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Ãgueda (TV Series)
''Ãgueda'', is a 1968 Mexican telenovela originally transmitted by Telesistema Mexicano. The series revolved around the female character of Ãgueda, a modest employee in a small town pharmacy who falls in love with a doctor from the city. It was adapted by Caridad Bravo Adams from her own 1965 novel. Cast *Angélica MarÃa as Ãgueda *Antonio MedellÃn as Ismael *Blanca Sánchez as Eva *Héctor Andremar as Don Roque *José Baviera as Don Germán *AgustÃn Isunza as Héctor *Alicia Montoya as SofÃa *Carlos Riquelme as Vicente *Fanny Schiller as Clara * Arturo MartÃnez as Nico *Socorro Avelar as Tomasa *Jesús Casillas as Rubén *Carlos Rotzinger as Eligio *Zoila Quiñones Zoila Quiñones (16 April 1940 – 24 March 2024) was a Mexican actress and comedian. Biography Zoila Quiñones was born in Mexico City, Mexico on 16 April 1940. Quiñones is remembered as the character Adalina in the comedy '' Mi secretaria ... as Carmen * Flor Procuna as Lupe *Ãngela Vil Ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 (film and television), drama genres around the world include ''Turkish television drama, dizi'' (Turkey), ''Indian television drama, serial'' (India), ''teleserye'' (Philippines), ''lakorn'' (Thailand), ''teleromanzo'' (Italy), ''téléroman'' (Canada, specifically Quebec), ''Korean drama, K-drama'' (South Korea), ''Japanese television drama, J-drama'' (Japan), ''Chinese television drama, C-drama'' (China) and ''sinetron'' (Indonesia). Commonly described using the American colloquialism Spanish soap opera, many telenovelas share some stylistic and thematic similarities to the soap opera familiar to the English-speaking world. The significant difference is their series run length; telenovelas tell one self-contained story, typically within the span of a year or less whereas soap operas t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fanny Schiller
Fanny Schiller Hernández (3 August 1901 – 26 September 1971) was a Mexican award-winning character actress and television star, who also acted in operettas and musicals, during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. She won two Ariel Awards for best supporting actress, and was nominated for two additional films. She was a social activist, creating the Actor's Union and inspiring the creation of “Rosa Mexicanoâ€. She was accomplished at dubbing and was the voice of many animated characters as well as the official voice of several other notable Mexican actresses. Biography Fanny Schiller Hernández was born on 3 August 1901 in Mexico City, Mexico. At the age of 20, she began performing in the comedy company of Rosita Arriaga touring around the country. She then worked as a dancer with José MarÃa Topete, Consuelo Vivanco, MarÃa Conesa, before joining the company of her future mother-in-law, Virginia Fábregas. She made her starring film debut in the movie '' El Cristo de oro' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1968 Telenovelas
Events January–February * January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously. * January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander DubÄek is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * January 10 – John Gorton is sworn in as 19th Prime Minister of Australia, taking over from John McEwen after being 1968 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election, elected leader of the Liberal Party of Australia, Liberal Party the previous day, following the disappearance of Harold Holt. Gorton becomes the only Australian Senate, Senator to become Prime Minister, though he immediately transfers to the Australian House of Representatives, House of Representatives through the 1968 Higgins by-election in Holt's vacant seat. * January 15 – The 1968 Belice earthquake in Sicily kills 380 and injures around 1,000. * January 21 ** Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh – One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish-language Telenovelas
