Simplemente María (1989 telenovela)

Simplemente María
Genre	Telenovela Romance Drama
Created by	Celia Alcántara
Written by	Carlos Romero Kary Fajer Gabriela Ortigoza Valeria Phillips Rosario Velicia Lourdes Barrios
Directed by	Beatriz Sheridan Arturo Ripstein José Ambris Arturo García Tenorio Mercedes Pascual
Starring	Victoria Ruffo Manuel Saval Jaime Garza Silvia Derbez Gabriela Goldsmith
Theme music composer	José Antonio "Potro" Farías
Opening theme	Simplemente María by Paco Navarrete
Country of origin	Mexico
Original language(s)	Spanish
No. of episodes	150
Production
Executive producer(s)	Valentín Pimstein
Producer(s)	Verónica Pimstein Salvador Mejía
Cinematography	Ernesto Arreola Gabriel Vázquez Bulmán Manuel Ruiz Esparza
Running time	41-44 minutes
Production company(s)	Televisa
Distributor	Televisa
Release
Original network	Canal de las Estrellas
Original release	October 16, 1989 – May 11, 1990
Chronology
Preceded by	Las grandes aguas
Followed by	Días sin luna
Related shows	Simplemente María (1967) Simplemente María (1969) Simplemente María (1970) Simplemente María (1972) Rosa... de lejos (1980) Simplemente María (2015)

Simplemente María (English title: Simply María) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Valentín Pimstein for Televisa in 1989.^[1]

Victoria Ruffo, Manuel Saval and Jaime Garza starred as protagonists, while Gabriela Goldsmith starred as main antagonist.

Cast

• Victoria Ruffo as María López de Carreño
• Manuel Saval as Juan Carlos del Villar Montenegro
• Jaime Garza as Víctor Carreño
• Silvia Derbez as Matilde Carreño
• Gabriela Goldsmith as Lorena del Villar Montenegro de Rivera
• Florencia Ferret as Claudia
• Sergio Acosta as Detective Augustín Zepeta
• María Almela as Ana López de Sotomayor
• Toño Mauri as José Ignacio del Villar López
• Amairani as Laura Rivera del Villar
• Alejandro Aragón as Diego López
• Angélica Aragón as Gloria
• César Arias as Sergio Uribe
• Roberto Ballesteros as Arturo D'Angelle
• Juan Carlos Barreto as Benito
• Vanessa Bauche as Julia Carreño (preteen)
• Porfirio Baz as Germán Carreño
• Marcelo Buquet as Dr. Fernando Torres
• Rafael Inclán as Don Chema
• Andrea Legarreta as Ivonne Ayala
• Frances Ondiviela as Natalia Preciado
• David Ostrosky as Rodrigo de Peñalvert, Count de Arenzo
• Raúl Padilla "Chóforo" as René
• Roberto Palazuelos as Pedro Cuevas
• Angélica Rivera as Isabella de Peñalvert de López
• Claudio Baez as Gustavo del Villar
• Cecilia Camacho as Estela López De Reyes
• Constantino Costas as Clemente Reyes
• Rosa Carmina as Camelia Ramos
• Mauricio Ferrari as Dr. Luis Valadez
• Servando Manzetti as Dr. Alberto Rivera
• Lola Merino as Fernanda Amolinar de Del Villar
• Karen Sentíes as Silvia Rebollar de Rivera
• Adriana Parra as Rita Fernández de López
• Mercedes Pascual as Constanza de Peñalvert
• Raquel Parot as Mother Carmela
• Roberto Vander as Lic. Rafael Hidalgo
• Rafael del Villar as Jacinto López
• Claudia Ortega as Nazaria Fernández
• Silvia Suarez as Crisanta Fernández
• Juan Bernardo Gasca as Marcos Carreño (preteen)
• Javier Herranz as Marcos Carreño
• Rocío Brambila as Julia Carreño
• Silvia Campos as Violeta Alvear
• Maya Mishalska as Ofelia
• Nicky Mondellini as Nurse in Valadez's clinic
• María Morett as Margarita López
• Tina Romero as Dr. Gabriela del Conde
• Gustavo Cosain as Don Nacho López
• Sergio Basañez as Jeane Claude Carre
• Carlos Bonavides as Dr. Rojas
• Eduardo Borja as Station boss
• Alberto González as Dr. Tomás
• Patricia Castro as Palmira #1
• Myrrah Saavedra as Palmira #2
• Sandra Félix as Mrs. Urquiaga
• Estela Furlong as Mrs. González
• Rodrigo Ramón as Germán Carreño (preteen)
• Evangelina Sosa as Perla "Perlita" Carreño (preteen)
• Lucy Reina as Perla "Perlita" Carreño
• Roberto Carrera as Mauricio Egeyros
• Angelina Peláez as La Prieta
• Beatriz Olea as Yolanda López
• Ricardo Vera as Teniente Ornelas
• Raul Nava as Butler of Count de Arenzo
• Celia Suarez as Dr. chief in Valadez's clinic
• Ana Iris Bosch as Dr. in Valadez's clinic
• Irma Torres as Lorena's nurse
• Jacqueline Voltaire as Nancy Williams
• Tony Rodríguez as Dr. Gonzalo Arviso Arismendi
• Víctor Carpinteiro
• Antonio Rangel as Dr. Roger Bretón
• Charly Valentino as Teniente Acuña
• Miguel Derbez as José Ignacio López (niño)
• Jorge Poza as José Ignacio "Chucho" López (preteen)
• Arath de la Torre as Michell

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Nominee	Result
1990	8th TVyNovelas Awards	Best Telenovela of the Year	Valentín Pimstein	Nominated
		Best Actress	Victoria Ruffo
		Best Actor	Manuel Saval
		Best Antagonist Actress	Gabriela Goldsmith

References

1. "Simplemente María" (in Spanish). alma-latina.net. Archived from the original on August 23, 2012. Retrieved February 13, 2016.

External links

• Simplemente María at the Internet Movie Database