''Gente bien'' (English: ''Well-to-do People'') is a Mexican

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produced by Lucy Orozco for

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in 1997. On Monday, April 28, 1997, Canal de las Estrellas started broadcasting ''Gente bien'' weekdays at 7:00pm, replacing ''Mi querida Isabel''. The last episode was broadcast on Friday, August 15, 1997 with ''Amada enemiga'' replacing it the following day.

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and

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starred as protagonists, while the leading actors

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and Julián Pastor starred as antagonists. The leading actresses María Rivas, Isela Vega,

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and

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starred as stellar performances.

Cast

as ''María Figueroa'' *

as ''Gerardo Felipe'' *

as ''Rebecca Balmori de Dumas'' *

as ''Jaime Dumas'' *

Isela Vega Isela Vega Durazo (5 November 1939 – 9 March 2021) was a Mexican actress,Televisa ...

as ''Mercedes Figueroa'' *

as ''Alicia Dumas de Klein'' * María Rivas as ''Doña Sara Vda. de Dumas "Mamá Sara"'' *

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as ''Dr. Adolfo Klein'' *

Patricia Bernal Patricia Bernal (born 27 October 1961) is a Mexican actress. She has appeared in more than twenty films and telenovelas including '' Pobre rico, pobre''. Her sons Gael The Gaels ( ; ga, Na Gaeil ; gd, Na Gàidheil ; gv, Ny Gaeil ) are an ...

as ''Angélica Medina'' * Daniel Gauvry as ''Rafael Lazcano'' *Alec Von Bargen as ''Mauricio Dumas'' *

Ariadne Welter Ariadne Welter (June 29, 1930 – December 13, 1998) was a Mexican movie actress of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. She appeared in the Luis Buñuel film ''The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz'' (1955). In 1956 she starred in the film '' ...

as ''Consuelo'' *

Marta Aura Marta Aura (4 September 1942 – 8 July 2022) was a Mexican actress. Life and career Aura was born in Mexico City on 4 September 1942, the daughter of Olimpo Aura Pineda and Ema Palacios Ordorica. Her parents did not accept the fact that she wa ...

as ''Márgara'' * Bárbara Eibenshutz as ''Liz Dumas'' * Jorge Capin as ''Wolf'' * Leif Janivitz as ''Benjamín Klein'' *

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as ''Sabina Klein'' * Gabriela Murray as ''Yolanda'' * Felipe Nájera as ''Diego'' * Genoveva Pérez as ''Amaranta'' *

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as ''Conchita'' *

Claudette Maillé Claudette Maillé (born 11 November 1964) is a Mexican actress best known for her roles in Mexican telenovelas and films. She has won two Ariel awards, one in 1992 as Best Supporting Actress for her participation in the film '' Like Water for Cho ...

as ''Ximena'' * Ariane Pellicer as ''Celia'' * Rubén Rojo Aura as ''Jaimito Dumas'' * Bruno Schwebel as ''Father Bernardo'' * Jorge Zárate as ''Esteban'' * José Luis Avendaño as ''Baltazar'' *

Raquel Garza Raquel Garza is a Mexican actress and comedian. Personal life She is married and has twins Filmography References External links * 1967 births Living people Mexican television actresses 21st-century Mexican actresses Actres ...

as ''Martita'' * Marcela Morett as ''Reina'' * Vicky Rodel as ''Vicky'' * Paloma Woolrich as ''Irma'' *

Salma Hayek Salma Hayek Pinault ( , ; born Salma Valgarma Hayek Jiménez; September 2, 1966) is a Mexican and American actress and film producer. She began her career in Mexico with starring roles in the telenovela ''Teresa'' (1989–1991) as well as the ...

as ''Teresa'' *

Rafael Mercadante Rafael Mercadante Mena (born Mexico Federal District, 15 May 1973) is an actor, television host, singer and radio DJ who has worked in both Mexico and the United States. In the 1990s he was cast in soap operas such as '' El Manantial'' and '' ...

* Héctor Sáez * Quintín Bulnes * Yaoli Bello * Ernesto Bog * Wenceslao Rangel * Polo Salazar * Eduardo Liñán * Ramón Abascal

References

External links

* 1997 telenovelas 1997 Mexican television series debuts 1997 Mexican television series endings Spanish-language telenovelas Television shows set in Mexico Televisa telenovelas {{Mexican-telenovelas-stub