''Senda Prohibida'' (English title: ''Forbidden Path'') is the first
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 in
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
. It was produced by
Telesistema Mexicano
Telesistema Mexicano was the predecessor of Televisa. Telesistema Mexicano was a television alliance made up of the independently owned television flagship stations XEW-TV, XEW Canal 2, XHTV-TV, XHTV Canal 4, and XHGC-TV, XHGC Canal 5 in Mexico, D ...
and was broadcast June 12, 1958, from Monday to Friday.
It stars Silvia Derbez as the protagonist / antagonist, with Francisco Jambrina, Dalia Íñiguez,
Alicia Montoya
Alicia Montoya (January 25, 1920 – August 17, 2002) was a Mexican actress, the daughter of the stage actress .
Selected filmography
* ''Talpa'' (1956)
* ''El duende y yo'' (1959)
* ''Mujeres de Fuego'' (1959)
* ''Quinceañera'' (1960)
* '' ...
and Héctor Gómez.
Plot
This is the story of an ambitious secretary, Nora ( Silvia Derbez), who falls in love with her wealthy boss (Francisco Jambrina), who is married to a respectable woman (Dalia Iniguez), with whom he has a child (Hector Gomez). The provincial cunning, in exchange for caresses, receive gifts and jewelry from her boss which leads to his ruin. In the end, Nora cries in her wedding dress in front of her mirror, regretting all the damage she's done.
Julio Alemán
Julio Méndez Alemán (November 29, 1933 – April 11, 2012) was a Mexican actor.Augusto Benedico
*María Idalia - Clemen
*Luis Beristain
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Alicia Montoya
Alicia Montoya (January 25, 1920 – August 17, 2002) was a Mexican actress, the daughter of the stage actress .
Selected filmography
* ''Talpa'' (1956)
* ''El duende y yo'' (1959)
* ''Mujeres de Fuego'' (1959)
* ''Quinceañera'' (1960)
* '' ...
*
Jorge Lavat
Jorge Lavat Bayona (3 August 1933 − 14 September 2011) was a Mexican film and television actor.
Life and work
Born in Mexico City, Mexico, he appeared in more than 25 serialized ''telenovelas'' over the decades between 1958 and 2001, includi ...
*Miguel Suárez
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Beatriz Sheridan
Elizabeth Ann Sheridan Scarbrough, better known as Beatriz Sheridan (25 June 1934 – 30 April 2006) was a Mexican actress and director. A pioneer of the Mexican telenovelas and prominent figure of the Mexican theater of the 20th century, sh ...
María Antonieta de las Nieves
María Antonieta Gómez Rodríguez (born 22 December 1949), more commonly known by her stage name María Antonieta de las Nieves, is a Mexican actress, comedian, singer, and author. Her best remembered role is that of La Chilindrina, one of the ...