''La esposa virgen'' (English: ''The Virgin Wife'') is a Mexican

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produced by

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for

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in 2005. The story is a remake of 1985 Mexican telenovela ''

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''. On Monday, July 18, 2005, Canal de las Estrellas started broadcasting ''La esposa virgen'' weekdays at 9:00pm, replacing ''La madrastra''. The last episode was broadcast on Friday, October 21, 2005 with ''Alborada'' replacing it on Monday, October 24, 2005.

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and

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starred as protagonists, while

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, Arleth Terán and

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starred as antagonists, with

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, Eugenio Cobo and Alejandro Ruiz starred as the Stellar performances and

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and Alma Muriel starred as special participations.

Plot

Shortly before his death, general Francisco Ortiz marries Virginia and appoints her as his sole heiress. When Virginia and her younger brother Diego arrive to the town of San Francisco de los Arenales to bury the general, accompanied with the nephew of captain Fernando Ortiz, who despises Virginia, believing that she is a gold-digger who married her uncle for his fortune. The only person that receives Virginia politely in the town is the municipal President, Dr. José Guadalupe Cruz, a good and honest man whose wife, Blanca, suffers from a terminal disease. Virginia is surprised to see the ranch of the general is abandoned, without knowing that this is work of the mother of Fernando, Aurelia, who has allied with the administrator, Cristóbal, to steal the fortune that Virginia has inherited. Aurelia hates Virginia and will try with all means that Virginia leaves the ranch because she knows if she does so, she will lose her inheritance, but if she doesn't, Aurelia is ready to resort to violence. Her hatred is even greater when she realizes that Fernando is madly love with Virginia, although Virginia only sees him as a good friend. When Virginia meets Blanca, a sincere friendship begins between them. José Guadalupe ignores that Blanca is aware of his infidelity with a selfish and ambitious woman named Olga. Knowing that he has little time of life, Blanca fears for the happiness of her husband and her daughter Marisol if he were to marry Olga. Unintentionally, a passionate love is born between Virginia and José Guadalupe. Both refuse to accept it and treat each other with hostility, because they know that giving themselves to that love would be betraying the trust of Blanca. After a marriage which was never consummated, Virginia will now have to combat hatred and the ambition of Aurelia and Cristóbal, while trying uselessly to ignore the love that she feels for José Guadalupe.

Cast

as ''Virginia Alfaro del Sur'' *

as ''José Guadalupe Cruz Serrano - Killed by Cristobal'' *

as ''Fernando Ortiz Betancourt '' *

as ''Aurelia Betancourt Vda. de Ortiz - Main villain, ends up vagabond'' *

as ''Cristóbal - Villain, killed by José Guadalupe'' *

as ''Edmundo Rivadeneira "El Loco Serenata"'' * Arleth Terán as ''Olga Barquín - Villain, commits suicide after being defaced'' *

as ''Blanca de la Fuente de Cruz - Dies of a disease'' *

as ''Dr. Misael Mendoza'' *

as ''Clemencia'' *

as ''Sergio Valdez'' *

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as ''Aída Palacios'' *Carlos Cámara Jr. as ''Arturo Palacios - Villain, dies of a shot'' *Martha Ofelia Galindo as ''Mariana'' *Arlette Pacheco as ''Soledad Rivadeneira'' *Eugenio Cobo as ''Father Matías'' *Alejandro Ruiz as ''Loreto Arriaga'' *Oscar Traven as ''Rolando Palacios'' *Hilda Aguirre as ''Raquela Palacios'' *

Juan Ignacio Aranda Juan Ignacio Aranda (born Juan Ignacio López Aranda on February 6, 1962, in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican actor. He began his training in 1978 in Centro de Arte Dramático (CADAC), also studied in The Cockpit Arts Workshop and in The City ...

as ''Dante'' *Raúl Sebastián Villarreal as ''Diego Alfaro'' * Kendra Santacruz as ''Marisol Cruz de la Fuente - Dies after fall of the horse'' * Fátima Torre as ''Olivia Palacios'' * Odemaris Ruiz as ''Susana Palacios'' * Alberto Salaberry as ''Fabián'' * Daniel Gauvry as ''Paulino'' * Bárbara Gómez as ''Hechicera'' * Antonio Brenán as ''Gael'' * Jorge Brenán as ''Gabriel'' * Rubén Morales as ''Efrén Barquín'' * José Antonio Ferral as ''Tomás'' * Benjamín Rivero as ''Efraín'' * Rocío Valenti as ''Margarita'' * Claudia Ortega as ''Adelina'' * Luis Uribe as ''Dr. Garza'' * Alfredo Alfonso as ''Acosta'' * Eduardo Noriega as ''Notario'' *

Alejandra Barros Alejandra Barros (born Alejandra Barros del Campo on August 11, 1971) is a Mexican actress. She is best known for her role in Televisa's telenovela Mariana de la Noche (2003). Biography Barros studied in New York in ''The Lee Strasberg Theat ...

as ''Cecilia'' Special participation *

as ''General Francisco Ortiz - Dies of a disease'' * Alma Muriel as ''Mercedes''

Awards

References

External links

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