''El secreto de Alejandra'' (English title: ''Alejandra's secret'') 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 by Jorge Lozano Soriano for

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 1997. It starred by

María Sorté María Sorté (born María Harfuch Hidalgo

Leonardo Daniel Leonardo Daniel (; born 26 July 1954) is a Mexican actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as fi ...

Lisette Morelos Lisette Morelos (; born Lisette Garcia Morelos-Zaragoza on May 21, 1978, in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican actress, singer and model. She started her career at a young age. She attended the Centro de Educación Artística (CEA). Her first Tel ...

, Rodrigo Vidal and

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 ''Gu ...

. On December 1, 1997, Canal de las Estrellas started broadcasting ''El secreto de Alejandra'' weekdays at 7:00 pm, replacing ''Alguna vez tendremos alas''. The last episode was broadcast on January 2, 1998 with ''Mi pequeña traviesa'' replacing it the following Monday.

Plot

María Sorté interprets two identical women (although not sisters) and of opposite personalities. María is an unsuccessful actress and pharmacy employee, who lives tormented by her husband, Rubén (David Ostrosky), a kidnapper and murderer who works for an organ trafficking network. Maria could never have children since the mistreatment of her husband caused an abortion that left her sterile. When he starts the soap opera, he tries to commit suicide. Alejandra is a millionaire whose son, Matías (Rodrigo Vidal), urgently needs a kidney transplant. She herself is ill with terminal cancer, but she does not want her family to know about it and she is terrified by the idea of leaving Matías helpless. In complicity with Sergio, his doctor (Leonardo Daniel), Alejandra appears before Maria and proposes that they exchange their lives. Thus, Maria could leave behind her life as a mistreated woman, take care of Alejandra's son and make sure she receives the transplant she requires. In addition, this would be the greatest triumph as an actress for María. After many attempts to convince her, Maria accepts. During the first month of the telenovela broadcast, the two women prepare the exchange of lives; María, full of doubts, learns the details of Alejandra's life, as she announces to her family that she is going on a trip. Finally the identity change is made, and the false Maria (Alejandra) dies in the hospital to the surprise of her friends, (Macaria and Carmelita González), while the false Alejandra (María) returns to her house and finally meets Matías. So far, the story had followed the original course, but with the sudden cancellation, a sudden ending was started that begins with the last scene of chapter 24. The secret of the false Alejandra is discovered immediately thanks to some recordings that the real Alejandra He left Matías. She left instructions that only listen to the cassette in case of emergency, if she one day decided to leave the house. Matías has a feeling and disobeys the instructions; when listening to the cassette he learns the truth, but without hesitation he decides to accept his "new mother" and offers to keep the secret. On the other hand, Sergio turns out to be deeply in love with María (he had also received a cassette recorded by the deceased). All the subplots and conflicts of the telenovela, which were clearly designed to last for months, are resolved in one of the most hasty endings of the history of this genre.

Cast

María Sorté María Sorté (born María Harfuch Hidalgo

as María Soler/Alejandra Monasterio *

as Sergio Duval *

as Carola *Rodrigo Vidal as Matías Monasterio *

as Rubén *Norma Lazareno as Paulina *Macaria as Elvira *

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as Vanessa *Alec Von Bargen as Gerardo Espinoza *Carmelita González as Doña Pura *Claudio Báez as Dr. Nuñez *Rosita Quintana as Sofía Monasterio *Carlos Rotzinger as Cristóbal *

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as Gloria *Blanca Sánchez as Rosalía *

Otto Sirgo Otto Sirgo (, born Otto Sirgo Haller; December 19, 1946 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban actor and director of Mexican telenovelas and theater. He is the son of Cuban actor Otto Sirgo and Mexican actress Magda Haller and was married to Maleni Morales, ...

as Carlos *Lalo el Mimo as Macario *

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as Henrique *Arlette Pacheco as Ivonne *Gaston Tuset as Augusto *Jerardo as Federico *Christian Tappan as David *Liza Willert as Mrs. Soriano *Luis Xavier as Víctor *Kokin as Isaías *Mariana Karr as Luvia Alperte *María Idalia *Toño Infante *Arturo Lorca *Beatriz Martínez *Julio Monterde *Clara María Diar *Claudia Ferreiro

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Secreto De Alejandra 1997 telenovelas 1997 Mexican television series debuts 1998 Mexican television series endings Spanish-language telenovelas Television shows set in Mexico Televisa telenovelas