''Corazón salvaje'' ( en, Wild Heart) 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 genres around the world include '' teleserye'' ...
produced and broadcast by
Telesistema Mexicano
Telesistema Mexicano was the predecessor of Televisa. Telesistema Mexicano was a television alliance made up of the independently owned television flagship stations XEW Canal 2, XHTV Canal 4, and XHGC Canal 5 in Mexico, Distrito Federal.
Histo ...
(now
Televisa
Grupo Televisa is a Mexican multimedia mass media company. A major Latin American mass media corporation, it often presents itself as the largest producer of Spanish-language content.
In April 2021, Televisa and Univision Communications announce ...
) in 1966. It is the second of five screen adaptations of the
novel of the same name by
Caridad Bravo Adams
Caridad Bravo Adams (; born on January 14, 1908, in Villahermosa, Tabasco – August 13, 1990 in Mexico City) was a prolific Mexican writer and the most famous telenovela writer worldwide.
She was born to a couple of Cuban actors and she wa ...
. This telenovela starred singer
Julissa
Julissa (born Julia Isabel de Llano Macedo; 8 April 1944 in Mexico City, D.F., Mexico) is a Mexican actress, producer and singer. She is the daughter of radio and television personality Luis de Llano Palmer and actress Rita Macedo. Her childr ...
while the 1977 production starred singer
Angélica María
Angélica María Hartman Ortiz (born September 27, 1944), known professionally as La novia de Mexico (Mexico's sweetheart), is an American-Mexican actress and singer-songwriter. Her songs El hombre de mi vida (The man of my life) peaked at No. ...
who had previously had the role of Mónica in the
1968 film version. Actor
Ernesto Alonso
Ernesto Alonso (February 28, 1917 – August 7, 2007) was a Mexican producer, director, cinematographer and actor. He was nicknamed "''El Señor Telenovela''" ("Mr. Soap Opera") because most of his work centered on telenovelas known around the w ...
produced both telenovela versions. The role of Juan del Diablo went to
Enrique Lizalde
Enrique Lizalde Chávez (January 9, 1937 – June 3, 2013) was a Mexican film, television and theater actor whose career spanned from the 1960s to the 2000s. He appeared in dozens of films and television shows, including telenovelas, throughout h ...
who, with Julissa, had previously starred in another Bravo Adams’ story, ''
La mentira''.
This was the first starring role of
Enrique Álvarez Félix
Enrique Álvarez Félix (5 April 1934 – 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 Álvare ...
, son of actress
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 an ...
, in the role of the antagonist Renato Duchamp, the legitimate half-brother of Juan del Diablo. It was also the second time
Jacqueline Andere
María Esperanza Jacqueline Andere-Aguilar (born August 20, 1938) is a Mexican actress.
Life and career
Andere was born in a Jewish family located Mexico City on August 20 1938. Her appearances in telenovelas began with 1960's '' Vida por Vid ...
(in the role of Aimée, Monica's sister) co-starred with
Enrique Lizalde
Enrique Lizalde Chávez (January 9, 1937 – June 3, 2013) was a Mexican film, television and theater actor whose career spanned from the 1960s to the 2000s. He appeared in dozens of films and television shows, including telenovelas, throughout h ...
, both being stage actors.
Cast
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Julissa
Julissa (born Julia Isabel de Llano Macedo; 8 April 1944 in Mexico City, D.F., Mexico) is a Mexican actress, producer and singer. She is the daughter of radio and television personality Luis de Llano Palmer and actress Rita Macedo. Her childr ...
as Mónica Molinar
*
Enrique Lizalde
Enrique Lizalde Chávez (January 9, 1937 – June 3, 2013) was a Mexican film, television and theater actor whose career spanned from the 1960s to the 2000s. He appeared in dozens of films and television shows, including telenovelas, throughout h ...
as Juan "del Diablo""
*
Jacqueline Andere
María Esperanza Jacqueline Andere-Aguilar (born August 20, 1938) is a Mexican actress.
Life and career
Andere was born in a Jewish family located Mexico City on August 20 1938. Her appearances in telenovelas began with 1960's '' Vida por Vid ...
as Aimée Molinar
*
Enrique Álvarez Félix
Enrique Álvarez Félix (5 April 1934 – 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 Álvare ...
as Renato Duchamp
*
Miguel Manzano
Miguel Manzano (14 September 1907 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico – 21 January 1992 in Mexico City) was a Mexican actor during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, winning an Ariel Award in 1985, for best supporting actor for the film ''Las glo ...
as Noel
*
Graciela Nájera
*
Beatriz Baz
Beatriz (, ) is a Spanish, Galician and Portuguese female first name. It corresponds to the Latin name Beatrix and the English and Italian name Beatrice. The name in Latin means 'brings joy' and in other languages also means 'she who brings oth ...
*
Fanny Schiller
Fanny Schiller Hernández (3 August 1901 – 26 September 1971) was a Mexican award-winning character actress and television star, who also acted in operettas and musicals, during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. She won two Ariel Awards for bes ...
*
Socorro Avelar
Socorro Avelar (1925 in Cuernavaca, Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west b ...
as Ana
*
Humberto Jiménez Pons
*
Fedora Capdevilla as Kuma
See also
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Corazón salvaje
* ''
Juan del Diablo'' – the
Puerto Rican version
Notes
External links
*
Corazón salvaje' at the
telenovela database
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