# Cara sucia (TV series)

Cara Sucia (English title: Dirty Face) is a Venezuelan telenovela written by Carlos Romero and Alberto Gómez and produced by Venevisión in 1992. The telenovela was distributed internationally by Venevisión International and was dubbed into English, Russian, Mongolian, Indonesian, and (Filipino) in the Philippines. Guillermo Dávila and Sonya Smith starred as the main protagonists with Gigi Zanchetta and Humberto García as the main antagonists.

## Plot

Miguel Ángel González is a member of one of Caracas' richest families while Estrella is a poor but hard-working beautiful girl who sells newspapers in a corner everyday to earn a living. When they meet, they fall in love and begin a beautiful romance that leads to marriage. However, not everything is rosy for the couple. Miguel Ángel's parents Horacio and Rebecca are opposed to the relationship, and the obsessive passion Santa Ortigoza, Miguel Ángel's ex-girlfriend has over him. Horacio's declining mental health makes him become more and more dangerous, and he hides a secret from the past: many years ago, he murdered Estrella's mother because she rejected him and let her father be blamed for the crime. The secret is revealed once Leonardo Montenegro, Estrella's father, is released from prison and reunited with his daughter. Rebecca, Miguel Ángel's mother, begins to accept his relationship with Estrella once she learns about Horacio's secret and that she was wrong about Estrella being a gold digger, when it was actually Santa who was after their family's money.
Later, Horacio kidnaps Estrella and Miguel Ángel's twin boys, and during this time, he has begun loving them like his sons. He falls down an elevator shaft while running away from the police, while Santa commits suicide in a prison bathroom.

## Cast

* Guillermo Dávila as Miguel Ángel González De la Vega / Miguel Ángel Guzmán De la Vega
* Sonya Smith as Estrella Montenegro Campuzano / Estrella "Estrellita" Camacho/Estrella Campuzano
* Gigi Zanchetta as Santa Ortigosa Lavarte
* Adolfo Cubas as Antonio González De la Vega
* Humberto García as Horacio González Ferrer
* Eva Blanco as Candelaria Camacho Duval
* Chony Fuentes as Rebeca De la Vega de González
* Elio Rubens as Leonardo Montenegro
* Helianta Cruz as Genoveva "Beba" Lavarte De Ortigoza
* Alberto Marín as Padre Lombarito
* Julio Capote as Fermín
* Marcelo Romo as Carmelo
* Simón Pestana as José Grigorio
* Solmaira Castillo as Deyanira Falcón
* Jenire Blanco
* Elizabeth López as Federica Rangel
* Rita De Gois as Carmen dos Santos
* Marcelo Rodríguez as Agustín dos Santos
* Hans Christopher as Víctor Iriarte
* Mauricio González as Fernando Guzmán
* Miguel Moly
* Chumico Romero
* Alexis Escamez
* Hilda Moreno as Coralia Margarita Blanco
* Coromoto Roche as Teresa
* Deyanira Hernández as Eloisa
* Gonzalo Contreras as Dr. Gordillo
* José A. Urdaneta as Chuito (Jesús Camacho)
* María A. Avallone as Karina González de la Vega
* Enrique Oliveros as Oscar
* Blanquita Vera
* Ana Martínez as Asunción
* Daniel Escamez
* Solmaira Liendo
* Joel de la Rosa as Fabián
* Eduardo Luna as Kirikó (Ángel Vargas López)
* Umberto Buonocuore † as Pepino
* Lizbeth Manrique as Loly
* Manolo Manolo † as Doctor
* Israel Maranatha as El Gato
* Svenn Luna as Police
* Ileana Jacket as neighbor of Candelaria
* Frank Méndez as Rocky
* Mario Brito † as Juan
* Susana Duijm †

## Broadcasters

| Philippines | Cara Sucia | GMA Network | 1999 | 2000 | Monday to Friday | 2:30 pm |
| Spain | Cara Sucia | Antena 3 | March 15, 1993 | October 15, 1993 | Monday to Friday | 8:00 pm |
| USA | Cara Sucia | Univision UniMás | April 13, 1992 | November 6, 1992 | Monday to Friday | 9:00 pm |
| Mongolia | Cara Sucia | MNB | 1994 | 1995 | Monday to Friday | 7:00 p.m. |
| Venezuela | Cara Sucia | Venevisión | March 5, 1992 | October 12, 1992 | Monday to Saturday | 10:00 pm |
| Mexico | Cara Sucia | Televisa Regional | May 11, 1994 | November 11, 1994 | Monday to Friday | 10:00 am |
| Argentina | Cara Sucia | El Trece Telecanal | May 7, 1994 June 14, 1999 | November 11, 1994 February 4, 1999 | Monday to Friday | 05:00 pm 08:30 pm |
| Paraguay | Cara Sucia | Telefuturo Unicanal | April 4, 1994 June 14, 1999 | December 9, 1994 February 4, 2000 | Monday to Friday | 5:00 p.m. 8:30 p.m. |
| Uruguay | Cara Sucia | Teledoce VTV | April 4, 1994 June 14, 1999 | December 9, 1994 February 4, 2000 | Monday to Friday | 5:00 p.m. 8:30 p.m. |
| Indonesia | Cara Sucia | SCTV | March 21, 1994 September 1, 1994 | August 29, 1994 September 5, 1995 | Monday Monday to Friday | 11:00 am 4:00 pm |