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Clase 406
''Clase 406'' (English title: ''Class 406'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Pedro Damián for Televisa, broadcast by Canal de las Estrellas (now known simply as Las Estrellas). It is a remake of the Colombian telenovela ''Francisco, El Matemático'' (1999). ''Clase 406'' originally aired from Monday, July 1, 2002, to Friday, October 31, 2003. The story deals with the problems of newer Latino youth, in general like sex, drug dealing, abuse, drinking, rape, deception, and heartbreak. Jorge Poza, Irán Castillo, Anahí, Sherlyn, Dulce María, Sara Maldonado, Christian Chávez, Alfonso Herrera, and Aarón Díaz starred as protagonists, while Julio Camejo, Tony Dalton, Miguel Rodarte, and Francesca Guillén starred as antagonists. Plot Francisco Romero is a small-town teacher who decides to try his luck in Mexico City. He joins the faculty of Prep school number 10 "Rosario Castellanos" and soon realizes that his work is more demanding than he expected; in addition to having t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 genres around the world include '' teleserye'' (Philippines), '' téléroman'' (Canada, specifically Quebec), and ''sinetron'' (Indonesia). Commonly described using the American colloquialism Spanish soap opera, many telenovelas share some stylistic and thematic similarities to the soap opera familiar to the English-speaking world. The significant difference is their series run length; telenovelas tell one self-contained story, typically within the span of a year or less whereas soap operas tend to have intertwined storylines told during indefinite, continuing runs. This makes them shorter than most other television series, but still much longer than a miniseries. This planned run results in a faster-paced, more concise style of melodrama compared to a typical soap opera. Episodes of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Damián
Pedro Muñoz Romero (born 29 November 1952), known as Pedro Damián, is a Mexican actor, television producer and director, executive producer of popular teen telenovelas, ''Clase 406, Lola, Erase Una Vez, Mis XV,'' ''Rebelde, Like La Leyenda and RBD: La Familia, distributed'' within and outside Mexico. He has worked with RBD, Eiza Gonzalez and is now working with LIKE. Career Acting Damián began his career in 1971, appearing in the Mexican telenovela ''El amor tiene cara de mujer''. Throughout the 1970s he appeared in Mexican films and telenovelas and had roles in two Hollywood films, '' The Return of a Man Called Horse'' (1976) and ''Eagle's Wing'' (1979). Apart from a role in El ''vuelo del águila'' (1990s), Damián's acting career had ceased until 2001; he returned with an uncredited role in an American movie for Showtime television, ''Warden of Red Rock''. Small roles in two more American films, ''Collateral Damage'' (costarring Arnold Schwarzenegger) and ''Showtim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelle Vieth
Michelle Jacqueline Vieth Paetau (; born November 19, 1979) is a Mexican-American television personality, actress, and model best known for her starring roles in Mexican telenovelas between the late 1990s and early 2000s. Biography Michelle's mother and father met in Marshalltown, Iowa. United States. Her mother's family lived in Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico at that time. Her father and his side of the family are from Marshalltown. For that reason from a young age Michelle was flying back and forth through both countries. At the age of 15 while in Acapulco, she was invited as an extra in the telenovelas "El Premio Mayor" produced by Emilio Larrosa, "Acapulco, Cuerpo y Alma" produced by Jose Alberto Castro and its English version produced by Carlos Sotomayor. But It was VP of Televisa and Producer Valentín Pimstein's last discovery for the company after discovering figures like Veronica Castro and Thalia. Pimstein saw something unique in Michelle so he took her to Mexico City a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alejandra Barros
Alejandra Barros (born Alejandra Barros del Campo on August 11, 1971) is a Mexican actress. She is best known for her role in Televisa's telenovela Mariana de la Noche (2003). Biography Barros studied in New York in ''The Lee Strasberg Theater Institute'' to study acting; she later transferred over to ''Actors Studio Film & T.V School'' where she studied film and television, and in the ''Broadway Dance Center'', tap and jazz. After living a couple of years in New York City, Barros moved back to Mexico City and enrolled in an acting school to brush-up her acting skills. After having studied acting and film, Barros received her first opportunity to act in the telenovela ''Huracán'', sharing credits with Alejandro Camacho and Rebecca Jones. She later came to act in telenovelas such as ''Locura de Amor'', a production led by Roberto Gómez Fernández. Her first stage role was ''Malcom y su lucha contra los Eunucos'', by director Alejandro Bichir, presented at the festival ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Gattorno
Francisco Alejandro Gattorno Sánchez (; born October 12, 1964), better known in the show business world plainly as Francisco Gattorno, is a Cuban-Mexican actor. Biography Francisco grew up in Santa Clara. He is a son of a Canarian father, and mother whose grandparents descended from the French colonial population of Saint Domingue. He became interested in acting and directing as a young man. As a child, Gattorno became very fond of Cuban customs, such as Cuban music and sports. It was acting and directing, however, that occupied his interests more. Because of that, Gattorno studied acting, both at home in Cuba and in Mexico. He earned Mexican citizenship during the early 2000s. In 1985, 21-year-old Gattorno made his professional film debut, participating as Miguel in a Cuban production '' Una Novia para David'' ("A Girlfriend for David"). Before this chance he had played in amateur films as Tomas Piard's '' Boceto'' where he made a brief full frontal nudity. Three years passe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesca Guillén
