''Lucecita'' is a Venezuelan telenovela starred by

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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 ...

and

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. It was produced and broadcast on

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for about a year and a half, spanning 1967–1968. The original story, written by

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, has inspired several variations and adaptations through the years, most of them by Fiallo, both for television and cinema. In 1972, Venevisión aired its own remake.

Summary

This story is strongly based in the ''

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'' mold. Yet, there are major aspects on the adaptation that make this Spanish

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one of the best in the history of ''telenovelas''. Baura makes a great performance of Lucecita, a naïve girl that leaves her impoverished, rural home to work as a maid for a wealthy and feuding family, who own a cattle-ranching land. At this point, the ''man of the house'' is Gustavo (played by Bardina), who is married to Angelina, She is a woman pretending to be paralyzed, in order to manipulate the feelings of her husband and prevent him from leaving. But while working there, Lucecita falls in love with Gustavo. Then Angelina discovers the romance between Lucecita and Gustavo; she is full of hatred and jealousy, but after learning that Lucecita is her half-sister, her hatred towards her is even harder. But really, here is where real problems begin to arise. Solid performances by Magaz as Modesta, Lucecita's loyal best friend, and Attas for her role of Angelina. Both reprised their respective roles in tn the 1972 version.

Main cast

as Lucecita *

as Gustavo *

as Modesta *

as Angelina

Additional cast

:''In alphabetical order'' *Hilda Breer *Olga Castillo *María Eugenia Domínguez *Gioia Lombardini *Oscar Mendoza *Hugo Pimentel *Suyin Rosa *Soraya Sanz *Orlando Urdaneta

Chronology

Sources

External links

* {{Venevisión telenovelas 1967 Venezuelan television series debuts 1968 Venezuelan television series endings 1967 telenovelas Spanish-language telenovelas Venevisión telenovelas Television shows set in Venezuela