Los ricos también lloran

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Verónica Castro in the opening credits for Los Ricos También Lloran

Los Ricos También Lloran ("The rich also cry") is a popular "telenovela". It was produced in Mexico in 1979 and was starred by Verónica Castro. She also sang the theme Aprendí a Llorar ("I learned to cry"), a song written by Lolita de la Colina. The telenovela was produced by Chilean Valentín Pimstein and José Alberto Castro, it was directed by Rafael Banquells. The story was written by Inés Rodena and adapted by Valeria Philips.

Plot

Mariana Villareal finds herself homeless after her father dies and her stepmother takes over their hacienda. She escapes to Mexico City and a priest asks Don Alberto Salvatierra (a millionaire) to care for the young girl. Don Alberto takes pride in educating the girl but his own son Luis Alberto (a womanizer) tries to seduce her but the father orders him to stay away from her. Esther, Luis Alberto's cousin, moves into the Salvatierra mansion with the hopes of marrying him. Luis Alberto, finds Mariana's charm to be the reason for him to change and falls in love with her.

Full cast

Verónica Castro as Mariana Villareal Rogelio Guerra as Luis Alberto Salvatierra Christian Bach as Joanna Rafael Banquells as Father Adrián Rocío Banquells as Esther Augusto Benedico as Don Alberto Salvatierra Guillermo Capetillo as Beto Ada Carrasco as Felipa Estela Chacón as Virginia enfermera Aurora Clavell as Mama Chole Edith González as María Isabel Alicia Rodríguez as Doña Elena Yolanda Mérida as Ramona Ricardo Cortés as Juan Manuel Marina Dorell as Sara Arturo Lorca as Jaime Magda Haller as Doña Rosario Robertha as Roberta Columba Domínguez as María (#1) Marilu Elizaga as Elena Connie de la Mora as Patricia Manuel Guízar as Dr. Francisco Gómez Ocampos Flor Procuna as Irma Miguel Palmer as Diego (#1) Fernando Luján as Diego (#2) Carlos Fernández as Carlos Edgar Wald Carlos Cámara as Fernando

Fernando Mendoza as Don Leonardo Villarreal José Elías Moreno as Pascual 'Pato' Maricruz Najera as María (#2) Maleni Morales Leonardo Daniel as Leonardo Mendizabal María Teresa Rivas as Sor Ursula Leticia Perdigón as Lili Socorro Bonilla as Gabriela Jimenez Victoria Vera as Victoria La Tormentosa Antonio Bravo as Luis De la Parra Raúl Meraz as Lieutenant Rivas Miguel Angel Negrete as Maximo Federico Falcón as Doctor López Humberto Cabañas as Humberto María Rebeca as Marisabel (as a child) Armando Alcázar as Beto (as a child) Socorro Avelar as Morena Gaston Tuset as Doctor Suarez Oscar Bonfiglio as Sebastián Teo Tapia as Doctor Joaquín Herrera Luis Bayardo Aurora Medina as Teresa Fernando Borges as Eduardo Sagredo Lina Michel as Collette Carlos Pouillot as Federico Mendisabal Javier Marc as Licenciado Gonzáles Patricia Myers Roberto Ballesteros as a waiter

Trivia

In Russia alone Los Ricos También Lloran was viewed by 100 million viewers and Pravda reported that warring Georgian and Abkhazian soldiers arranged a truce at the hours the show aired so they could all watch Castro brushing her brown hair [1].

External links

• Los Ricos También Lloran at IMDb
• Template:InSpanish on the Univision site.
• Profile on the Russian serials site.
• Profile on Alma Latina.