El Talismán (''The Talisman'') is a

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co-produced by Venevision and

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Studios, starring

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and

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as the main protagonists, and

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, Lola Ponce, and Marcela Mar as the main antagonists. Univision had announced that ''El Talismán'' would air on the network as part of the 2011–2012 programming schedule, and was confirmed to air in 2012 on November 11, 2011. Though 120 episodes were planned to be produced, the episode count was reduced to a total of 98 due to low ratings. From January 30 to February 3, 2012, Univision aired ''El Talismán'' at 8pm/7c, replacing one hour of ''

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'', and later at 9pm/8c from February 6 to March 9, 2012. Though ''El Talismán'' was seen by 5 million viewers during its premiere day, viewership declined over time during its prime time airings. As a result, Univision aired ''El Talismán'' at 1pm central from March 12 to June 15, 2012.Gran final de El Talismán el viernes 15 de junio a la 1pm/12 C por Univision
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Cast

as Camila Nájera de Ibarra *

as Pedro Ibarra *

as Antonio Negrete * Lola Ponce as Lucrecia Negrete * Marcela Mar as Doris de Negrete / Catherine *

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as Mariana Aceves *

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as Elvira Rivera de Nájera *

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as Esteban Nájera * Sergio Reynoso as Don Gregorio Negrete *

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as José Armando Nájera *

Braulio Castillo Braulio Castillo Cintrón (March 30, 1933 – February 28, 2015) was a telenovela actor in Latin America. His two sons, Braulio Castillo, hijo, Braulio Castillo, Jr. and Jorge Castillo, are also actors. He was born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, Bayam ...

as Renato Leduc * Roberto Huicochea as Valentin Ramos * Paola Pedroza as Tracy Guadalupe Perez *

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as Genoveva * German Barrios as Bernando Aceves * Rodrigo Vidal as Panchito Negrete * Joaquin Gil as Margarito Flores * Gloria Mayo as Patricia "Paty" Aceves * Isabel Burr as Fabiola Negrete * Sandra Itzel as Florencia Negrete *

Marianela Rodriguez Marianela Rodriguez (born June 16, 1991, in Santa Clara, Cuba) is a beauty queen, model and actress from Cuba who came to the spotlight after working for Univision Venevision Studios El Talisman, soap opera, recorded in Florida. These days, R ...

as Rosa * Gustavo Pedraza as Tomas Guerrido * Glauber Barceló as Claudio Flores * Lyduan González as Gabriel Barrasa *

Michelle Vargas Michele Vargas (born March 2, 1985) is a Dominican-American model and telenovela actress. Biography Michele Vargas was born in San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic in 1985 and grew up in New York City in the well known neighborhood of ...

as Sarita * Yuli Ferreira as Rita Ledesma * Carlos Arrechea as Juancho * Gabriela Guevara as Suzy * Nadia Escobar as Alberta Sierra * Manolo Coego Jr. as Raúl *

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as Matilde Aceves * Carmen Daysi Rodríguez as Brigitte * Gerardo Riverón as Guillermo * Hilda Luna as Domitila * Juan Cepero as Jim Smith * Victoria del Rosal as Lucy * Elioret Silva * Severino Puente as Secretario * Freddy Viquez as Lucas *

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as Manuel Bermúdez *

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as María Rivera * Adrián Carvajal as Ángel Espinoza * Christian Vega as Santiago

References

External links

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Official website
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