''Rina'' is a 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'' ...

produced by

Valentín Pimstein Valentín Pimstein Weiner (August 9, 1925 – June 27, 2017) was a Chilean Television producer, producer of telenovelas. Biography Pimstein was the seventh child of nine in a Belarusian Jewish family (from Minsk), which owns a glass shop in Bar ...

for

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 ...

. It was written by

Inés Rodena Inés Rodena (April 20, 1905 in Havana, Cuba – April 15, 1985 in Miami, USA) was a Cuban radio and television writer. Life and career Before becoming a writer Rodena worked as a nurse. Through her experiences with her patients and stories ...

and starring

Ofelia Medina María Ofelia Medina Torres (born 4 March 1950) is a Mexican actress, singer and screenwriter of Mexican films. She was married to film director Alex Philips Jr. and actor Pedro Armendáriz Jr. Biography She was born in Mérida and has four ...

as a eponymous

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Enrique Álvarez Félix Enrique Álvarez Félix (5 April 1934 – 24 May 1996) was a Mexican actor, known for his roles in telenovelas and in films, such as '' The Monastery of the Vultures'' and '' The House of the Pelican''. Family and personal life Enrique Álvarez ...

as her love interest and María Rubio as the main villain of the history. It is based on the radionovela "Enamorada".

Plot

Rina is a poor hunchback woman selling

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s on the streets of

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. She approaches cars at stop-lights to offer her products and she meets an old rich man. He gets acquainted with Rina and eventually manipulates her into marrying him. The old man dies soon afterwards, and Rina is faced with dealing with his greedy sister-in-law Rafaela and her feelings for the son of that woman, Carlos Augusto.

Cast

as Rina Galeana vda. de Zubizarreta/de Zubizarreta *

as Carlos Augusto Zubizarreta Miranda y Castro *

María Rubio María Rubio (September 21, 1934 – March 1, 2018) was a Mexican actress. She worked with Televisa on many telenovelas. She appeared as the villain Catalina Creel in the 1986–87 telenovela, ''Cuna de lobos ''Cuna de lobos'' (English: ''Cr ...

as Doña Rafaela Miranda y Castro vda. de Zubizarreta *

Carlos Ancira Carlos Ancira (20 August 1929 – 10 October 1987) was a Mexican film actor. He appeared in more than sixty films from 1950 to 1986. Selected filmography Awards * TVyNovelas Award for Best First Actor (1986, 1987) References Extern ...

as Don Leopoldo Zubizarreta * Alicia Rodríguez as María Julia/Victoria *Ana Laura Maldonado Betina *Rafael Llamas as Carmelo *Alicia Encinas as Gisela *Rosa María Moreno as Dionisia *

Sasha Montenegro Sasha Montenegro (; born Aleksandra Aćimović Popović (Cyrillic: Александра Аћимовић Поповић; 20 January 1946) is a Mexican actress of Montenegrin descent. She was married to the late José López Portillo, a forme ...

as Marcela *

Virginia Gutiérrez Virginia Gutiérrez (born 27 November 1928) is a Mexican actress. She was married to actor Luis Gimeno until his death in 2017. She is one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Selected filmography *'' Abismos de amor ...

as Rosario *Raúl Meraz as Guillermo *

Guillermo Zarur Guillermo Zarur (July 20, 1932 – August 8, 2011) was a Mexican television actor. His career lasted for more than 54 years, with credits including telenovelas. Zarur's numerous telenovela credits included ''Tú o nadie'' in 1985, '' Sortilegio'' i ...

as Javier *

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 Omar *Lupita Lara as Margarita *

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 Doña Chana *María Fernanda as Nora *Javier Ruán as Daniel Galeana * Olga Breeskin as Silvia *

Demián Bichir Demián Bichir Nájera (; born 1 August 1963) is a Mexican actor. After starring in telenovelas, he began to appear in Hollywood films. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in '' A Better Life''. Personal life Bic ...

as Juanito *Aurora Molina as Eleuteria *Rubén Rojo as Rodolfo *Renata Flores as Renata *Gerardo del Castillo as Manolo *Mauricio Ferrari as Lambertie *Rubén Calderón as Doctor *Miguel Palmer as Lic. Carrillo * Salvador Pineda as El Nene *Daniel Santalucía as Ramiro * Maricruz Nájera as Nurse * Queta Lavat as Martha *Ramiro Orci as El Chato *Tere Grobois as Doña Adelaida *Ángela Villanueva as Angelina *Julián Bravo * Rafael Banquells as Accuser *Carlos Agostí *Tony Carbajal as Public Ministry Agent

References

External links

* {{Inés Rodena 1977 telenovelas 1977 Mexican television series debuts 1978 Mexican television series endings Mexican telenovelas Televisa telenovelas Mexican television series based on Venezuelan television series Spanish-language telenovelas