''Muchacha de barrio'' (English: ''Neighborhood Girl'') is a Mexican

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produced by

Ernesto Alonso Ernesto Alonso (February 28, 1917 – August 7, 2007) was a Mexican producer, director, cinematographer and actor. He was nicknamed "''El Señor Telenovela''" ("Mr. Soap Opera") because most of his work centered on telenovelas known around the w ...

for

Canal de las Estrellas Las Estrellas ("The Stars"; previously El Canal de las Estrellas, or "The Channel of the Stars") is one of the cornerstone networks of TelevisaUnivision, with affiliate stations all over Mexico, flagshipped at XEW-TDT in Mexico City. Many of t ...

in 1979.

Ana Martín Ana Beatriz Martínez Solórzano (born 14 May 1945), known professionally as Ana Martín, is a Mexican actress and model. She is one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. She won the Miss Mexico title in 1963, whic ...

Humberto Zurita Humberto Zurita (, born September 2, 1954) is a Mexican actor, director and producer. Zurita, one of 10 siblings from Torreón, Coahuila, is best known as actor, director and producer of telenovelas. Acting career He made his first stage appea ...

and

Guillermo Murray Guillermo Murray (15 June 1927 – 6 May 2021) was an Argentine actor.Goble p.358 He also directed three films. Selected filmography * '' Alfonsina'' (1957) * ''Planet of the Female Invaders'' (1966) * '' La venus maldita'' (1967) * ''The Chine ...

star as the protagonists.

Plot

Laura is cheerful and lively neighborhood girl that lives with her mother Rosa and stepfather Pancho. With her accounting studies, Laura gets a job in the newspaper owned by Pablo Moncada, where he works with his adoptive son Raul. Laura and Raul get to know each other and fall in love, but due to various circumstances, including family secrets that come to light, they have to separate, although in the end they will find true happiness.

Cast

as Laura * Kitty de Hoyos as Susana / La Chata *

as Pablo Moncada *

Magda Guzmán María Magdalena Guzmán Garza (16 May 1931 – 12 March 2015), better known as Magda Guzmán, was a Mexican film and television actress. She died of a myocardial infarction. Filmography Films Television Archive footage Awards ...

as Rosa *

Sergio Jiménez Sergio Jiménez (December 17, 1937 – January 3, 2007), born in Mexico City, was a Mexican actor who became famous after portraying the character of ''El Gato'' in the film '' Los caifanes''. His last work was directing the telenovela ''La f ...

as Pancho *

René Casados René Casados Morales is a Mexican actor best known for his roles in telenovelas. Biography Casados began working as an actor in the 1970s, appearing in films, television, and theatre, as well as working as a co-host of the program '' XE-TU'' ...

as Ernesto Moncada *

as Raúl Moncada * Nubia Martí as Denis * Tony Bravo as Norberto * Patricia Rivera as Elena * Ana Laura Maldonado as Deborah * Martha Zavaleta as Delfina * Ernesto Bañuelos as Juan Morales "Joao" * Jorge del Campo as Víctor * Héctor Flores as Dr. Galindo *

Oscar Morelli Oscar, OSCAR, or The Oscar may refer to: People * Oscar (given name), an Irish- and English-language name also used in other languages; the article includes the names Oskar, Oskari, Oszkár, Óscar, and other forms. * Oscar (Irish mythology) ...

as Eugenio

References

External links

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''Muchacha de barrio''
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Alma Latina Database
1979 telenovelas Televisa telenovelas 1979 Mexican television series debuts 1980 Mexican television series endings Spanish-language telenovelas {{Mexican-telenovelas-stub