María la del Barrio
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María la del barrio is the 3rd telenovela of Thalía
from the trilogy of 'Maria'. Is a Mexican telenovela
which starred Thalía, Fernando Colunga
, Itatí Cantoral
, Ricardo Blume
, Iran Eory
and the youngest actors Ludwika Paleta
& Osvaldo Benavides. It was produced and broadcast on Televisa
in 1995–1996.
The series is a remake of Los Ricos También Lloran
, which featured Verónica Castro
, Rogelio Guerra and Rocío Banquells
.
María falls in love with the dashing but drunken and disorderly son of the house, Luis Fernando, and must fight Soraya for his affections. When Luis Fernando and María finally get married, he walks in on an innocent embrace between María and his brother Vladimir and storms out blinded with jealousy. He does not believe María's baby is his, so when it is born, Maria gives it away during a temporary bout of insanity. Luis Fernando rescues her from an asylum
and adopts another child for her, but she never loses hope of recovering the son she lost.
Luis Fernando discovers the truth, he returns and finds his wife in an asylum. Believing that his son died, Luis Fernando Tita adopts an orphaned baby. Maria agrees but does not lose the hope of finding his son.
Years later, Maria finds her son and as a teenager, and promises his adoptive mother Agrippina who picked who along with his godfather, the Veracruz, it will provide economic benefits to help poor people, and they were as long as this does not tell your child that Maria is actually her biological mother but to find the right time to talk the truth to Nando, meanwhile hides Maria to her husband that she is the benefactor of the family who raised her son with which Luis Fernando used to spy on his wife and realizes what happened, but Luis Fernando believes that Mary thinks it helps that Nando is his lover and gives a jealous rage against his son without knowing the reality of the situation, This adoptive mother Agrippina Nando with his friend decide to leave town and go to the family De la Vega fears that Luis Fernando will do something to the boy, trying to flee in the train station, Maria is forced to reveal to his son who she really was and Maria promised him and his adoptive mother that she will defend it from anyone trying to harm him, and soon after the situation is settled with her husband and family and other accepts Nando member.
At the time, after 15 years, Soraya suddenly returns to Mexico to take revenge against those who as she had left her to be happy, so she married a foreign billionaire named: Oscar Montalban. Soraya which murderer in a traffic accident and inherited a fortune and this was under him that his daughter Alicia was invalid, tortured and humiliated with his governess Esperanza, De la Vega family realized this situation and Alice decide to pick up his governess from the clutches of Soraya, the black widow and the living dead as he called Carlota.
Thalía
Ariadna Thalía Sodi Miranda , known simply by the mononym Thalía , is a Mexican singer and actress. She has sold over 40 million albums worldwide...
from the trilogy of 'Maria'. Is a Mexican telenovela
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
which starred Thalía, Fernando Colunga
Fernando Colunga
Fernando Colunga is a Mexican actor known for his work in Mexican telenovelas....
, Itatí Cantoral
Itatí Cantoral
Itatí Cantoral, is a Mexican actress.-Early life and education:Cantoral is the daughter of Mexican composer and songwriter, Roberto Cantoral, and Argentine actress of Italian descent, Itatí Zucchi.A child actress, at 13, Cantoral was accepted into the Televisa actors' academy, Centro de Educación...
, Ricardo Blume
Ricardo Blume
Ricardo Blume is a Peruvian actor and theater director. He plays in theater, cinema and TV.-Actor:* Collacocha * El Gran Teatro del Mundo * Emigrados...
, Iran Eory
Irán Eory
- Biography :She was born to an Austrian father and a Turkish mother of Jewish descent on October 21, 1937 in Tehran, Iran. Irán was given as the screen name for her, because it suggests her birth country....
and the youngest actors Ludwika Paleta
Ludwika Paleta
Ludwika Paleta is a Polish-Mexican actress. She is the daughter of musician Zbigniew Paleta and Barbara Paciorek Paleta, and the sister of actress Dominika Paleta.-Early Life and Career:...
& Osvaldo Benavides. It was produced and broadcast on Televisa
Televisa
Televisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...
in 1995–1996.
The series is a remake of Los Ricos También Lloran
Los ricos también lloran
Los Ricos También Lloran is a popular telenovela produced in Mexico in 1979, starring Verónica Castro, Rogelio Guerra and Rocío Banquells. Castro also sang the theme Aprendí a Llorar , a song written by Lolita de la Colina. The telenovela was produced by Chilean Valentín Pimstein and Carlos...
, which featured Verónica Castro
Verónica Castro
Verónica Castro is a Mexican actress, singer and television host. She is the mother of singer Cristian Castro and filmmaker Michelle Sáinz Castro and the sister of actress Beatriz Castro,and telenovela producer José Alberto Castro....
