''Doña Bárbara'' is a

Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...

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 w ...

written by

José Ignacio Cabrujas José Ignacio Cabrujas Lofiego (July 17, 1937 – October 21, 1995 in Porlamar, Margarita Island) was a Venezuelan playwright, theater director, chronicler, soap opera writer, drama librettist, screenplay writer, radio moderator, humanist and pol ...

and produced by

RCTV Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV and sometimes referred to as the Canal de Bárcenas) is a Venezuelan over-the-top streaming service and formerly a free-to-air television Television network, network headquartered in the Caracas neighborhood of Q ...

in 1974. It is based on the 1929 novel of the same name written by

Rómulo Gallegos Rómulo Ángel del Monte Carmelo Gallegos Freire (2 August 1884 – 5 April 1969) was a Venezuelan novelist and politician. In 1948, he became the first freely elected President of Venezuela, president in Venezuela's history. He was removed from ...

Marina Baura Marina Baura (born November 1, 1941) is a former Spain telenovela actress. Early life Born as Julia Pérez in Galicia (Spain), Galicia, Spain, she moved with her parents and brother Jesús to Venezuela when she was 15 years old, in 1956. She star ...

starred as the titular character with Elio Rubens as Santos, Marisela Berti as Marisela and Carlos Marquez as Balbino.

Cast

as ''Doña Bárbara'' * Elio Rubens as ''Santos Luzardo'' * Marisela Berti as ''Marisela Barquero'' *

Rafael Briceño Rafael may refer to: * Rafael (given name) or Raphael, a name of Hebrew origin * Rafael, California Fiction * ''Rafael'' (TV series), a Mexican telenovela * ''Rafaël'' (film), a 2018 Dutch film People * Rafael (footballer, born 1978) ( ...

as ''Lorenzo Barquero'' * Carlos Marquez as ''Balbino Paiba'' * Tomás Henríquez as ''Melquíades'' "El Brujeador" * Juan Fava as ''El Socio'' * Edmundo Valdemar as ''Ño Pernalete'' * Enrique Benshimol as ''Mr. Danger'' * Arturo Calderón as ''Juan Primito'' * Guillermo González as ''Bachiller Mujiquita'' * Martha Olivo as ''Casilda'' * César Lemoine as ''Asdrúbal'' * Mauricio González as ''Antonio Sandoval'' * William Moreno as ''Carmelito'' * Carlos Flores as ''Melesio'' * Gustavo Rodríguez as ''María Nieves''

References

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* {{RCTV telenovelas 1975 telenovelas RCTV telenovelas 1970s Venezuelan television series 1975 Venezuelan television series debuts 1975 Venezuelan television series endings Spanish-language telenovelas Television shows set in Venezuela