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Gata Salvaje was a telenovela which aired first on Venevision in Venezuela on May 16, 2002 and some days later was released on the Spanish station Univision from mid-summer of 2002 until May 2003, and later aired in Mexico on El Canal De Las Estrellas from January 2003 to December 2003. It starred, Mexican actress Marlene Favela and Cuban heatthrob Mario Cimarro.
This telenovela marked a milestone in the history of Spanish television, for it became the first and to date the only telenovela ever to be filmed in the United States and later released in Mexico, in contrast to the original process in which they are filmed in Mexico and then later are released in the United States.
Cast
Marlene Favela as Rosaura Rios Olivares
Mario Cimarro as Luis Mario Arismendi
Carolina Tejera as Eva Granados de Arismendi
Ariel Lopez Padilla as Patricio Rivera
Marjorie De Sousa as Camelia Valente de Arismendi
Mara Croatto as Eduarda Arismendi
Sergio Catalan as Gabriel Valencia
Adamari Lopez as Karina Rios
Aura Cristina Geithner as Maribella Tovar
Osvaldo Rios as Silvano Santana Castro
Viviana Gibelli as Jacqueline Tovar
Rodrigo Vidal as Guillermo Valencia
Ana Karina Casanova as Luisana Montero Arismendi
Hada Bejar as Dona Cruz Olivares
Fernando Carrera as Rafael Granados
Frances Ondiviela as Maria Julia Rodriguez
Julio Alcazar as Anselmo Rios
Liliana Rodriguez as Panchita Lopez
Juan A. Baptista as Bruno Villalta
Ismael La Rosa as Ivan Rios
Silvana Arias as Jimena Arismendi
Isabel Moreno as Mercedes Salazar
Ana Lucia Dominguez as Adriana Salazar
Marisela Buitriago as Claudia Olivares
Sandra Itzel as Mayrita Rios
Virna Flores as Minerva Palacios de Robles
Sandro Finoglio as Maximiliano Robles
Norma Zuniga as Caridad Villalta
Sandra Itzel as Mayrita Rios
Jessica Cerezo as Silvia Granados
Viviana Gibelli as Jacqueline Tover
Cristina Dieckman as Estrella Marina
Diana Quijano as Sonia
Konstantinos Vrotsos as Leobardito
Silvestre Ramos as Julio Aldama
Angie Russian as Laurita Montemar
Yoly Dominguez as Valeria Montemar
Cesar Roman as Imanol Lander
Charlie Masso as Rodrigo
Supporting Cast
Carlos Cuervo
Charlie Masso
Julio Capote
Cesar Roman Bolivar
Yoly Dominguez
Pilar Hurtado
Fernando Lozano
Angelica Arenas
Gellerman Baralt
Rocio Bastidas
Mauro Boccia
Luisa Castro
Nelida Ponce
Arianna Coltellacci
Maria Dominguez
Dorismar
Carlos Farach
Elizabeth Garcia
Dayana Garroz
Nelro Mavares
Carlos Mesber
Agatha Morazzani
Silvestre Ramos
Elias Rima Nassiff
Angie Russian
Jose Val
Trivia
It also became the first telenovela to use an American landmark as a setting; the Florida Everglades were used as a setting in the final episode.
To date, it is the most sold telenovela ever for Venevision, surpassing the sales of another successful telenovelas such as Cara Sucia and Secreto de Amor (also filmed in Miami).
It was co-produced by Venevision, Fonovideo (now called FV Productions) and Univision. It lasted 252 episodes.
Gata Salvaje is also broadcast in Philippines, Greece, Slovenia...
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