, Rogelio Guerra and Rocío Banquells
Rocío Banquells
María del Rocío Banquells Nuñez , is a Mexican pop singer and actress, best known for her work on television, the stage and cinema of Mexico and Latin America. Her mezzo voice is one of the most versatile voices from Mexico...
.
Plot
María Hernández is a 15-year-old scavenger who lives on the outskirts of the city. She loses her godmother, Casilda, who before dying begs the local priest not to leave María to fend for herself. The priest asks one of his benefactors, Don Fernando de la Vega, to let Maria work as a servant in his house. Instead, Don Fernando brings her in as his ward, making her a target of hostility for his wife, Victoria, and her niece, Soraya.María falls in love with the dashing but drunken and disorderly son of the house, Luis Fernando, and must fight Soraya for his affections. When Luis Fernando and María finally get married, he walks in on an innocent embrace between María and his brother Vladimir and storms out blinded with jealousy. He does not believe María's baby is his, so when it is born, Maria gives it away during a temporary bout of insanity. Luis Fernando rescues her from an asylum
Psychiatric hospital
Psychiatric hospitals, also known as mental hospitals, are hospitals specializing in the treatment of serious mental disorders. Psychiatric hospitals vary widely in their size and grading. Some hospitals may specialise only in short-term or outpatient therapy for low-risk patients...
and adopts another child for her, but she never loses hope of recovering the son she lost.
Luis Fernando discovers the truth, he returns and finds his wife in an asylum. Believing that his son died, Luis Fernando Tita adopts an orphaned baby. Maria agrees but does not lose the hope of finding his son.
Years later, Maria finds her son and as a teenager, and promises his adoptive mother Agrippina who picked who along with his godfather, the Veracruz, it will provide economic benefits to help poor people, and they were as long as this does not tell your child that Maria is actually her biological mother but to find the right time to talk the truth to Nando, meanwhile hides Maria to her husband that she is the benefactor of the family who raised her son with which Luis Fernando used to spy on his wife and realizes what happened, but Luis Fernando believes that Mary thinks it helps that Nando is his lover and gives a jealous rage against his son without knowing the reality of the situation, This adoptive mother Agrippina Nando with his friend decide to leave town and go to the family De la Vega fears that Luis Fernando will do something to the boy, trying to flee in the train station, Maria is forced to reveal to his son who she really was and Maria promised him and his adoptive mother that she will defend it from anyone trying to harm him, and soon after the situation is settled with her husband and family and other accepts Nando member.
At the time, after 15 years, Soraya suddenly returns to Mexico to take revenge against those who as she had left her to be happy, so she married a foreign billionaire named: Oscar Montalban. Soraya which murderer in a traffic accident and inherited a fortune and this was under him that his daughter Alicia was invalid, tortured and humiliated with his governess Esperanza, De la Vega family realized this situation and Alice decide to pick up his governess from the clutches of Soraya, the black widow and the living dead as he called Carlota.
Final
Soraya kidnaps Maria and brings her to an old cabin. She tells her how much she hates her, how her life has been going downhill ever since she arrived at de la Vega's mansion. They start to fight and Soraya throws Maria on the floor, causing her to lose consciousness. When Maria wakes up, she remembers everything and fights with Soraya again. When the police and Luis Fernando arrive, Soraya decides that if she can't live happily, then no one can. She sets the house on fire, but her dress catches fire and thus begins to burn her alive. Maria and Luis Fernando manage to escape from the flames and they celebrate their anniversary with grand reunion with their family and friends.Cast
- Thalía as Maria Hernández de la Vega
- Fernando ColungaFernando ColungaFernando Colunga is a Mexican actor known for his work in Mexican telenovelas....
as Luis Fernando de la Vega - Itatí CantoralItatí CantoralItatí Cantoral, is a Mexican actress.-Early life and education:Cantoral is the daughter of Mexican composer and songwriter, Roberto Cantoral, and Argentine actress of Italian descent, Itatí Zucchi.A child actress, at 13, Cantoral was accepted into the Televisa actors' academy, Centro de Educación...
as Soraya Montenegro - Ricardo BlumeRicardo BlumeRicardo Blume is a Peruvian actor and theater director. He plays in theater, cinema and TV.-Actor:* Collacocha * El Gran Teatro del Mundo * Emigrados...
as Don Fernando de la Vega - Iran EoryIrán Eory- Biography :She was born to an Austrian father and a Turkish mother of Jewish descent on October 21, 1937 in Tehran, Iran. Irán was given as the screen name for her, because it suggests her birth country....
as Victoria de la Vega - Héctor SoberónHéctor SoberónHéctor Soberón Lorenzo , better known as Héctor Soberón, is a Mexican actor.-Acting career:...
