La Intrusa (Venezuelan telenovela)
La Intrusa (1987) is a Venezuelan telenovela that was produced by and seen on Venezuela's Radio Caracas Televisión. It was written by Ana Mercedes Escámez and Inés Rodena and directed by Luis Alberto Lamata. This telenovela lasted 234 episodes and was distributed internationally by RCTV International. It is a remake of Radio Caracas Television's 1971 telenovela La Usurpadora which starred Marina Baura and Raul Amundaray. The story was also made remade by Televisa in 1998 and was called La Usurpadora which starred Gabriela Spanic and Fernando Colunga.
Synopsis
The spoiled and insensitive Estrella de Rossi comes across a humble girl, Virginia, who is her spitting image; almost immediately a game occurs to her and, as a bit of mischief, she pays the girl to impersonate her. When she pulls this off successfully and no one notices the change, Estrella goes further and decides to take a year off to go out and live her life. She forces her double to accept this pact and the young village girl is left to assume the role of a rich and married woman, with a husband who is not really hers but who she ends up falling in love with. She will also face an alcoholic mother-in-law, stepchildren in need of attention and love, a company teetering on bankruptcy and above all, the eminent danger of discovery.
Cast
- Mariela Alcala as Virginia/Estrella de Rossi
- Victor Camara as Luis Antonio Rossi
- Franklin Virgüez as Manuel Landaeta
- Rosita Quintana as Renata Rossi
- Carmen Julia Alvarez as Ana Julia Rossi
- Maricarmen Regueiro as Rosa
- Carlos Camara Jr. as Mario Rossi
- Flavio Caballero as Freddy
- Carlos Marquez as Alexis Pereira
- Gledys Ibarra as Belinda
- Jonathan Montenegro as Andres
- Willie Colón as Himself