# Rosalinda (Mexican TV series)

Rosalinda is a Mexican telenovela produced by Salvador Mejía Alejandre for Televisa in 1999. It is a remake the telenovela María Teresa on 1972. Thalía, Fernando Carrillo and Angélica María star as the main protagonists, while Lupita Ferrer stars 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. It is the most watched foreign program in the Philippines and still remains the second most watched program in the Philippines overall.

## Plot

Rosalinda, a beautiful flower seller and decorator at a fancy restaurant, meets Fernando José, a high-society pianist. They fall in love, get married, and have a daughter named Erika. However, Fernando José's stepmother, Valeria, schemes to break them up and has a perfect plan to do so.
Rosalinda's real mother, Soledad, served 20 years in prison for a murder she didn't commit. Upon learning this, Fernando José abandons Rosalinda and their daughter. Valeria kidnaps their daughter, Erika, causing Rosalinda to lose her mind and be confined to a mental hospital.
One night, the mental hospital catches fire and burns down. Rosalinda escapes but is believed dead by her loved ones. Suffering from amnesia, she is forced into thievery by an old man who takes her in. She meets Alejandro "Alex" Dorantes while attempting to steal from his house. Alex helps her, and she assumes the identity of Paloma Dorantes, becoming a singer and falling in love with Alex, who is a talent agent. Meanwhile, Fernando José marries Rosalinda's cousin, Fedra.
Rosalinda's life with Alex seems good, but something feels off. Attending one of Fernando José's concerts, she hears a song that triggers her past memories. Overwhelmed, she leaves the concert hall and is hit by a car. Alex rushes her to the hospital, where she realizes she is Rosalinda, not Paloma. With her memory restored, Rosalinda sets out to reclaim her child, family, and Fernando José.

## Cast
### Main cast

* Thalía as Rosalinda Pérez Romero / Rosalinda del Castillo - Altamirano / Paloma Dοrantes
* Fernando Carrillo as Fernando José Altamirano del Castillo
* Angélica María as Soledad Martha Romero
* Lupita Ferrer as Doña Valeria Del Castillo Altamirano

### Supporting cast

* Nora Salinas as Fedra Pérez Romero
* Adriana Fonseca as Lucía "Lucy" Pérez Romero
* Elvira Monsell as Bertha Álvarez
* Jorge De Silva as Roberto "Beto" Pérez Romero
* René Muñoz as Don Florentino Rosas
* Eduardo Luna as Aníbal Eduardo Rivera Pacheco
* Víctor Noriega as Alejandro "Alex" Dorantes
* Miguel Ángel Rodríguez as Javier Pérez
* Anastasia as Alcira Ordóñez
* Ninón Sevilla as Asunción
* Renata Flores as Zoila Barriga
* Alejandro Ávila as Gerardo Navarette
* Laura Zapata as Verónica Del Castillo de Altamirano
* Ivonne Montero as Celina Barriga
* Guillermo García Cantú as José Fernando Altamirano
* Sabine Moussier as Cristina

### Special Performance

* Queta Lavat as the prison director

## Philippine adaptation

In 2009, GMA Network produced a Philippine adaptation of the series starring Carla Abellana as Rosalinda and Geoff Eigenmann as Fernando Jose. Rosalinda premiered on July 6, 2009 on the network's Telebabad primetime block and ended on November 27, 2009 with a total of 105 episodes.