Spanish () or Castilian () is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. Today, it is a world language, global language with 483 million native speakers, mainly in the Americas and Spain, and about 558 million speakers total, including second-language speakers. Spanish is the official language of List of countries where Spanish is an official language, 20 countries, as well as one of the Official languages of the United Nations, six official languages of the United Nations. Spanish is the world's list of languages by number of native speakers, second-most spoken native language after Mandarin Chinese; the world's list of languages by total number of speakers, fourth-most spoken language overall after English language, English, Mandarin Chinese, and Hindustani language, Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu); and the world's most widely spoken Romance language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Televisa Telenovelas
Grupo Televisa, S.A.B., simply known as Televisa, is a Mexican telecommunications and broadcasting company. A major Latin American mass media corporation, it often presents itself as the largest producer of Spanish-language content. In April 2021, Televisa announced that they would sell the company's media and entertainment assets to Univision Communications, which would form a new company to be known as TelevisaUnivision. The transaction was completed on 31 January 2022, with Televisa owning a 45% stake of the company. Company History Since its beginning, the company has been owned by the Azcárraga family. The company has been led and owned by three generations of Azcárraga; each has marked an era for the company and, until October 2017, each had passed the ownership of the company to his son upon his death. Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta (1955–1972) Grupo Televisa was founded in 1955 as Telesistema Mexicano, linking Mexico's first three television stations: XHTV-TV (found ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flor Procuna
Flor Procuna Chamorro (20 May 1952 – 1 March 2025) was a Mexican actress, best known as the villainous Irma Ramos in the telenovela ''Los ricos también lloran''. Flor Procuna was the daughter of Mexican bullfighter Luis Procuna and Consuelo Chamorro Benard and the aunt of Alejandra Procuna. Her maternal grandmother, Agustina (Tina) Benard de Chamorro, was a well-known personality who acted in several plays in her country, Nicaragua. Procuna died in Guadalajara, Jalisco on 1 March 2025, at the age of 72. Selected filmography Soap operas *''[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoila Quiñones
Zoila Quiñones (16 April 1940 – 24 March 2024) was a Mexican actress and comedian. Biography Zoila Quiñones was born in Mexico City, Mexico on 16 April 1940. Quiñones is remembered as the character Adalina in the comedy '' Mi secretaria (English: My Secretary)'' which was on air between 1978 and 1986. Zoila portrayed a sweet-toothed, energetic secretary who maintained a great friendship with Lupita, the protagonist (played by Lupita Lara). Additionally, she acted in various telenovelas from the 60s, on programs such as '' Lágrimas amargas (English: Bitter Tears)'', '' Ana del aire (English: Ana of the Air)'', '' Mañana será otro dÃa (English: Tomorrow's Another Day)'', '' Más allá del puente (English: Beyond the Bridge)'', '' Soñadoras (English: Dreamers)'', '' Amigas y rivales (English: Friends and Rivals)'', ''La otra (English: The Other Woman)'' and '' En nombre del amor (English: In the Name of Love)'', among others. Quiñones also stood out in dubbing, wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Socorro Avelar
Socorro Avelar (1925 in Cuernavaca, Mexico – 11 February 2003) was a Mexican actress. Life Avelar studied at the Faculty of Philosophy and Literature of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. In 1946, she debuted as a director for the play ''Doña Clarines''. The following year, she went to the National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature. In 1950, she debuted as a stage actress in the play ''Rosalba y los llaveros'', and as a film actress in 1962 film '' El tejedor de milagros''. She also wrote the play ''Los irredentos'' (The Unredeemed) which was never released. On February 11, 2003, she died of stomach cancer Stomach cancer, also known as gastric cancer, is a malignant tumor of the stomach. It is a cancer that develops in the Gastric mucosa, lining of the stomach. Most cases of stomach cancers are gastric carcinomas, which can be divided into a numb .... References External links * 1925 births 2003 deaths 20th-century Mexican actresses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arturo MartÃnez (actor)
