''El amor tiene cara de mujer (Love has woman's face)'' is a Mexican soap opera, produced by Valentín Pimstein for Teleprogramas Acapulco, SA in 1971. Starring leading actresses

Silvia Derbez Lucille Silvia Derbez Amézquita, better known as Silvia Derbez (March 8, 1932 – April 6, 2002) was a Mexican film and television actress. She competed in Miss Mexico 1952 where she came in 4th place. Life and career Derbez was born in San ...

Irma Lozano Irma Lozano (24 August 1943 – 21 October 2013) was a Mexican actress. She appeared in more than twenty soap operas. Selected filmography References External links * 1944 births 2013 deaths Mexican television actresses Deaths fr ...

Irán Eory Irán Eory ( fa, ایران اِئوری; 21 October 1939 – 10 March 2002, born Elvira Teresa Eory) was an Iranian-born actress. She achieved fame in Mexico after moving to that country in the late 1960s. Biography She was born in Tehran, I ...

, and

Lucy Gallardo Lucy Gallardo (December 13, 1929 – August 11, 2012) was an Argentine-born Mexican actress and screenwriter. She was best known for her numerous roles in Mexican cinema, as well as Mexico's telenovelas. Gallardo was the widow of Mexican actor E ...

, it features an original story by Nené Cascallar. It was the second longest Mexican

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'' ...

in history. Since its inception on July 12, 1971, it maintained high ratings through 400 one-hour episodes (760 half-hour episodes, as Televisa accounted for the duration of their telenovleas at that time). It is a remake of the

Argentinian Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish ( masculine) or ( feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, ...

telenovela ''El amor tiene cara de mujer'', which aired between 1964–1970. It was one of the biggest TV hits of the 1960s, greatly influencing the masses. Produced by Channel 13 of Buenos Aires, it starred

Bárbara Mujica Bárbara Mujica (née Bárbara Moinelo Múgica; stage name Barbara Moinelo; Buenos Aires, March 13, 1944 - Buenos Aires, August 1, 1990) was an Argentine film, stage, and television actress of the 1960s and 1970s. Her mother was the actress Al ...

, Iris Láinez, Delfy de Ortega, and Angélica López Gamio.

Plot

The story features the lives of four women of different ages and social classes as they work while attending the prestigious Lucy Escala Institute of Beauty & Boutique. The women, Laura, Matilda, Vicky, and Lucy, cope with personal problems on a day-to-day basis, but also enjoy the joys of life and their friendship.

Cast

as Laura Valdez *

as Matilde Suárez *

as Victoria "Vicky" Gallardo y Pimentel *

as Lucy Escala *

Claudio Obregón Claudio Obregón (11 July 1935 – 13 November 2010) was a Mexican actor. He appeared in over 60 films and television shows between 1965 and 2010. Selected filmography * ''The Garden of Aunt Isabel'' (1971) * '' Reed: Insurgent Mexico'' (19 ...

as Pablo Landa *

Javier Marc Javier may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Javier, in video game '' Advance Wars: Dual Strike'' * Javier Rios, a character in the Monsters, Inc. franchise. * ''Javier'' (album), a 2003 album by the American singer Javier Colon, known ...

as Fernando Ugalde *

Jorge Ortiz de Pinedo Jorge Ortiz de Pinedo Pallás (born March 26, 1948) is a Mexican comedian, actor, film director, screenwriter, television producer and host. He is the son of actors, the Cuban Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo and Mexican Lupita Pallás, and has appe ...

as Gustavo Artiaga *

María Eugenia Ríos Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial * 170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 *Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, d ...

as Consuelo de Suárez *

Rubén Rojo Rubén Rojo Pinto (1922–1993) was a Spanish-Mexican actor.Durgnat p.171 Selected filmography * ''Ahora seremos felices'' (1938) - Radio Station boy #2 (uncredited) * '' My Children'' (1944) - Eduardo * ''Imprudencia'' (1944) * ''Adán, Eva y ...

as Julio *

Miguel Córcega Miguel Córcega (, October 29, 1929 in Mexico City – September 29, 2008 in Mexico City) was a Mexican telenovela actor and director. Córcega started his career in acting and directing during the 1940s. Biography Film In the 1960s, Córcega ...

as Alberto * Olga Breeskin as Milena del Real * Julián Pastor as Emilio Suárez *

Carlos Cámara Cárlos Cámara Lázaro (9 January 1934 – 24 February 2016) was a Dominican-born Mexican actor. Biography Cámara was born to a family of artists. He migrated to Venezuela where he married the actress Elisa Parejo, with whom he had three chi ...

as Alfredo Bustamante * Ana Lilia Tovar as Nerina Suárez *

Magda Haller Magda is a feminine given name, sometimes a short form (hypocorism) of names such as Magdalena, which may refer to: * Magda Apanowicz (born 1985), Canadian actress * Magda B. Arnold (1903–2002), Czechoslovakian-born American psychologist * Ma ...

as Amelia Landa * Gloria Leticia Ortiz as Bertha Valdez * Fernando Mendoza as Don Manuel Molnar * María Douglas as Leticia Gallardo * Daniela Rosen as María Inés Amescua * Héctor Andremar as Dr. Diego Solares * Carlos Becerril as Daniel Escala *

