The greatest, most successful & remembered Mexican telenovelas of the 1980s
This is a list of no specific number that contains various 80s Mexican telenovelas ranked how Iconic they are.
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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.
- 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.
- StarsLucía MéndezEnrique Álvarez FélixJulissaA millionaire man married to a sick woman falls in love with a famous cabaret artist.
- StarsAdela NoriegaThalíaBlanca SánchezMaricruz and Beatriz are best friends although Beatriz comes from a wealthy family and Maricruz does not. Both are about to turn 15, an age when they will leave their childhood behind. Maricruz, with her beauty, catches the attention of two youths: Pancho, a hardworking easygoing and honest young man, and Memo, the neighborhood punk. She falls in love with Pancho but her dominating mother does not approve of him because he is only a mechanic. She dreams of launching her daughter into society with a lavish debutante party; she wants her daughter to have a more comfortable life. But Pancho and Maricruz fight for their love... until Memo tricks Maricruz into thinking he has raped her and she breaks up with Pancho in shame. Beatriz also falls in love, but with Maricruz's brother, a good-for-nothing who takes advantage of her innocence and leaves her pregnant. Girls, welcome to adulthood...
- StarsVerónica CastroGuillermo CapetilloNinón SevillaA poor girl encounters a wealthy young man and falls in love with him, but his family does not approve
- 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.
- CreatorMargarita VillaseñorStarsLucía MéndezAlma MurielJorge MartínezDiana Salazar is a woman who has been plagued all of her life with the ability to move things with her mind. Now, engaged to Dr. Omar Santelmo, she is having dreams about herself set in 16th century colonial Mexico. More intriguing is the fact that her psychiatrist, Dr. Irene del Conde, was her rival in the dream for the love of another man. As the story unfolds, Diana realizes that it wasn't a dream, but a memory of a past life.
- 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 MéndezAndrés GarcíaSalvador PinedaA young woman gets involved in a feud between two brothers.
- 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.
- StarsMaría SortéEnrique NoviFernando CiangherottiLa storia narra la vicenda di Diana (Maria Sortè), creatrice di moda di grande successo sposata con un uomo inaffidabile e bugiardo, Giacomo, e di Gianluca (Enrique Novi), vedovo con una bambina di 10 anni, Arianna. Diana, dopo aver scoperto che Giacomo ha un'altra moglie e due figli, Davide e Chicco, lo abbandona, e con l'amica Gloria parte per una crociera. Sulla nave incontra Gianluca in compagnia di Viviana, che in realtà sta con lui per denaro. L'incontro tra Gianluca e Diana è di quelli che non si dimenticano e, quella che sembrava solo attrazione fisica, si trasforma in vero amore. Diana viene presentata da Gianluca alla figlia e subito conquista la sua simpatia. Tutto sembra andare per il meglio ma Viviana e Giacomo non si sono arresi all'idea di essere stati lasciati e vogliono vendicarsi. Diana aspetta un figlio da Gianluca, ma in un incidente d'auto perde il bambino e la sua sterilità. Giacomo finisce in prigione. Molti anni dopo Arianna, ormai cresciuta, confessa fra le lacrime a quella che ormai considera a tutti gli effetti la sua seconda madre di essere incinta. Ma non riesce a confessarle che il padre è Giacomo, l'uomo che aveva lasciato molti anni prima. Arianna, succube del marito, rifiuterà in seguito le visite e i consigli di Diana, e Gianluca si getta tra le braccia di Letizia...
- 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.
- StarsRocío BanquellsIsabela CoronaAngélica AragónNatalie is an uneducated girl, who manages to conquer the heart of Victor, her friend since childhood. Both have to face the opposition of society and especially Victor's parents.
- StarsEduardo YáñezAdela NoriegaEnrique LizaldeLove story between a teacher and a student in a all-girls boarding school
- StarsEduardo YáñezIgnacio López TarsoRicardo ChavezSenda de gloria is a telenovela about the Mexican revolution.
- StarsEnrique LizaldeAngélica AragónLuceroThe story of an orphaned girl and her new life after she is adopted by a widower and joins his family.
- StarsVerónica CastroRogelio GuerraAugusto BenedicoMariana Villareal (Castro) finds herself homeless after her father dies and her stepmother takes over their hacienda.