Rosalinda (telenovela)

This article is about the Mexican television series. For other uses of the name, see Rosalinda (disambiguation).

Rosalinda
DVD cover
Genre	Telenovela
Format	Serial drama
Created by	Delia Fiallo
Written by	Carlos Romero Kari Fajer Liliana Abud Dolores Ortega
Directed by	Beatriz Sheridan
Starring	Thalía Fernando Carrillo Angelica Maria Laura Zapata
Theme music composer	Emilio Estefan Jr. Kike Santander
Opening theme	Rosalinda by Thalía
Ending theme	Rosalinda by Thalía
Country of origin	Mexico
Original language(s)	Spanish
No. of episodes	80
Production
Producer(s)	Salvador Mejía
Editor(s)	Marco Antonio Rocha
Cinematography	Manuel Barajas
Running time	45 minutes
Production company(s)	Televisa
Distributor	Televisa
Broadcast
Original channel	Canal de las Estrellas
Original run	March 1, 1999 – June 18, 1999
Chronology
Preceded by	El Privilegio de Amar
Followed by	Infierno En El Paraiso

Rosalinda is a Mexican telenovela, which was produced by Televisa and broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas in 1999. This is the last Soap opera to star Thalía in her title role.

Plot

Rosalinda is a pretty girl who sells flowers and decorates a fancy restaurant. One day, she meets Fernando José, a man of high social status. He plays the piano at the restaurant. They eventually fall in love, get married, and have a child named Erika, but his stepmother Valeria desires to split the happy couple up, and she has the perfect way of doing so.

Rosalinda's real mother, Soledad, served a 20-year prison sentence for the murder of Fernando José's real father. She was innocent, but took the blame. After finding out this horrible news, Fernando José abandons Rosalinda and her daughter. Valeria kidnaps Erika. Rosalinda goes into a depression and eventually loses her mind. She is locked up in a mental hospital.

One night, the mental hospital catches fire and burns down. Rosalinda fortunately manages to escape. However, her loved ones are convinced she is dead. Suffering from a major case of amnesia, she is forced to become a thief by an old man who takes her in. She meets Alejandro "Alex" Dorantes while trying to steal from his house. Alex cleans her up and she takes on the identity of Paloma Dorantes and becomes a singer. She falls in love with Alex, the talent agent who makes her famous. Meanwhile, Fernando José marries Rosalinda's cousin, Fedra. Rosalinda's life with Alex seems to be going well. However, things just don't seem to be totally right. One night, Rosalinda and Alex attend one of Fernando Jose's concerts. He plays a song which happens to be the first one he played the day they met. This seems to trigger Rosalinda's memory of her past. Overwhelmed by these memories, Rosalinda scurries out of the concert hall and gets hit by a car. Alex rushes her to the hospital. It is then that Rosalinda realizes that she is not Paloma, but Rosalinda. Now that Rosalinda has gained her memory back, she must go back and fight to gain her child back, her family, and Fernando Jose in the process.

Cast

• Thalía as Rosalinda Pérez Romero/Rosalinda del Castillo Romero - main heroine, in love with Fernando José
• Fernando Carrillo as Fernando José Altamirano del Castillo - main hero, in love with Rosalinda
• Angélica María as Soledad Martha Romero - mother of Rosalinda
• Lupita Ferrer as Valeria del Castillo vda. de Altamirano - main villain, sister of Alfredo, cousin of Veronica, adoptive mother of Fernando José, she steals all of Veronica (Stay alone in jail washing floor)
• Laura Zapata as Verónica del Castillo - cousin Valeria and Alfredo, real mother of Fernando José
• Nora Salinas as Fedra Pérez Romero - villain, cousin of Rosalinda, in love with Fernando José; dies of disease
• Victor Noriega as Alejandro "Alex" Dorantes - agent, in love with Rosalinda
• René Muñoz as Florentino Rosas † - "grandad" of Rosalinda (Poisoned by Valeria)
• Elvira Monsell as Bertha Álvarez † - villain, later good, maid in the Altamirano mansion, in love with Alfredo, killed by Beto
• Miguel Rodríguez as Javier Pérez - father of Fedra, Lucia, and Beto
• Adriana Fonseca as Lucía Pérez Romero - cousin of Rosalinda
• Ninón Sevilla as Asunción
• Paty Díaz as Clarita Martínez
• Manuel Saval as Alfredo del Castillo † - father of Rosalinda, brother of Valeria, cousin of Veronica (Dies of heart attack)
• Raúl Padilla as Bonifacio
• Renata as Zoila Barriga
• Anastasia Acosta as Alcira Ordóñez
• Esther Rinaldi as Abril Valdez/Abril Quiñones Del Castillo - daughter of Valeria
• Alejandro Ávila as Gerardo Navarette - best friend of Fernando José
• Tere López-Tarín as Natalia - best friend of Rosalinda & Clarita, in love with Gerardo
• Úrsula Murayama
• Eduardo Luna as Aníbal Eduardo Rivera Pacheco - in love with Fedra first then with Lucia
• Roberto "Flaco" Guzmán as Francisco Quiñones "El Miserias" † - father of Abril (Killed by Valeria)
• Sergio Reynoso as Agustin Morales- in love with Rosalinda
• Ivonne Montero as Celina Barriga
• Yessica Salazar as Pamela Iturbide
• Sara Luz as Becky Rosas
• Jorge De Silva as Roberto "Beto" Pérez Romero- villain, Valeria's ally, cousin of Rosalinda (Goes to jail)
• Guillermo Garcia Cantu as José Fernando Altamirano † - villain, father of Fernando José, husband of Veronica first then of Valeria, try to abuse Soledad (Killed by Alfredo)
• Tina Romero as Dolores Romero † - mother of Fedra, Lucia, and Beto, Sister of Soledad, Wife of Javier
• Emiliano Lizárraga as Ramiro
• Eugenio Bartilotti Efrén
• Queta Lavat as Úrsula Valdez
• Julio Urreta as Ayala

International release

Country	TV Channels	Local Title
Hungary	TV2 (Hungary)	Rosalinda
Romania	Acasa TV	Rosalinda
Bulgaria	Nova Television (2000) 7 Dni TV (2002) Diema Family (2011), (2012/13)	Росалинда
Philippines	ABS-CBN (2000) & GMA-7 (2003) & Q (2008)	Rosalinda
Malaysia	TV3	Rosalinda
Slovenia	Kanal A	Rosalinda

Remakes

Main article: Rosalinda (Philippines TV series)

External links

• Rosalinda at the Internet Movie Database