Marisela Buitrago Mora (born June 18, 1958) is a Venezuelan actress and beauty queen. She is perhaps better known internationally for her participation in the 1982 Puerto Rican-Venezuelan film co-production
Menudo: La Pelicula, alongside Puerto Rican boy band
Menudo (where she played
Rene Farrait's love interest) but she is also known in Venezuela for her various participations in
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'' ...
s there, including the major television hit show,
Leonela
''Leonela'' is a Venezuelan telenovela written by Delia Fiallo and produced by Radio Caracas Televisión in 1983. The telenovela was divided into two parts: the first part ''Leonela'' had 55 episodes and the second part titled ''Miedo al amor'' was ...
.
Biography
Buitrago is from
Aragua
Aragua State ( es, Estado Aragua, ) is one of the 23 States of Venezuela, states of Venezuela. It is located in the north-central region of Venezuela. It has plains and jungle (terrain), jungles and Caribbean beaches. The most popular are Cata a ...
.
In 1979, she participated in
Miss Venezuela 1979
Miss Venezuela 1979 was the 26th edition of Miss Venezuela, Miss Venezuela pageant held at Caracas Hilton Hotel in Caracas, Venezuela, on May 17, 1979, after weeks of events. The winner of the pageant was Maritza Sayalero, Vargas (state), Miss Dep ...
, representing her state of Aragua. Buitrago competed against, among others,
Jeanette Rodriguez and
Tatiana Capote
Tatiana Capote Abdel (born August 15, 1962 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuba-born Venezuelan telenovela actress and former beauty queen.
Miss World
She grew up in Caracas, Venezuela and became the official representative of Venezuela to the 1979 Miss ...
. She placed 6th in the competition.
In 1982, she participated in
Menudo: La Pelicula. She had previously participated in 1981's "Luz Marina", a telenovela which opened doors for her in Venezuelan television.
She later participated in ten more telenovelas during the 1980s and in eight during the 1990s.
In 2002, Buitrago acted in 250 episodes of the major telenovela hit,
Gata Salvaje
''Gata Salvaje'' (English: ''Wild Cat'') is a telenovela which aired first on Venevisión in Venezuela on May 16, 2002, and some days later was released on the Spanish language U.S. TV network Univision from mid-summer of 2002 until May 2003, and ...
.
Personal
She was married to actor
William Colmenares (her co-star in ''
Olvidarte Jamás
''Olvidarte Jamas'' (''Always on my Mind'') is a 2005 telenovela made by Venevision International in Miami that lasted 118 episodes. The telenovela starred Venezuelan-American actress Sonya Smith and Mexican actor Gabriel Porras. The telenovel ...
''), with whom she had a daughter named Kislev Colmenares Buitrago and a son named Juan Carlos Colmenares Buitrago. Juan Carlos died on May 9, 2021.
Filmography
Telenovelas
* 1983 ''
Leonela
''Leonela'' is a Venezuelan telenovela written by Delia Fiallo and produced by Radio Caracas Televisión in 1983. The telenovela was divided into two parts: the first part ''Leonela'' had 55 episodes and the second part titled ''Miedo al amor'' was ...
'' (
RCTV
Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV) was a Venezuelan free-to-air television network headquartered in the Caracas neighborhood of Quinta Crespo. It was sometimes referred to as the Canal de Bárcenas. Owned by Empresas 1BC, Radio Caracas Televisió ...
) - Lorena
* 1987 ''
Roberta
''Roberta'' is a musical from 1933 with music by Jerome Kern, and lyrics and book by Otto Harbach. The musical is based on the novel ''Gowns by Roberta'' by Alice Duer Miller. It features the songs " Yesterdays", "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", "Let ...
'' (
RCTV
Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV) was a Venezuelan free-to-air television network headquartered in the Caracas neighborhood of Quinta Crespo. It was sometimes referred to as the Canal de Bárcenas. Owned by Empresas 1BC, Radio Caracas Televisió ...
) - Marisol
* 1987 ''
Mi amada Beatriz'' (
RCTV
Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV) was a Venezuelan free-to-air television network headquartered in the Caracas neighborhood of Quinta Crespo. It was sometimes referred to as the Canal de Bárcenas. Owned by Empresas 1BC, Radio Caracas Televisió ...
) - Antonieta/Raiza
* 1988-1989 ''
Abigaíl'' (
RCTV
Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV) was a Venezuelan free-to-air television network headquartered in the Caracas neighborhood of Quinta Crespo. It was sometimes referred to as the Canal de Bárcenas. Owned by Empresas 1BC, Radio Caracas Televisió ...
) - Viviana López
* 1990-1991 ''
Pasionaria'' (
Venevisión
Venevisión () is a Venezuelan free-to-air television channel and one of Venezuela's largest television networks, owned by the Cisneros Media division of Grupo Cisneros.
History
The company's roots date back to June 1, 1953, with the establish ...
) - Raiza de Tovar
* 1991 ''
Mundo de fieras'' (
Venevisión
Venevisión () is a Venezuelan free-to-air television channel and one of Venezuela's largest television networks, owned by the Cisneros Media division of Grupo Cisneros.
History
The company's roots date back to June 1, 1953, with the establish ...
) - Leonicia
* 1991-1992 ''
La mujer prohibida La mujer prohibida may refer to:
* La mujer prohibida (1972 TV series)
* La mujer prohibida (1991 TV series)
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'' (
Venevisión
Venevisión () is a Venezuelan free-to-air television channel and one of Venezuela's largest television networks, owned by the Cisneros Media division of Grupo Cisneros.