Antonio Medellín Antonio Medellín (15 April 1934 – 18 June 2017) was a Mexican film and television actor. He was known for his roles in the telenovelas '' Muchachitas'' and '' Rubí''. In film, he was known for his role in the 1982 drama Mexican film '' A ...

as Carlos García Iglesias * Bety Catania as Nora Tovar de García Iglesias *

July Furlong Norma Ojeda Furlong is a writer, journalist and former Mexican actress and singer. Sister of the singer Oscar Athie, she started her career in 1968 in the Mexican T.V show ''La hora de Raúl Astor''. Her first role in a telenovela was in 1973. I ...

as Cristina * Estela Chacón as Lili Molnar/Esther * Tere Grobois as Diana * Enrique del Castillo as Lic. Restrepo * Manolo Calvo as Dr. Villafañe *

Anel The Independent Greeks - National Patriotic Alliance ( el, Ανεξάρτητοι Έλληνες (ΑΝΕΛ), ''Anexartitoi Ellines'', ANEL) is a national-conservative political party in Greece. The party was the junior coalition partner to the ...

as Claudia * Guillermo Aguilar as Hernán Guevara *

Antonio Raxel Antonio Salazar Alejos (13 April 1922 – 25 November 1999), professionally known as Antonio Raxel, was a Mexican actor. He was also a dubbing actor for TV shows, movies, and animation. Education and acting career Raxel was born in San Cristobal ...

as Sr. Amescua *

Otto Sirgo Otto Sirgo (, born Otto Sirgo Haller; December 19, 1946 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban actor and director of Mexican telenovelas and theater. He is the son of Cuban actor Otto Sirgo and Mexican actress Magda Haller and was married to Maleni Morales ...

as Julio * Azucena Rodríguez as Clarissa *

Gerardo del Castillo Gerardo may refer to: People Given name Gerardo is the Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of the male given name Gerard. * Gerardo Amarilla (born 1969), Uruguayan politician * Gerardo Bonilla (born 1975), Puerto Rican-born professional race ca ...

as Arnoldo * Carlos Monden as Eduardo *

Joaquín Cordero Joaquín Cordero (; August 16, 1922 – February 19, 2013) was a Mexican actor of the cinema, theatre and telenovelas. Biography Shortly after his birth, Cordero's family moved to Mexico City, and in the following years he studied in a seminary ...

as Ernesto *

Jorge del Campo Jorge is a Spanish and Portuguese given name. It is derived from the Greek name Γεώργιος (''Georgios'') via Latin ''Georgius''; the former is derived from (''georgos''), meaning "farmer" or "earth-worker". The Latin form ''Georgius'' ...

as Billy *

Josefina Escobedo Josefina is a female name, a feminine form of Joseph. It may refer to: *Josefina Passadori, Argentine writer * Josefina Lopez, Chicana playwright * Josefina Pla, Spanish poet, playwright, art critic, painter and journalist *Josefina Ayerza, writer ...

as Tía Alcira * Carlos Alberto Badías as Dr. Gay *

Aldo Monti Aldo Bartolomé Monteforte (January 4, 1929 – July 18, 2016), better known as Aldo Monti, was a Mexican actor. He went to Venezuela in 1947.Harris M. Lentz III (2017). ''Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2016''. McFarland. Although he was also ...

as Abel Delacroix *

Gustavo Rojo Gustavo Rojo Pinto (5 September 1923 – 22 April 2017) was a Uruguayan-Mexican actor. Life and career Gustavo Rojo was born on 5 September 1923 on a German ship in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. His mother was the prominent Spanish auth ...

as Cristián * Olivia Michel as Dora Nesler *

Bertha Moss Bertha Moss (August 7, 1919 – February 4, 2008), born Juana Bertha Moscovish Holm, was an Argentine actress of stage, television and film, famous for appearing in many Mexican telenovelas. Life She was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She die ...

as Lucía * Rafael del Río as César *

Lola Tinoco Lola may refer to: Places * Lolá, a or subdistrict of Panama * Lola Township, Cherokee County, Kansas, United States * Lola Prefecture, Guinea * Lola, Guinea, a town in Lola Prefecture * Lola Island, in the Solomon Islands People * Lola ...

as María * María Martín as Leonila * Julio Monterde as Otón *

Octavio Galindo Octavio is a Spanish language masculine given name. In the Portuguese language the given name Octavio or Octávio is also found, but in Portuguese the normal spelling is Otávio. It is also used as a surname in the Philippines. Individuals * Octa ...

as Guillermo *

Pedro Damián Pedro Muñoz Romero (born 29 November 1952), known as Pedro Damián, is a Mexican actor, television producer and director, executive producer of popular teen telenovelas, ''Clase 406, Lola, Erase Una Vez, Mis XV,'' ''Rebelde, Like La Leyenda ...

as Aníbal *

Bárbara Gil Bárbara Gil (24 March 1930 – 11 September 2015) was a Mexican film and television actress. Filmography Films *'' The Lady of the Veil'' (1949) - Lolita - Laura Camarena *''Quinto patio'' (1950) - Rosita *''De Tequila, su mezcal'' (1950 ...

as Sara * Gilberto Roman as Reynaldo

References

1971 telenovelas Televisa telenovelas Television shows set in Mexico City 1971 Mexican television series debuts 1973 Mexican television series endings Mexican television series based on Argentine television series Spanish-language telenovelas {{Mexico-tv-prog-stub