as Vladimir de la Vega - Montserrat Gallosa as Vanessa de la Vega
- Ludwika PaletaLudwika PaletaLudwika Paleta is a Polish-Mexican actress. She is the daughter of musician Zbigniew Paleta and Barbara Paciorek Paleta, and the sister of actress Dominika Paleta.-Early Life and Career:...
as María de los Ángeles 'Tita' de la Vega Hernández - Meche BarbaMeche BarbaMeche Barba was a Mexican film actress and dancer of the Golden age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. Was considered one of the icons of the "Rumberas film"...
as Lupe - Carmen Salinas as Agripina Perez
- Osvaldo Benavides as Fernando 'Nandito' de la Vega Hernández
- Sebastián Garza as Pedro
- Manuel SavalManuel SavalManuel Saval was an actor who appeared in over twenty telenovelas as well as on the stage and cinema. His best known role was opposite Victoria Ruffo in the telenovela Simplemente Maria.- Biography :...
as Oscar Montalban - Jessica Jurado as Veronica Robles del Castillo
- Ariadne WelterAriadne WelterAriadne Welter was a Mexican movie actress of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. She appeared in the Luis Buñuel film The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz...
as Esperanza Calderón - Yuliana PenicheYuliana PenicheYuliana Peniche is a Mexican actress. Peniche was born in Mexico City on August 29, 1981. She has participated in various soap operas; she started when she was a little girl in Madres Egoistas as Carmen where she shared with Anahi...
as Alicia Montalban Smith - Aurora Molina as Casilda
- Pituka de Foronda as Seño Caro
- Tito GuizarTito GuízarFederico Arturo Guízar Tolentino was a Mexican singer and actor. He was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico....
as Padre Honorio - Silvia Caos as Calixta Popoca
- Ana Patricia RojoAna Patricia RojoAna Patricia Rojo Stein, best known as Ana Patricia Rojo is a Mexican actress. She was born on February 13, 1974 in Villahermosa, Tabasco, she is the daughter of actor Gustavo Rojo, and the former Miss Peru Carmela Stein....
as Penelope Linares - René MuñozRené MuñozRené Muñoz was a Cuban actor and screenwriter of telenovelas and the cinema of Mexico.He is most remembered for his role in the Spanish film Fray Escoba.-Biography:...
as El Veracruz - Gloria Izaguirre as Marsela
- Rebeca Manríquez as Carlota
- Beatriz Moreno as Fellipa
- Raúl PadillaRaul PadillaRaúl "Chato" Padilla was a Mexican actor, and a member of Chespirito's comedy troupe, famous for his character in El Chavo del Ocho, Jaimito el Cartero . Padilla joined the show in 1979 following the departure of Ramon Valdez, gradually taking over the sorts of roles Valdez used to play...
as Urbano - Alejandra Procuna as Brenda
- Yadira Santana as Rufina
- Roberto Ballesteros as El Fantasma
- Leonardo DanielLeonardo DanielLeonardo Daniel is a Mexican actor and director.-Acting:-References:...
as Hinojosa - Juan Antonio Edwards as Dr. Rodrigo Suarez
- David OstroskyDavid Ostrosky-Telenovelas:*Soy tu Dueña *En Nombre Del Amor *Central de abastos as Jimena's father*Destilando amor as Eduardo Saldívar*Duelo de pasiones as Elías Bernal*Alborada as Agustín de Corsa...
as Zabala - Javier Gómez as Rosales
- Isabel Martínez 'La Tarabilla'
- Jorge Cáceres as Osvaldo Treviño
- Emilia Carranza as Raymunda Robles
- Roberto Blandón as José María Cano "Papacito"
- Antonio Medellín as Doctor Carreras
- Lilia Machel as Sor Matilde
- Ninón SevillaNinón SevillaNinón Sevilla is a Mexican and Cuban film actress and dancer who was active during the Golden age of Mexican cinema. She was considered one of the greatest Cuban stars and the queen of the "rumberas film".- Career :...
as Caridad - Sara Montes as Elisa
- Claudia Ortega as Antonia
- Javier Ruán as Zamora
- Rodrigo Abed as Bernardo
- Daniel Gaurvy as Clemente Barena
- Mauricio AspeMauricio AspeMauricio Aspe is a Mexican actor.- Career :He began as a child model before emerging as an actor at age 17, when he joined the school of acting of Televisa to become an actor. His first acting role was in Maria la del Barrio, where he shared credits with Mexican singer/actress, Thalía...
as Aldo Armenteros - Eric del CastilloEric del CastilloEric del Castillo is a well-known Mexican actor.He is the father of Kate del Castillo. Del Castillo is famous in Mexico as a star in telenovelas and many motion pictures....
