Rosalinda (telenovela)
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| Genre | Telenovela |
| Created by | Delia Fiallo |
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| Story by | Delia Fiallo |
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| Starring | |
| Theme music composer | José Antonio "Potro" Farías |
| Opening theme | "Rosalinda" by Thalía |
| Composer(s) | Kike Santander |
| Country of origin | Mexico |
| Original language(s) | Spanish |
| No. of episodes | 80 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Salvador Mejía Alejandre |
| Producer(s) | Nathalie Lartilleux |
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| Editor(s) | Marco Antonio Rocha |
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| Original network | Canal de las Estrellas |
| Original release | March 1 – June 18, 1999 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | El privilegio de amar |
| Followed by | Infierno en el paraíso |
| Related shows | Rosalinda (2009) |
Rosalinda, is a Mexican telenovela produced by Salvador Mejía Alejandre for Televisa in 1999. It is a remake of the Venezuelan telenovela, María Teresa produced in 1972 by Venevisión. Thalía, Fernando Carrillo and Angélica María star as the main protagonists, while Lupita Ferrer star as the main antagonist.
This was the last telenovela wherein Thalía starred in (to focus on her rising music career at that time). Rosalinda remains as the most expensive television production in Mexico, as well as the all-time most exported and most watched single telenovela in the world, as it was broadcast in Mexico and more than 180 countries worldwide to 2 billion viewers by 2000.
Rosalinda is a pretty woman 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 clinical 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.
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