''Tenías que ser tú'' (English title: ''Had to be you'') 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 (film and television), drama genres around the w ...

produced by Carlos Téllez for

Televisa 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 ...

in 1993.

Alejandra Ávalos Alejandra Margarita Ávalos Rodríguez (born October 17, 1968) is a Mexican singer, musician and actress. She began her career in 1980, when she took part in the musical contest ''La Voz del Heraldo''. After receiving a scholarship to study in ...

and Chao starred as protagonists, while

Mariana Garza Mariana Garza Alardín, (born October 19, 1970, in Madrid, Spain) is a Mexican singer and actress. Biography Mariana Garza is the daughter of Ana Silvia Garza, (and the granddaughter of Ramiro Garza and Mexican poet Carmen Alardín). She has ...

, Héctor Cruz Lara, Luis Couturier and the leading actor Carlos Monden starred as antagonists.

Plot

Oswaldo Beltran, a father, died tragically in a car accident, leaving his family (his widow, Dolores, his eldest daughter, Gabriela, and his youngest son, Vado) at the mercy of poverty and hunger. Over time, the three manage to get along without many amenities.

Cast

as ''Gabrielita Beltrán'' *Chao as ''Gorka Sarachaga'' *

as ''Santa Robles'' *

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 Moral ...

as ''Tasio Sarachaga'' *

Saúl Lisazo Saúl Gustavo Lisazo Oscoidi (; born June 1, 1956, in Los Toldos, province of Buenos Aires in Argentina) is an Argentine actor and ex-footballer. Biography Saúl Gustavo Lisazo Oscoidi is one of 6 siblings: Maria, Fernanda, Araceli, Alejandro, ...

as ''Alejandro Reyes'' *

Talina Fernández Catalina María del Sagrado Corazón Fernández-Veró Vela (2 August 1944 – 28 June 2023) was a Mexican television presenter, journalist, producer, and actress. She hosted and wrote for numerous television programs for many years. Biography ...

as ''Mariana de Sarachaga'' *Rosita Arenas as ''Laura Alcaine'' *Macaria as ''Dolores de Beltrán'' *

Miguel Ángel Ferriz Miguel Ángel Ferriz (29 November 1899 – 1 January 1967) was a Mexican film actor.Agrasánchez, p. 158. Selected filmography * '' The Night of the Mayas'' (1939) * '' I Will Live Again'' (1940) * '' The Rock of Souls'' (1942) * ''The Eternal Se ...

as ''Adán Mejía'' *Humberto Dupeyrón as ''Jorge Vega'' *Carlos Monden as ''Lorenzo Bermúdez'' *Héctor Cruz Lara as ''Gonzalo "Chalo" Escobar'' *Gustavo Navarro as ''Pepe Ramírez'' *Daniela Leites as ''Irma Alcaide'' *Marisol Mijares as ''Ximena Sarachaga'' *Zully Keith as ''Dora Ramírez'' *Imperio Vargas as ''Bertha'' *Luis Couturier as ''Antonio Olvera'' *

Alpha Acosta Alpha Acosta (born 21 January 1973), birth name Ana Alfa Christina Acosta Lucas, is a Mexicans, Mexican actress and assistant director best known for her roles in ''Morelia (1995)'', ''Dias de combate (1994)'' and ''Absuelto para matar (1995)''. ...

as ''Roxana'' *Jaime Puga as ''Comandante'' *María Clara Zurita as ''Chata'' *Justo Martínez as ''Gilberto Escobar'' *Alejandro Gaytán as ''Osvaldo "Vado" Beltrán'' *

María Rebeca María Rebeca (, born María Rebeca Zepeda Lozano on March 9, 1970, in Mexico City, D.F., Mexico) is a Mexican actress. Filmography References External links * 1970 births Living people Mexican child actresses Mexican telenovela a ...

as ''Hilda'' *Martha Navarro as ''Elena de Robles'' *Tito Reséndiz as ''Mario Robles'' *Ricardo Lezama as ''Don Mike'' *Humberto Leyva as ''El Sonrisas'' *Paola Ochoa as ''Rebeca'' *Alejandro Mayén as ''Dr. Ricardo'' *

Gonzalo Vega Gonzalo Agustín Vega González (November 29, 1946 – October 10, 2016) was a Mexican film, theatre and television actor. Personal life He was also father of the actresses Zuria Vega Zuria Vega (, born Zuria Valeria Vega Sisto; January 10 ...

as ''Oswaldo Beltrán'' *

Rosario Gálvez Rosario Gálvez (October 15, 1926 – September 17, 2015) was a Mexican actress. She was married to Luis Aguilar, "El Gallo Giro", one of the icons of the golden age of Mexican cinema, from 1957 until his death in 1997. Career Rosario Gálvez be ...

*Verónica Terán *Edith Kleiman *Jorge Pais *Monserrat Ontiveros *Alejandra Gollas *Alan Gutiérrez *Ginny Hoffman *Juan Felipe Preciado *Álvaro Carcaño Jr. *Lucía Paillés *Rodrigo Zurita *Sergio Acosta *Moisés Juan *Óscar Servin *Maleni Morales *Antonio Brillas *Guillermo Sauceda *Alejandro Calderón *Carlos Canto *Juan de la Loza *Óscar Narváez *Luis Cárdenas *Miguel Gómez Checa *Hernán Mendoza *Eva Calvo *Francisco Casasola *Ricardo Leal *Arturo Lapman *Horacio Vera

References

External links

* 1992 telenovelas 1992 Mexican television series debuts 1993 Mexican television series endings Spanish-language telenovelas Television shows set in Mexico Televisa telenovelas {{Mexican-telenovelas-stub