Arturo MartÃnez (21 January 1919 – 21 August 1992) was a Mexican film actor and film director, director.Wood p.53 He began his career by appearing in ''Juan Charrasqueado'' (1948) during the Golden age of Mexican cinema and went on to appear in around a hundred and eighty films during his career. He started directing films in 1961. Selected filmography Actor * ''Juan Charrasqueado'' (1948) * ''Laura's Sin'' (1949) * ''Don't Love Me So Much'' (1949) * ''Rough But Respectable'' (1949) * ''Love in Every Port (1949 film), Love in Every Port'' (1949) * ''The Woman of the Port (1949 film), The Woman of the Port'' (1949) * ''My Favourite'' (1950) * ''Red Rain (1950 film), Red Rain'' (1950) * ''Rosauro Castro'' (1950) * ''Tenement House (film), Tenement House'' (1951) * ''The Shrew'' (1951) * ''Radio Patrol (1951 film), Radio Patrol'' (1951) * ''From the Can-Can to the Mambo'' (1951) * ''The Lone Wolf (1952 film), The Lone Wolf'' (1952) * ''The Minister's Daughter (1952 film), The Mini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Riquelme
Carlos Riquelme (13 May 1914 Р17 May 1990) was a Mexican film actor. He appeared in 160 films between 1939 and 1989. Selected filmography * '' Adam, Eve and the Devil'' (1945) * '' Adventure in the Night'' (1948) * '' The Fallen Angel'' (1949) * '' A Family Like Many Others'' (1949) * ''Black Angustias'' (1950) * ''The Absentee'' (1951) * '' In the Flesh'' (1951) * '' Now I Am Rich'' (1952) * '' Rossana'' (1953) * '' The Boy and the Fog'' (1953) * '' The Ghost Falls In Love'' (1953) * '' To the Four Winds'' (1955) * '' A Woman's Devotion'' (1956) * '' Rebel Without a House'' (1960) * ''Under the Volcano'' (1984) * ''The Milagro Beanfield War ''The Milagro Beanfield War'' is a 1988 American comedy-drama film directed by Robert Redford, based on a novel by John Nichols. The movie features an ensemble cast including Ruben Blades, Richard Bradford, S̫nia Braga, Julie Carmen, James G ...'' (1988) References External links * 1914 births 1990 deaths Mexican mal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caridad Bravo Adams
Caridad Bravo Adams (; born on January 14, 1908, in Villahermosa, Tabasco – August 13, 1990 in Mexico City) was a prolific Mexican writer and the most famous telenovela writer worldwide. Her parents were Cuban actors and she was part of an extended family of artists, being the sister of Venezuelan actor Leon Bravo, one of the pioneers of theater, radio and TV in Venezuela. She published her first book at the age of 16, titled ''Pétalos sueltos''. She then moved back to Cuba with her parents, and later returned to Mexico, where she kept writing and obtained a role in her only film, '' Corazón bandolero'' (1934). She became a chair member of the Ateneo Mexicano de Mujeres and later moved back to Cuba, where she wrote the radionovela '' Yo no creo en los hombres'', which was adapted in Mexico for telenovelas in 1969 and 1988. Upon the rise of Fidel Castro, she returned to Mexico, where she would remain for the rest of her life. Back in Mexico, she wrote '' Corazón salv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alicia Montoya
Alicia Montoya (January 25, 1920 – August 17, 2002) was a Mexican actress, the daughter of the stage actress . Selected filmography * ''Talpa (film), Talpa'' (1956) * ''El duende y yo'' (1959) * ''Mujeres de Fuego'' (1959) * ''Quinceañera'' (1960) * ''Teresa'' (1961) Telenovelas * ''Abrázame muy fuerte (telenovela), Abrázame muy fuerte (2000-2001).... Gumersinda Montes'' * ''SerafÃn (telenovela), SerafÃn (1999).... Cruz'' * ''Gotita de amor (1998).... Trini'' * ''Pueblo chico, infierno grande (1997)''.... ''Doña'' Hipólita * ''Bendita mentira (1996).... Virtudes'' * ''La culpa (telenovela), La culpa (1996).... Manuela'' * ''Retrato de familia (TV series), Retrato de familia (1995).... Nana Candelaria'' * ''Imperio de cristal (1995).... Antonia Arizmendi'' * ''Valentina (telenovela), Valentina (1993).... Bertha'' * ''Clarisa (telenovela), Clarisa (1993).... Casilda'' * ''Amor de nadie (1990).... Anna'' * ''Victoria (telenovela de 1987), Victoria (1987).... Esperanza'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
