''Esmeralda'' is a 1970 Venezuelan

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'' ...

produced by José Enrique Crousillat and directed by Grazio D’Angelo for Venevisión. It is based on an original story written by the Cuban Writer

Delia Fiallo Delia Fiallo (4 July 1924 – 29 June 2021) was a Cuban author and screenwriter who lived in Miami, Florida. She was one of the most distinguished representatives of the contemporary romance novel, dabbling in various genres which appeared in he ...

. The telenovela it stars

Lupita Ferrer Lupita Ferrer (born December 6, 1947) is a Venezuelan theater, film and television actress. She is known as a "Queen" of telenovelas and one of the most famous Spanish speaking telenovela actresses of all time. Biography Ferrer was born as Yola ...

and

José Bardina José Bardina (March 27, 1939 – December 18, 2009) was a Spanish-Venezuelan actor who was a television leading figure. A native of Barcelona, Spain, Bardina was raised in Caracas, Venezuela. Television career He was best known for playing ...

as main characters.

Cast

as Esmeralda Rivera *

as Juan Pablo Peñalver * Ada Riera as Graciela Peñalver * Eva Blanco as Blanca * Ivonne Attas as Silvia Zamora *

Esperanza Magaz Lidia Esperanza Magaz Jaime (February 24, 1922 – May 6, 2013) was a ''telenovela'' television actress. She played under the name of Esperanza Magaz. Born in Havana, Cuba, Magaz relocated to Caracas, Venezuela, in 1953. She ended up as a well-r ...

as Dominga * Orángel Delfín as Marcos Malaver * Néstor Zavarce as Adrián Lucero * Hugo Pimentel as Rogelio Peñalver * Libertad Lamarque as Sister Piedad

International adaptation

The first adaptation of the telenovela is '' Topacio'', produced by the Venezuelan television channel

Radio Caracas Televisión 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 Televisi� ...

in 1985. In 1997

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 ...

produced a version with the same name starring

Leticia Calderón Leticia Calderón (; born Carmen Leticia Calderón León on July 15, 1968) is a Mexican actress.

. In 2004, the Brazilian channel SBT also produced a version with the same name. In 2017 Televisa returned to make another more modern version of the story, entitled '' Sin tu mirada''.

References

External links

* {{Venevisión telenovelas 1970 telenovelas Venezuelan telenovelas Spanish-language telenovelas Venevisión telenovelas 1970 Venezuelan television series debuts 1971 Venezuelan television series endings Television shows set in Venezuela