''Se llamaba Pedro Infante'' is a Mexican

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series produced by Rubén Galindo for

TelevisaUnivision TelevisaUnivision (formerly known as Univision Communications) is a Mexican-American media company headquartered in Miami and Mexico City that owns American Spanish language broadcast network Univision and free-to-air channels in Mexico such as ...

. The series is based on the life of Mexican actor and singer

Pedro Infante Pedro Infante Cruz (; 18 November 1917 – 15 April 1957) was a Mexican ranchera singer and actor whose career spanned the golden age of Mexican cinema. Infante was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, and raised in nearby Guamúchil. He died on 15 Apri ...

Mario Morán Mario Morán (August 6, 1992, Puebla) is a Mexican actor of television and films. Biographic dates He is the youngest of 3 siblings. An older brother and a sister. Career He debuted in theater staging "Sexo Sexo Sexo, the musical", with wh ...

stars as Infante. The series is premiered on

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on 1 December 2023.

Cast

Main

Ana Claudia Talancón Ana Claudia Talancón (born Ana Claudia Talancón Ortiz Tirado; 1 May 1980), is a Mexican actress, TV host, and philanthropist. She first started acting in her home town, Cancún, Quintana Roo. Early life and career Talancón first started s ...

as María Luisa León *

** Andrés Vázquez as young Pedro ** Mateo Figueroa as child Pedro *

Julio Bracho Julio Bracho Gavilán (17 July 1909 – 26 April 1978) was a Mexican film director and screenwriter. Bracho was born as ninth of eleven children of Julio Bracho y Zuloaga and his wife Luz Pérez Gavilán. His sister Guadalupe Bracho Pérez ...

as Antonio Matouk *

Julieta Egurrola Julieta Egurrola (born 13 June 1953) is a Mexican actress. She studied acting at Centro Universitario de Teatro and has participated in more than 41 theater plays. Filmography Film * ''El infierno tan temido'' (1975) * '' María de mi corazón ...

as Rosario León *

Leticia Huijara Leticia Huijara is a Mexican actress who was born in Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico. Biography Huijara began her acting career in 1987 in the work of street theater. Since then she has combined her work in the theater with film and television. She ha ...

as Doña Cuca * Vico Escorcia as Lupita Torrentera * Juan Carlos Remolina as Delfino * Daniela Álvarez as Irma Dorantes

Recurring and guest stars

* Nacho Tahhan as Ismael * Carlos Gatica as

Jorge Negrete Jorge Alberto Negrete Moreno (; 30 November 1911 – 5 December 1953) was a Mexican singer and actor. He specialized in the musical genre of ranchera. His posthumous album "Fiesta Mexicana Volumen II" has been ranked by critics at No. 163 on t ...

María del Carmen Félix María del Carmen Félix (born October 31, 1982, in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico) is a Mexican actress best known for her role of Leticia Cabral in the Telemundo's series '' La Doña'' (2016–2017). Her first notable roles was in ''Drunk History'' ...

María Félix María de los Ángeles Félix Güereña (; 8 April 1914 – 8 April 2002) was a Mexican actress and singer. Along with Pedro Armendáriz and Dolores del Río, she was one of the most successful figures of Latin American cinema in the 1940s and ...

* Manuel Balbi as Chuy * Julio Casado as Commander Olivares * Aroa Gimeno as Rebeca * Juan Carlos Barreto as President Rodolfo Díaz * Mariana Lodoza as Carmen Infante * Norma Angélica as Begoña * Maruza Cinta as Margarita * Sara Montalvo as María Izaguirre * Raúl Sandoval as Ángel Infante ** Max Uribe as child Ángel * Cristian Gamero as Márquez * Luis Alberti as Antonio Badú * Alberto Casanova as Alberto * Rodrigo Magaña as Agustín Lara * Fabián Pazzo as Vidal *

Leonardo Daniel Leonardo Daniel (; born 26 July 1954) is a Mexican actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the t ...

Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta (2 March 1895 – 23 September 1972) was a Mexican businessman, known for founding the entertainment conglomerate Telesistema Mexicano (now Televisa). Early life Azcárraga was born on 2 March 1895 in Tampico, Ta ...

* Irving Aranda as Pepe Infante ** Carlos Paul as child Pepe * Alexa Anaya as Rosario Infante ** Daniela García as young Rosario * Hugo Aceves as Ramón * Manuel Gorka as Presidente Manuel Almazán * Teresa Rábago as Isaura * Paola Flores as Piedad * Paulina de Alba as Margarita Mora * Christian Sampedro as José Benavides Jr. * Walter Kapelas as Engineer Guzmán * Iván Bronstein as Lawyer Del Castillo * Caro Darma as Chavela ** Renata Chacón as young Chavela * Gregorio Reséndez as Priest * Bella Azul Miganjos as Carmela ** Paula Hernández as child Carmela * Leonardo Flores as Domingo * Victoria Pascual as Lupita Infante * Ricardo Galina as Pedro Infante Jr. * Carlos Larrañaga as Aurelio Robles * Germán Alejandro as Manuel Almazán Jr. * Vicente Peña as Enrique * Lorena de la Torre as Rocío * Eugenia Arreola as Itzel * José Carlos Iyanes as Roberto Rodríguez * Roberto Alanís as Emilio Azcárraga Jr. * Héctor Holten as José * Ximena Zairet as Dora Luisa * Nicolás Dominc Ávila as Miguelito * Jared Rivera as Dolores

Production

In February 2018, Televisa announced that it was developing a biographical series of

, with Rubén Galindo as executive producer. Five years later, filming of the series began on 7 March 2023. A trailer of the series was released on 14 November 2023. The series premiered on 1 December 2023.

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* {{Televisa telenovelas 2020s 2020s Mexican television series 2023 Mexican television series debuts 2023 Mexican television series endings Mexican biographical series Spanish-language television shows Television series by Televisa Vix (streaming service) original programming