Mónica Trueba Guillén (known as Francesca Guillén; born June 14, 1977) is a Mexican film, theater, and television actress. Biography Guillén was born in Mexico City on June 14, 1977, the daughter of actor Alejandro Camacho and actress Bárbara Guillén. Her acting career began in 1982, at age 5, on the television program ''Juguemos a cantar''. In 2000, she appeared in the feature film '' Such Is Life'', directed by Arturo Ripstein and based on Seneca's ''Medea''. This was shown at international festivals such as San Sebastian, Cannes, and Havana. In 2007, she traveled with Ofelia Medina's troupe, taking ''Cada quien su Frida'' to stages in Spain, the United States, Cuba, and Denmark. She remained in the latter for a time, studying at the Odin Teatret under the direction of Eugenio Barba, with whom she collaborated during 2008 and 2009 on the productions ''The Medea Marriage'' and ''Ur-Hamlet''. In 2011, she received an award for Female Revelation from the Theatrical Jour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Dalton
Álvaro Luis Bernat Dalton (born February 13, 1975), known professionally as Tony Dalton, is a Mexican-American actor and screenwriter. For much of his career, he acted in Mexican films, television shows, and stage plays. He is best known in the United States for his portrayal of Lalo Salamanca in ''Better Call Saul'' (2018–2022). He also starred as Jack Duquesne in the 2021 Marvel Cinematic Universe series '' Hawkeye''. Early life Álvaro Luis Bernat Dalton was born on February 13, 1975 in Laredo, Texas. He is the son of a Mexican father and an American mother and attended Eaglebrook School, a boarding school in Deerfield, Massachusetts. Dalton later studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York City. Career Dalton's first major role was on the Mexican telenovela ''Rebelde,'' an adaptation of the Argentine series ''Rebelde Way'' that ran from 2004 to 2006''.'' His first film role was in ''Matando Cabos'' (2004), in which he starred and co-wrote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julio Camejo
Julio Camejo () (born Julio Antonio Sánchez González in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban Mexican actor and dancer. He has done several Mexican soap operas. He is best known for his role of Veneno in the telenovela Contra viento y marea and Francisco in Destilando Amor ''Destilando Amor'' (English: ''Distilling Love'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Nicandro Díaz González for Televisa in 2007. It is a remake of the 1994 Colombian telenovela '' Café, con aroma de mujer''. On Monday, January 22, 2007, C .... Telenovelas Reality shows Series External linksOfficial site Living people Mexican male television actors Mexican male telenovela actors Cuban emigrants to Mexico Naturalized citizens of Mexico People from Havana Year of birth missing (living people) {{mexico-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anahí
Anahí Giovanna Puente Portilla (born 14 May 1983), known mononymously as Anahí, is a Mexican actress and singer. In 1986, she started her acting career when she was cast on ''Chiquilladas''. After working on many successful telenovelas produced by Televisa, including '' Alondra'' (1995), '' Vivo por Elena'' (1998), '' El Diario de Daniela'' (1998) and ''Mujeres Engañadas'' (1999), her first leading role was in Pedro Damián's production, '' Primer Amor... A Mil por Hora'' (2000). In 2003, she joined the cast in ''Clase 406''. Anahí reached international success in 2004 after starring in ''Rebelde'' and being part of the twice-nominated for a Latin Grammy Award group RBD, who sold over 15 million records worldwide. In 2011, she starred in '' Dos Hogares'', her last telenovela to date. In 1993, at the age of 10, Anahí released her debut self-titled studio album. In 1996, she released her second album, ''¿Hoy Es Mañana?'', which featured the singles "Corazón de Bombón", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuela to the east and northeast, Brazil to the southeast, Ecuador and Peru to the south and southwest, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Panama to the northwest. Colombia is divided into 32 departments and the Capital District of Bogotá, the country's largest city. It covers an area of 1,141,748 square kilometers (440,831 sq mi), and has a population of 52 million. Colombia's cultural heritage—including language, religion, cuisine, and art—reflects its history as a Spanish colony, fusing cultural elements brought by immigration from Europe and the Middle East, with those brought by enslaved Africans, as well as with those of the various Amerindian civilizations that predate colonization. Spanish is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Las Estrellas
Las Estrellas ("The Stars"; previously El Canal de las Estrellas, or "The Channel of the Stars") is one of the cornerstone networks of TelevisaUnivision, with affiliate stations all over Mexico, flagshipped at XEW-TDT in Mexico City. Many of the programs of ''Las Estrellas'' are seen in the United States on Univision, UniMás, and Galavisión. History Las Estrellas originated from XEW-TV, which began broadcasting on 21 March 1951. The channel was a sister station to the legendary XEW-AM radio station, owned by Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta, which was also the owner of the newly launched channel. It was the second commercial TV channel to be established in Mexico City, after XHTV channel 4, owned by the Novedades newspaper. XEW-TV's first transmission was a live, play-by-play, outside broadcast of a Mexican League match, with XEW radio veteran Pedro Septién on commentary duties. Other than live sports broadcasts, XEW-TV initially broadcast films from the Golden Age of Mexican ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 genres around the world include '' teleserye'' (Philippines), '' téléroman'' (Canada, specifically Quebec), and ''sinetron'' (Indonesia). Commonly described using the American colloquialism Spanish soap opera, many telenovelas share some stylistic and thematic similarities to the soap opera familiar to the English-speaking world. The significant difference is their series run length; telenovelas tell one self-contained story, typically within the span of a year or less whereas soap operas tend to have intertwined storylines told during indefinite, continuing runs. This makes them shorter than most other television series, but still much longer than a miniseries. This planned run results in a faster-paced, more concise style of melodrama compared to a typical soap opera. Episodes of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
