# La esposa virgen

La esposa virgen (English: The Virgin Wife) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Salvador Mejía Alejandre for Televisa in 2005. The story is a remake of 1985 Mexican telenovela Los años pasan.
On Monday, July 18, 2005, Canal de las Estrellas started broadcasting La esposa virgen weekdays at 9:00pm, replacing La madrastra. The last episode was broadcast on Friday, October 21, 2005 with Alborada replacing it on Monday, October 24, 2005.
Adela Noriega, Jorge Salinas and Sergio Sendel starred as protagonists, while Lilia Aragón, Arleth Terán and Roberto Ballesteros starred as antagonists, with César Évora, Natalia Esperón, Otto Sirgo, Delia Casanova, Luis Bayardo, Eugenio Cobo and Alejandro Ruiz starred as the Stellar performances and Ignacio López Tarso and Alma Muriel starred as special participations.

## Plot

Shortly before his death, general Francisco Ortiz marries Virginia and appoints her as his sole heiress. When Virginia and her younger brother Diego arrive to the town of San Francisco de los Arenales to bury the general, accompanied with the nephew of captain Fernando Ortiz, who despises Virginia, believing that she is a gold-digger who married her uncle for his fortune.
The only person that receives Virginia politely in the town is the municipal President, Dr. José Guadalupe Cruz, a good and honest man whose wife, Blanca, suffers from a terminal disease.
Virginia is surprised to see the ranch of the general is abandoned, without knowing that this is work of the mother of Fernando, Aurelia, who has allied with the administrator, Cristóbal, to steal the fortune that Virginia has inherited.
Aurelia hates Virginia and will try with all means that Virginia leaves the ranch because she knows if she does so, she will lose her inheritance, but if she doesn't, Aurelia is ready to resort to violence. Her hatred is even greater when she realizes that Fernando is madly love with Virginia, although Virginia only sees him as a good friend.
When Virginia meets Blanca, a sincere friendship begins between them. José Guadalupe ignores that Blanca is aware of his infidelity with a selfish and ambitious woman named Olga.
Knowing that he has little time of life, Blanca fears for the happiness of her husband and her daughter Marisol if he were to marry Olga.
Unintentionally, a passionate love is born between Virginia and José Guadalupe. Both refuse to accept it and treat each other with hostility, because they know that giving themselves to that love would be betraying the trust of Blanca.
After a marriage which was never consummated, Virginia will now have to combat hatred and the ambition of Aurelia and Cristóbal, while trying uselessly to ignore the love that she feels for José Guadalupe.

## Cast

* Adela Noriega as Virginia Alfaro del Sur
* Jorge Salinas as José Guadalupe Cruz Serrano - Killed by Cristobal
* Sergio Sendel as Fernando Ortiz Betancourt
* Lilia Aragón as Aurelia Betancourt Vda. de Ortiz - Main villain, ends up vagabond
* Roberto Ballesteros as Cristóbal Martínez - Villain, killed by José Guadalupe
* César Évora as Edmundo Rivadeneira "El Loco Serenata"
* Arleth Terán as Olga Barquín - Villain, commits suicide after being defaced
* Natalia Esperón as Blanca de la Fuente de Cruz - Dies of a disease
* Otto Sirgo as Dr. Misael Mendoza
* Delia Casanova as Clemencia
* Luis Bayardo as Sergio Valdez
* Lourdes Munguía as Aída Palacios
* Carlos Cámara Jr. as Arturo Palacios - Villain, dies of a shot
* Martha Ofelia Galindo as Mariana
* Arlette Pacheco as Soledad Rivadeneira
* Eugenio Cobo as Padre Matías
* Alejandro Ruiz as Loreto Arriaga
* Oscar Traven as Rolando Palacios
* Hilda Aguirre as Raquela Palacios
* Juan Ignacio Aranda as Dante
* Raúl Sebastián Villarreal as Diego Alfaro
* Kendra Santacruz as Marisol Cruz de la Fuente - Dies after fall of the horse, caused by Cristóbal
* Fátima Torre as Olivia Palacios
* Odemaris Ruiz as Susana Palacios
* Alberto Salaberry as Fabián
* Daniel Gauvry as Paulino
* Bárbara Gómez as Hechicera
* Antonio Brenán as Gael
* Jorge Brenán as Gabriel
* Rubén Morales as Efrén Barquín
* José Antonio Ferral as Tomás
* Benjamín Rivero as Efraín
* Rocío Valenti as Margarita
* Claudia Ortega as Adelina
* Luis Uribe as Dr. Garza
* Alfredo Alfonso as Acosta
* Eduardo Noriega as Notario
* Alejandra Barros as Cecilia
Special participation
* Ignacio López Tarso as General Francisco Ortiz - Dies of a disease
* Alma Muriel as Mercedes

## Awards

| Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
| 2006 | 24th TVyNovelas Awards | Best Telenovela of the Year | Salvador Mejia | Nominated |
| 2006 | 24th TVyNovelas Awards | Best Actress | Adela Noriega | Nominated |
| 2006 | 24th TVyNovelas Awards | Best Antagonist Actress | Lilia Aragón | Nominated |
| 2006 | 24th TVyNovelas Awards | Best Leading Actress | Delia Casanova | Won |
| 2006 | 24th TVyNovelas Awards | Best Leading Actor | Luis Bayardo | Nominated |
| 2006 | 24th TVyNovelas Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Natalia Esperón | Nominated |
| 2006 | 24th TVyNovelas Awards | Best Supporting Actor | César Évora | Nominated |
| 2006 | 24th TVyNovelas Awards | Best Child Performance | Raúl Sebastián Villarreal | Nominated |