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Carrusel (telenovela)
''Carrusel'' () is a Mexican Child, children's telenovela produced by Valentín Pimstein for Televisa in 1989. It's based on the Argentina, Argentinean character :es:Jacinta Pichimahuida, Jacinta Pichimahuida (first televised in 1966), and produced by and broadcast on Televisa in 1989. It covers daily life in a Mexican Primary school, elementary school and the children's relationships with a charismatic teacher named Ximena. Among other plot devices, it deals with the differences between the upper and lower classes of Mexican society – specifically as seen in a romantic relationship between Cirilo, a poor black boy, and a spoiled white rich girl, Maria Joaquina Villaseñor. Gabriela Rivero starred as main protagonist, while Janet Ruiz and Beatriz Moreno starred as main antagonists. Ludwika Paleta, Pedro Javier Viveros, Hilda Chávez, Flor Eduarda Gurrola, Joseph Birch, Abraham Pons, Mauricio Armando, Gabriel Castañon, Yoshiki Takiguchi, Manuel Fernández, Karin Nisembaum, and S ...
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Gabriela Rivero
Gabriela Rivero Abaroa (born September 15, 1964 in Mexico City, Mexico), better known as Gaby Rivero, is an actress and singer. Best remembered for portraying Maestra Jimena (character played in telenovelas Carrusel and Carrusel de las Américas). Biography Gabriela Rivero Abaroa was born on September 15, 1964 in Mexico City. She is the daughter of Maria de Lourdes Abaroa and Mario Rivero. She began her career as a model and dancer. In 1984 she hosted the children's show Xe-Tu with René Casados, also guest-starring in the La Hora del Gane show. Afterwards she was cast in several telenovelas such as El camino secreto (costarring Daniela Romo), Carrusel (with Augusto Benedico), Al filo de la muerte (with Humberto Zurita), among others. She was the host of the Gaby's Club (El Club de Gaby) show in 1993, after recording a children's album which achieved great success. In 1994 she starred in the movie Una Maestra con Angel in 1994 and worked in several plays such as The Magic C ...
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Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourth-largest country in the Americas, and the eighth-largest country in the world. It shares the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, and is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. Argentina is a federal state subdivided into twenty-three provinces, and one autonomous city, which is the federal capital and largest city of the nation, Buenos Aires. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system. Argentina claims sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and a part of Antarctica. The earliest recorded human prese ...
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Raquel Pankowsky
Raquel Pankowsky (July 10, 1952 – March 28, 2022) was a Mexican Jewish film and television actress. Early life Born in Mexico City, Mexico, she grew up in Narvarte, Mexico City. Pankowsky never married and did not have children. She was the daughter of Isabel and José Pankowsky, who divorced when Pankowsky was 6 years old. Her father died when she was 19, and her mother when she was 25. A lifelong smoker, she began smoking when she was 11 years, she was diagnosed with COPD and faced with the likelihood that she would develop pulmonary emphysema if she did not give up smoking. She could not imagine herself not smoking, and was having a difficult time giving it up and turned to an addiction psychiatrist. After she successfully quit smoking, during an interview she said the best thing she's done in her life was to give up smoking. Career Pankowsky began acting in high school. Pankowsky was an extra in the theater production of Hat Full of Rain (Un sombrero lleno de lluvia) a ...
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David Ostrosky
David Ostrosky Vinograd (born December 1, 1956) is a Mexican actor, active since 1984. Early life Ostrosky was born in Mexico, and is of Jewish descent. His father, Pedro Ostrosky, is Lithuanian Jewish from Kyiv, Ukraine, and his mother ''Gueña'' Vinograd is from Poland. Career He is known for his moustache, and for appearing in numerous telenovellas, and plays in Mexico City. Telenovelas *'' Vencer la ausencia'' (2022) as Homero Funes *'' La Casa de las Flores'' (2018) as Dr. Salomón Cohen *''Hasta el fin del mundo'' (2014) as Maestro Coria *'' Por Siempre mi Amor'' (2013) as Gilberto Cervantes *'' Porque el Amor Manda'' (2012-2013) as Lic. Astudillo *'' Un Refugio para el Amor'' (2012) as Claudio *''Una familia con suerte'' (2011) as Ernesto Quesada *''Cuando me enamoro'' (2011) as Benjamín Casillas *'' Soy tu dueña'' (2010) as Moisés Macotela *'' Alma de hierro'' (2009) as Alonso *''En nombre del amor'' (2008) as Dr. Rodolfo Bermúdez *''Central de abastos'' (2008) a ...