as Juez - Ricardo VeraRicardo VeraRicardo Cirilo Vera Rebollo is a retired long-distance runner from Uruguay.Vera competed for his native country in the men's 3.000 metres Steeplechase at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992....
as Camilo Macias - Sebastian LigardeSebastián LigardeSebastián Ligarde is an award-winning Mexican-American actor best known for his work in telenovelas and the big screen...
as Lic. Gonzalo Dorantes - Irlanda Mora as La Leona
- Patricia MartínezPatricia MartínezPatricia Elizabeth Martínez was born in Argentina. She is a composer, improviser, pianist, performer of electronics and experimental inter-disciplinary artist. She is working specially with video art and poetry...
as Romelia Aguado - Evangelina Martínez
- Ariel López PadillaAriel López Padilla- Biography :Ariel López Padilla was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, on August 12, 1962.Being the second of three brothers, Francisco and Horacio the other two, this "sandwich brother" has always been of restless nature and avid for attention, there the root of his multiple facets like actor,...
as Dr. Daniel Ordóñez - Frances OndivielaFrances OndivielaFrances Ondiviela is a Spanish actress. One of her best known roles was in Acorralada.Ondiviela was born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. She studied theatre and acting in Spain and Mexico...
as Cecilia - Esteban Moldovan as Carlitos Ordoñez
- Natasha DupeyrónNatasha DupeyrónNatasha Elizabeh Dupeyrón Estrada better known professionally as Natasha Dupeyrón, is a Mexican actress and singer. Natasha has starred in various Mexican telenovelas since childhood...
as Perlita Ordóñez - Rocío Sobrado as Gracia Valdez
- María Prado as Rosenda La Carcelera
- Alejandro TommasiAlejandro TommasiAlejandro Tommasi is a Mexican television, stage and film actor.-Biography:He enrolled in Televisa's Centro de Educación Artística , where he studied acting, dancing and singing. Throughout his successful acting career, Tommasi has participated in numerous telenovelas, plays and in some films...
as Dr. Keller - Enrique Muñoz as Agente Murillo
- Lourdes Dechamps as Argelia
Awards
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | TVyNovelas Awards | Best Telenovela | María la del Barrio | |
| Best Lead Actress | Thalía | |||
| Best Lead Actor | Fernando Colunga | |||
| Best Female Villain | Itatí Cantoral | |||
| Best First Actress | Irán Eory | |||
| Best Supporting Actress | Carmen Salinas | |||
| Best Young Actress | Ludwika Paleta | |||
| Best Young Actor | Osvaldo Benavides | |||
| Best Song for a Telenovela | Thalía | |||
Trivia
- Fernando Colunga appeared in all 3 of the Maria telenovelas. His roles ranged from the jilted suitor in Maria Mercedes, the potential suitor in Marimar, before finally landing the leading role as Luis Fernando Dela Vega, the husband of Maria La Del Barrio.
- Although playing mortal enemies on the show, Itatí Cantoral (Soraya) and Thalía (Maria La Del Barrio) are very good friends in real life. Thalía is the godmother of Itati's twin children.
- Shown in over 150 countries in original Spanish or dubbed versions.
- Released as a double sided 3 disc DVD set in 2008. Includes English subtitles.
- Thalía sings some Mexican folk songs as well as a clip of her hit song "Gracias a Dios" in the show.
- The beginning of a new chapter in the show is marked by a change in the hair and dress style of Maria.
- Maria aged in the story from a teenager of 15 years all the way to a graceful and elegant woman in her mid 30's. Thalía portrayed the character at all ages using an inventive blend of maturing hair styles, make-up, and maturing taste in clothes.
Philippine Remake
- On 2010, ABS-CBNABS-CBNABS–CBN Corporation is a Philippine-based media conglomerate. It is the Philippines' largest media and entertainment conglomerate. The corporation was the merger of Alto Broadcasting System which at that time owned by James Lindenberg and Antonio Quirino, and the Chronicle Broadcasting Network ...
bought the rights to do their own versionMaria La Del Barrio (Philippine TV series)Maria La Del Barrio is a Philippine remake of the Mexican drama María la del Barrio airing on ABS-CBN. It stars Erich Gonzales and Enchong Dee.-Synopsis:...
of María la del Barrio. Erich GonzalesErich GonzalesErika Chryselle Gonzales Gancayco known as Erich Gonzales, is a Filipina actress and one of ABS-CBN's Star Magic artists.-Biography:...
will play as Maria, the lead role of the show, and she will be paired with Enchong DeeEnchong DeeErnest Lorenzo Velasquez Dee, known as Enchong Dee is a Filipino actor, model, and swimmer. Dee is currently part of ABS-CBN's Star Magic group of contract artists. He played John Joseph "Jojo" Wenceslao in the 2009 TV series Katorse....
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