''Esmeralda'' is a 1970 Venezuelan

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 José Enrique Crousillat and directed by Grazio D’Angelo for

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. It is based on an original story written by the Cuban Writer

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. The telenovela it stars

Lupita Ferrer Lupita Ferrer (born December 6, 1947) is a Venezuelan theater, film and television actress. She is known as a "Queen" of telenovelas and one of the most famous Spanish speaking telenovela actresses of all time. Biography Ferrer was born as Yola ...

and

José Bardina José Bardina (March 27, 1939 – December 18, 2009) was a Spanish-Venezuelan actor who was a television leading figure. A native of Barcelona, Spain, Bardina was raised in Caracas, Venezuela. Television career He was best known for playin ...

as main characters.

Cast

as Esmeralda Rivera *

as Juan Pablo Peñalver * Ada Riera as Graciela Peñalver * Eva Blanco as Blanca * Ivonne Attas as Silvia Zamora *

Esperanza Magaz Lidia Esperanza Magaz Jaime (February 24, 1922 – May 6, 2013) was a ''telenovela'' television actress. She played under the name of Esperanza Magaz. Born in Havana, Cuba, Magaz relocated to Caracas, Venezuela, in 1953. She ended up as a well-r ...

as Dominga * Orángel Delfín as Marcos Malaver * Néstor Zavarce as Adrián Lucero *

Hugo Pimentel Hugo Pimentel (25 January 1919, in San Fernando, Buenos Aires – 1 June 1984, in Caracas) was an Argentine actor. He starred in the acclaimed Silver Condor-winning 1943 film '' Juvenilia''. Other notable films include '' His Best Student'' (19 ...

as Rogelio Peñalver *

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as Sister Piedad

International adaptation

The first adaptation of the telenovela is ''Topacio'', produced by the Venezuelan television channel Radio Caracas Televisión in 1985. In 1997 Televisa produced a version with Esmeralda (Mexican TV series), the same name starring Leticia Calderón. In 2004, the Brazilian channel Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão, SBT also produced a version with Esmeralda (Brazilian telenovela), the same name. In 2017 Televisa returned to make another more modern version of the story, entitled ''Sin tu mirada''.

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* {{Venevisión telenovelas 1970 telenovelas Venezuelan telenovelas Spanish-language telenovelas Venevisión telenovelas 1970 Venezuelan television series debuts 1971 Venezuelan television series endings Television shows set in Venezuela