Doris Wells (born Doris María Buonafina; 28 October 1943 – 20 September 1988) was a Venezuelan actress, writer and producer. Her best-known television appearances were in ''Campeones'', ''La trepadora'', ''La Hora'', ''Historia de tres hermanas'', ''Renzo el Gitano'', ''Amor Salvaje'', ''Regina Carbonell'', ''El Mulato'','' La señora de Cárdenas'' and ''La fiera''. After the last of these, Wells announced her definitive retirement from soap operas and she debuted as writer and producer with the television movie ''Porcelana'' (in 1981). In 1985 she played the protagonist in the film '' Oriana'' (written by Fina Torres), which won the Golden Camera at the Cannes Film Festival. She retired from television in 1986 shortly after hosting the game show ''Concurso millonario'', and died in

Caracas Caracas (, ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, abbreviated as CCS, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the ...

Personal life & death

Wells was born in

Caripito Caripito is a city in the state of Monagas, Venezuela. It has around 50,000 inhabitants. It is the third largest city in the state, after Maturín and Punta de Mata. History Caripito is first recorded as a mission town, but the existence of t ...

. She and her husband, William Risquez Iribarren, a wealthy lawyer, had three children (Marielba, Xavier and Verónica). Wells died on 20 September 1988, aged 44, from a rare illness.Profile
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Filmography

Television

References

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