Perla is a Mexican telenovela produced by Juan David Burns, Elisa Salinas and José Ambris for TV Azteca, It was broadcast on Azteca Trece (now Azteca Uno) form Monday March 2, 1998 to Friday January 15, 1999 for 230 episodes. It stars Silvia Navarro and Leonardo Garcia in the lead roles.
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Plot
In the world of power and money, no errors are permitted. Perla is a youth attending a prestigious college; she was sent there by her mother at a very young age and has never met her father. There, she meets and befriends Julieta Santiago, the heir of "Juvenile", a major cosmetics company in Mexico. Julieta loves and has a son with Roberto Valderrama, who nevertheless betrays her and abandons her while she is pregnant. After some time, Julieta dies in a car accident. Perla decides to take her place in the Santiago family.
Cast
Main cast
Silvia Navarro as Perla / Julieta Santiago
Leonardo Garcia as Luis Roberto Valderrama
Secondary cast
Gina Romand as Mercedes (villain)
Andrés García Jr. as Alberto "Junior" Valderrama
Paloma Woolrich as Eugenia Martinez Kaufman (villain)
Jorge Lavat as César
Rodolfo Arias as Pablo (main villain)
Roberto Medina as Octavio (main villain)
Irma Infante as Patricia
Miguel Couturier as Alberto
Mauricio Ferrari as Enrique
Vanessa Acosta as Gina Valderrama
Carmen Areu as Otilia Santiago
Rodrigo Cachero as Alexis Santiago
José Ramón Escoriza as Felipe Legarreta (villain)
Karla Llanos as Julieta Santiago Sanchez
Cristina Alatorre as Jazmín (villain, turns good)
Gerardo Acuña as Bernardo
Simone Victoria as Toña
Víctor González as Hugo
Eugenio Montessoro as Julio Alcántara
Lucía Muñoz as Adriana
Gabriela Hassel as Rosenda Santiago (villain)
Tertiary cast
Michelle Barquín as Enfermera
Roberto Carrera as Hector
Ninel Conde
Martín Cuburu as Benares
Carlos Alejandro Diaz as Raymundo
Adriana Doblado as Belén Sanchez
Cynthia Ele as María
Elena Felgueres as Adriana
Daniela Garmendia as Josefina
Javier Guerrero as Médico
Dieter Koll as Marco
Miguel Manzano Jr. as Germán
Socorro Miranda as Mónica
Betty Monroe as Guadalupe "Lupita"
Deborah Moralo as Secretaria
Sergio Mayer Mori as Neonato
Eduardo Muñoz as Enriquito
Mariana Peñalva as Regina
Flavio Peniche as Evaro
Palmira Pérez as Mariana
María Rebeca as Matilde (main villain)
Ana María Rebell as Rosa
Karla Rico as Recepcionista
Isabela Ripol as Julietita Santiago
Theme song
Title: "Prohibido"
Performed by: Octavio Cruz