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Teresa (1989)

Teresa poster
Genre
telenovela
Country
Mexico
Length
1 season, 125 episodes
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman from a poor family uses her beauty and ambition to climb the social ladder. Her actions cause conflict in the lives of those around her including the men who love her.

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What happens

Teresa (Spanish pronunciation: [teˈɾesa]) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Lucy Orozco for Televisa in 1989. Salma Hayek starred in her first and only protagonist role in telenovelas, together with Rafael Rojas, Daniel Giménez Cacho and Miguel Pizarro. The series and several of the actresses won awards in 1989 and 1990. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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