichir Demián Bichir Nájera (; born 1 August 1963) is a Mexican actor. After starring in telenovelas, he began to appear in Hollywood films. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in '' A Better Life''. Early life Bichir ...

as Juanito * Aurora Molina as Eleuteria *

Rubén Rojo Rubén Rojo Pinto (15 December 1922 – 30 March 1993) was a Spanish-Mexican actor. Early life He was born in Madrid, the son of the lawyer Rubén Rojo Martín de Nicolás and the writer and poet Mercedes Pinto. His brother was the actor Gustavo ...

as Rodolfo * Renata Flores as Renata *

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as Manolo * Mauricio Ferrari as Lambertie * Rubén Calderón as Doctor * Miguel Palmer as Lic. Carrillo *

Salvador Pineda Salvador Pineda Popoca (born June 16, 1952, in Huetamo, Michoacan, Mexico) is a Mexican actor, who has participated in over 20 Mexican telenovelas and Mexican movies, as well as two Hollywood low budget movies. Born to Mexican politician Salvado ...

as El Nene * Daniel Santalucía as Ramiro *

Maricruz Nájera María de la Cruz Nájera Botello (known as Maricruz Nájera) is a Mexican actress. She is the wife of Alejandro Bichir, and the mother of Odiseo, Demián and Bruno Bichir. Filmography Telenovelas * '' A que no me dejas'' (2015) .... Silv ...

as Nurse *

Queta Lavat (23 February 1929 – 4 December 2023), known professionally as Queta Lavat, was a Mexican actress. She was the sister of actor Jorge Lavat and voice actor José Lavat, and mother of Mexican sports anchor Pablo Carrillo. She was best known for ...

as Martha *

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as El Chato * Tere Grobois as Doña Adelaida * Ángela Villanueva as Angelina * Julián Bravo as Roberto *

Rafael Banquells Rafael Banquells Garafulla (born Rafael Banquells Garafulla; 25 June 1917 – 27 October 1990) was a Cuban-born Mexican actor, director and TV producer known in Mexico as Rafael Banquells (I). Biography Banquells was born on 25 June 1917 in ...

as Accuser * Carlos Agostí * Tony Carbajal as Public Ministry Agent

References

External links

* {{Inés Rodena 1977 telenovelas 1977 Mexican television series debuts 1978 Mexican television series endings Televisa telenovelas Mexican television series based on Venezuelan television series Spanish-language telenovelas