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Karen Sentíes
Karen Sentíes (born Karen Mireya Sentíes Ludwik on December 10, 1965, in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico) is a Mexican telenovela actress who is known for playing in Spanish language telenovelas on Televisa and TV Azteca and in one Canadian television series on the CBC. Telenovelas *'' Eva la Trailera'' (Telemundo) - Carmen Soler *''En Otra Piel'' (Telemundo) - Lorena Serrano *''Los Rey'' (Azteca) - Andrea Loperena de Rey *''Una Maid en Manhattan'' (Telemundo) - Amelia Parker Salas *''Aurora'' (Telemundo) - Inés Ponce de Leon *'' Pobre Diabla'' (TV Azteca) - Chimirra *''Amor Comprado'' (Venevision) - Leonora *''Olvidarte Jamás ''Olvidarte Jamas'' (''Always on my Mind'') is a 2005 telenovela made by Venevision International in Miami that lasted 118 episodes. The telenovela starred Venezuelan-American actress Sonya Smith and Mexican actor Gabriel Porras. The telenovel ...'' (Venevision) - Gladys Montero *'' Un Nuevo Amor'' (TV Azteca) - Valentina Méndez (lead) *'' ...
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Verónika Con K
Verónika con K (born Nicanora Verónica Hernández Ávila on February 14, 1950) is a Mexican actress, singer and TV hostess. Verónika con K was born in Santo Domingo, Oaxaca, Mexico. She made her debut in the 1975 film ''Satânico Pandemonium''. She also appeared in the films ''El guía de las turistas'', ''¡Oye Salomé!'', ''La mujer del puerto'' and ''Hembras de tierra caliente''. In 1989 she appeared in a children's TV series, ''Carrusel'', as Belén. She was also in '' Marisol'', '' El Privilegio de Amar'', '' Abrázame muy fuerte'' and '' Mariana de la noche''. In 2016 Verónika con K celebrated 45 years in show business. In 2017 she returned to telenovelas in '' El vuelo de la victoria'' as Chencha, mother of Paulina Goto Paulina Gómez Torres (born 29 July 1991) known professionally as Paulina Goto is a Mexican actress, singer, and television hostess. She first gained popularity for her debut role in the Mexican telenovela ''Niña de mi Corazón'' in 2010. S ...
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Johnny Laboriel
Juan José Laboriel López (July 9, 1942 – September 18, 2013), known as Johnny Laboriel, was a Mexican rock and roll singer. His career started in 1958, when at 16 years old he joined the rock and roll group " Los Rebeldes del Rock". Laboriel died on September 18, 2013 from prostate cancer. Life and family Laboriel was the son of actor and composer Juan José Laboriel and actress Francisca López de Laboriel. Their parents were Garifuna immigrants from Honduras. He was the brother of bassist Abraham Laboriel and singer Ella Laboriel. Discography *''Melodía de Amor'' *''La Hiedra Venenosa'' *''Cuando Florezcan los Manzanos'' *''Historia de Amor'' *''El Chico Danielito'' *''Muévanse Todos'' (vocalista Roberto "Baby" Moreno) *''Rock del Angelito'' (Rockin' Little Angel Cover) *''La Bamba'' *''Yakety Yack'' *''Recuerdas Cuando'' *''Kansas City'' *''Corre Sansón Corre'' Collaborations In 2004, Laboriel was invited by Alex Lora to participate in the 36th anniversary of his ...
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Odiseo Bichir
Odiseo Bichir Nájera (born May 3, 1960) is a Mexican actor and one of the members of the Bichir family The Bichir family is a Mexican family of actors of Lebanese origin. They include: * Alejandro Bichir, husband of Maricruz * Maricruz Nájera, wife of Alejandro ** Bruno Bichir, son of Maricruz and Alejandro ** Demián Bichir, son of Maricruz an .... Filmography Selected films Television roles External links * 1960 births Living people Male actors from Mexico City Mexican male film actors Mexican male television actors {{Mexico-actor-stub ...