History
The company's roots date back to June 1, 1953, with the establish ...
) - Anabelle Rivas
* 1994, ''
Morena Clara
''Morena Clara'' is a 1954 film directed by Luis Lucia starring Lola Flores and Fernando Fernán Gómez.
Plot
The film begins by depicting the fabled tale of how the gypsies came to be. According to folklore gypsies are descendants of an Egypti ...
'' (
Venevisión
Venevisión () is a Venezuelan free-to-air television channel and one of Venezuela's largest television networks, owned by the Cisneros Media division of Grupo Cisneros.
History
The company's roots date back to June 1, 1953, with the establish ...
) - Laura
* 1995, ''
Ka Ina
Ka Ina is a Venezuelan telenovela written by César Miguel Rondón and produced by Venevisión in 1995. This telenovela lasted 164 episodes and was distributed internationally by Venevisión International. And was hit, becoming broadcast in countr ...
'' (
Venevisión
Venevisión () is a Venezuelan free-to-air television channel and one of Venezuela's largest television networks, owned by the Cisneros Media division of Grupo Cisneros.
History
The company's roots date back to June 1, 1953, with the establish ...
) - Lola López
* 1996, ''
El perdón de los pecados'' (
Venevisión
Venevisión () is a Venezuelan free-to-air television channel and one of Venezuela's largest television networks, owned by the Cisneros Media division of Grupo Cisneros.
History
The company's roots date back to June 1, 1953, with the establish ...
) - Casiana
* 1999, ''
Cuando hay pasión'' (
Venevisión
Venevisión () is a Venezuelan free-to-air television channel and one of Venezuela's largest television networks, owned by the Cisneros Media division of Grupo Cisneros.
History
The company's roots date back to June 1, 1953, with the establish ...
) - Solbela Rengifo
* 2000, ''
Mis 3 hermanas
''My 3 Sisters '' (Spanish title:Mis 3 hermanas) is a successful Venezuelan telenovela written by Perla Farías and produced by RCTV in 2000.
Scarlet Ortiz and Ricardo Alamo starred as the main protagonists with Roxana Diaz as the main antag ...
'' (
RCTV
Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV) was a Venezuelan free-to-air television network headquartered in the Caracas neighborhood of Quinta Crespo. It was sometimes referred to as the Canal de Bárcenas. Owned by Empresas 1BC, Radio Caracas Televisió ...
) - Sofía Quintero De Solís
* 2002-2003 ''
Gata salvaje
''Gata Salvaje'' (English: ''Wild Cat'') is a telenovela which aired first on Venevisión in Venezuela on May 16, 2002, and some days later was released on the Spanish language U.S. TV network Univision from mid-summer of 2002 until May 2003, and ...
'' (
Venevisión
Venevisión () is a Venezuelan free-to-air television channel and one of Venezuela's largest television networks, owned by the Cisneros Media division of Grupo Cisneros.
History
The company's roots date back to June 1, 1953, with the establish ...
) - Claudia Olivares
* 2004-2005 ''
Inocente de ti'' (
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 ...
) - Fe
* 2006 ''
Olvidarte jamás
''Olvidarte Jamas'' (''Always on my Mind'') is a 2005 telenovela made by Venevision International in Miami that lasted 118 episodes. The telenovela starred Venezuelan-American actress Sonya Smith and Mexican actor Gabriel Porras. The telenovel ...
'' (
Venevisión
Venevisión () is a Venezuelan free-to-air television channel and one of Venezuela's largest television networks, owned by the Cisneros Media division of Grupo Cisneros.
History
The company's roots date back to June 1, 1953, with the establish ...
) - María
* 2008 ''
Amor comprado
''Amor Comprado'' (English title: ''Love Contract'') is a telenovela written by Verónica Suárez and produced in Miami, Florida by Venevisión International in 2007.
Elizabeth Gutiérrez and José Ángel Llamas starred as the protagonists with ...
'' (
Venevisión
Venevisión () is a Venezuelan free-to-air television channel and one of Venezuela's largest television networks, owned by the Cisneros Media division of Grupo Cisneros.
History
The company's roots date back to June 1, 1953, with the establish ...
) - Lisette
* 2015 ''
Guerreras y Centauros
Guerreras y Centauros is a historical Venezuelan telenovela produced by Quimeravision.
Ana Karina Casanova and Damián Genovese will star as the main protagonists, accompanied by Víctor Cámara. The telenovela will be set in the 19th century a ...
'' (
TVes
TVES is a Venezuelan public television channel. Its name is short for Televisora Venezolana Social (''Venezuelan Social Television'') and is pronounced ("te ves"), meaning ''you see yourself''. It replaced the signal of Radio Caracas Televisión ...
) - Muñeca Arrieta
Movies
* 1982, ''
Menudo: la película'' - Marión
* 1992, ''
La dulce tía''
* 2017, ''Un delincuente en Nueva York'' - Lorena
* 2018, ''
Locos y Peligrosos'' - Laura
See also
*
List of Venezuelans
Famous or notable Venezuelans include:
Architecture
* Jimmy Alcock
* Esther Ayuso
* Federico Beckhoff
*Anita Berrizbeitia
* Guido Bermudez
* Bernardo Borges
* Dirk Bornhost
*Carlos Brillembourg
* Cipriano Dominguez
* Julián Ferris Betanc ...
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Buitrago, Marisela
1958 births
Living people
Venezuelan telenovela actresses
Venezuelan film actresses
20th-century Venezuelan actresses
21st-century Venezuelan actresses
20th-century beauty pageant contestants
People from Aragua