Raquel Morell ( Spanish pronunciation: akel moɾeʎborn Raquel del Rosario Ruiz Morell on February 4, 1959, in

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) is a Mexican actress who appeared in many

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s. She is probably best known for her role of Blanca De Velasco de Peñarreal in telenovela '' Esmeralda''. Blanca was the mother of Esmeralda, who was played by

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. In ''

Mi segunda madre ''Mi segunda madre'' ( en, My second mother, italic=yes) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Juan Osorio for Televisa and broadcast by Canal de las Estrellas in 1989. It starred María Sorté, Enrique Novi and Daniela Castro as protagonists ...

'' she played a woman called like her in real life –

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. She appeared as herself in ''Contrato con la muerte''. One of her last works was in ''

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''. Morell, named after her mother Rosario Morell, married cinematographer Fernando Nesme; they are

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. She is quite interested in

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. Morell's younger brother is called Mario Ruiz Morell.
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