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Augusto Benedico
Augusto Benedico (December 20, 1909 – January 19, 1992), born ''Augusto Pérez Lias'', was a Mexican actor of Spanish origin best known for his role as "Don Alberto Salvatierra" in the soap opera ''Los ricos también lloran'' and his role as "Don Fernando" in the American educational television program '' Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish''. Selected filmography * ''La venenosa'' (1949) - El tigre * ''Capitán de rurales'' (1951) - Doctor (uncredited) * ''They Say I'm a Communist'' (1951) - Don Federico, jefe de Benito (uncredited) * ''Doña Perfecta'' (1951) - Don Anselmo (uncredited) * ''Aquellos ojos verdes'' (1952) - Guillermo (uncredited) * ''Prisionera del recuerdo'' (1952) - Sr. Villalba * ''Casa de muñecas'' (1954) - Agustín Arreola * ''El gran autor'' (1954) - Don Sergio * ''La rival'' (1955) * ''Después de la tormenta'' (1955) * ''Historia de un amor'' (1956) - Especialista médico (uncredited) * ''Con quién andan nuestras hijas'' (1956) - Padre de Beatriz * '' ...
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Carrusel Cast
''Carrusel'' () is a Mexican children's telenovela produced by Valentín Pimstein for Televisa in 1989. It's based on the Argentinean character Jacinta Pichimahuida (first televised in 1966), and produced by and broadcast on Televisa in 1989. It covers daily life in a Mexican elementary school and the children's relationships with a charismatic teacher named Ximena. Among other plot devices, it deals with the differences between the upper and lower classes of Mexican society – specifically as seen in a romantic relationship between Cirilo, a poor black boy, and a spoiled white rich girl, Maria Joaquina Villaseñor. Gabriela Rivero starred as main protagonist, while Janet Ruiz and Beatriz Moreno starred as main antagonists. Ludwika Paleta, Pedro Javier Viveros, Hilda Chávez, Flor Eduarda Gurrola, Joseph Birch, Abraham Pons, Mauricio Armando, Gabriel Castañon, Yoshiki Takiguchi, Manuel Fernández, Karin Nisembaum, and Silvia Guzmán starred as stellar performances. Plot The ...
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Karate
(; ; Okinawan language, Okinawan pronunciation: ) is a martial arts, martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the Okinawan martial arts, indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called , "hand"; ''tii'' in Okinawan) under the influence of Chinese martial arts, particularly Fujian White Crane. Karate is now predominantly a striking art using Punch (combat), punching, kicking, knee (strike), knee strikes, elbow strikes and open-hand techniques such as Knifehand strike, knife-hands, spear-hands and palm-heel strikes. Historically, and in some modern styles, grappling, throws, joint locks, restraints and kyusho-jitsu, vital-point strikes are also taught. A karate practitioner is called a . The Empire of Japan annexed the Ryukyu Kingdom in 1879. Karate came to mainland Japan in the early 20th century during a time of migration as Ryukyuans, especially from Okinawa, looked for work in the main islands of Japan. It was systematically taught in Japan after the Taishō ...
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Hachimaki
A is a Japanese headband, usually made of red or white cloth, typically featuring a design of kanji at the front. It is worn as a symbol of effort or courage by the wearer, especially by those in the military, or to simply keep sweat off one's face. History The origin of the is uncertain. The most common theory states that they originated as headbands worn by samurai, worn underneath armour to stop cuts from their helmets and to make wearing their helmets more comfortable. Kamikaze pilots wore before flying to their deaths. File:Ensign Ogawa flightgear.gif, A kamikaze pilot wearing a plain File:0102kamikaze.jpg, Another kamikaze pilot wearing a decorated with the kanji File:Kamikaze1.gif, A kamikaze pilot ties a on his fellow pilot Styles are typically decorated with inspirational slogans, such as . They are also typically decorated with the rising sun motif, usually in the center of the headband. Common slogans Some common slogans include: * * * * * * G ...
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