Lidia Esperanza Magaz Jaime (February 24, 1922 – May 6, 2013) was a ''

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'' ...

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. She played under the name of Esperanza Magaz. Born in

Havana Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.

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, Magaz relocated to

Caracas Caracas (, ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, abbreviated as CCS, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the ...

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, in 1953. She ended up as a well-recognized supporting

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, primarily on

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 ...

and

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, while playing a variety of assorted supporting roles in dozens of ''telenovelas'' between the 1960s and the early 2012s. She died in

from

Hodgkin's lymphoma Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is a type of lymphoma, in which cancer originates from a specific type of white blood cell called lymphocytes, where multinucleated Reed–Sternberg cells (RS cells) are present in the patient's lymph nodes. The condition wa ...

at the age of 92.

Selected roles

*'' Amantes'' *''

El Desafío El Desafío (1995) is a Venezuelan telenovela created by Salvador Garmendia and Martín Hahn for RCTV as a free version of the Mexican telenovela ''Doménica Montero'' from Cuban Mexican writer Inés Rodena. This telenovela lasted 113 episodes a ...

'' *'' Doña Bárbara'' *'' Esmeralda'' *'' La Inolvidable'' *'' La Revancha'' *'' Kassandra'' *'' La Zulianita'' *'' Natalia del Mar'' *''

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Toda una dama Toda una dama (English title:''Quite a Lady'') is a Venezuelan telenovela produced and broadcast by the RCTV network in 2007. It is an adaptation by Iris Dubs of the telenovela Señora, originally by the writer José Ignacio Cabrujas and broadcast ...

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Televen – Falleció la primera actriz Esperanza Magaz
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Últimas Noticias – Murió la primera actriz Esperanza Magaz
(Spanish) {{DEFAULTSORT:Magaz, Esperanza 1922 births 2013 deaths Cuban emigrants to Venezuela Cuban television actresses Deaths from cancer in Venezuela Deaths from Hodgkin lymphoma People from Havana Venezuelan telenovela actresses