Best Telenovelas of the 80's
A list of the best-loved telenovelas (soap operas) from the 1980's.
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- StarsDiana BrachoGonzalo VegaMaría RubioA mother's overbearing and unhealthy love for her only biological son will lead to the realization of a despicable plot that ends up ruining the lives of many individuals.
- StarsLupita FerrerJeannette RodríguezCarlos MataA poor maid becomes pregnant and is fired; with no money for herself and the child, she leaves her in an orphanage. Years later she has become very rich and successful, but she has never forgotten the child she abandoned years before.
- StarsPatricia PereyraHéctor GómezIrma DorantesTeresa desperately seeks to escape poverty. Resentful of the miserable life that left her without her sister, she plans to use her beauty and intelligence as method to enter the luxurious world to which she so desperately wants to belong.
- StarsVerónica CastroGuillermo CapetilloNinón SevillaA poor girl encounters a wealthy young man and falls in love with him, but his family does not approve
- StarsVíctor CámaraGrecia ColmenaresJeannette RodríguezA poor young blind girl falls in love with a guy.
- StarsCaridad CanelónMaricarmen RegueiroCarlos MataAlthough Eugenia Montiel was a minor when she committed a crime, she sits in prison for five years awaiting her judgment. She knows that the one responsible for her long imprisonment was the lawyer, Diego Mendoza; she hates him and swears to take revenge on him for this injustice. Silvana, a violent predator, hits her in the head with a fire extinguisher, which temporarily blinds her. A strange woman called Endrina visits Diego and asks him to repair his injustice. Taking advantage of Eugenia's blindness, Diego pretends to be a nurse, makes friends with her, and falls in love with her although he's already married to Pilar Luján with whom he has daughter María de los Ángeles. Before knowing the face of Eugenia, he marches, leaving her the truth in a letter. Eugenia gets free and goes to live with Endrina and her sister Cándida, who adopt her. Cándida knows the secret about Eugenia's origin, but she dies without telling her. Eugenia has only one clue: the name "Constitución Méndez"; with this she goes to Caracas to look for the cruel and powerful Constitución who is her real mother, something that both of them ignore.
- StarsVerónica CastroIgnacio López TarsoSergio JiménezTo save Maria Elena's baby, Maria Elena's nanny has to -kidnap- him and take him far away to raise him.
- StarsVictoria RuffoJaime GarzaGabriela GoldsmithThe innocent María López leaves her town, looking for a better economic future in Mexico City. She gets a job as a servant in the home of a wealthy family. María falls in love and gives up her employer's son and he leaves her pregnant.
- StarsJeannette RodríguezCarlos MataMiguel AlcántaraA theater student and cheerleader for a basketball team, starts working in a washing tunnel to help her family: her father has just died. The owner of the car wash knows Gabriela and has an affair with her.
- StarsLucía MéndezAndrés GarcíaSalvador PinedaA young woman gets involved in a feud between two brothers.
- CreatorMargarita VillaseñorStarsLucía MéndezAlma MurielJorge MartínezDiana Salazar is a woman who has the ability to move things with her mind.
- StarsRogelio GuerraAngélica AragónIrma LozanoA woman spends 20 years in Prison in a foreign country. Once she gets out, She finds out her children have been told a lie.
- StarsLucía MéndezEnrique Álvarez FélixJulissaA millionaire man married to a sick woman falls in love with a famous cabaret artist.
- StarsJacqueline AndereErnesto AlonsoHumberto ZuritaBeatriz is a widow who is dedicated to raising her children, Vicky and Juanito, along with her mother-in-law Doña Emilia. Beatriz marries Enrique, later discovering the satanic treatment that her husband has in exchange for money.
- StarsCatherine FulopFernando CarrilloHilda Abrahamz'Abigail' is the story of the beautiful, troubled only daughter of a well-known businessman, a spoiled rich girl who falls in love with her literature professor at San Lazaro Prep School. So begins the odyssey of love that juggles an unfortunate marriage, a child, and neglectful parents until Abigail and Carlos Alfredo are happily united.
- StarsAdela NoriegaThalíaBlanca SánchezMaricruz and Beatriz are best friends, Beatriz comes from a wealthy family and Maricruz doesn't. Both are about to turn 15, at which age they will leave their childhood behind. Girls, welcome to adulthood.
- StarsEduardo YáñezAdela NoriegaEnrique LizaldeLove story between a teacher and a student in a all-girls boarding school
- StarsMartha RothJorge Martínez de HoyosAna MartínOyuki Ogino lives in a Japanese village in the early 1970s. She is a beautiful, honest, good woman whose beauty and physical attributes are used by her ambitious brother Yutaka Ogino, who exploits her and forces her to work as a Geisha.
- StarsEnrique LizaldeAngélica AragónLuceroThe story of an orphaned girl and her new life after she is adopted by a widower and joins his family.