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1998 - La Usurpadora
Leading Actors:
  Gabriela Spanic, Fernando
 Colunga, Libertad Lamarque

Actor Invitado:  Miguel de León

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NEXTNext telenovela in Miguel's career

Actress Gabriela Spanic as identical twins Paola Bracho and Paulina Martínez SYNOPSIS:
Paola Bracho (Gabriela Spanic) is a selfish woman bored stiff with her life as wife and mother.  She is married to Carlos Daniel Bracho (Fernando Colunga), a wealthy businessman with two small children.  Paulina Martínez (Gabriela Spanic) is physically identical to Paola but the similarity ends there because Paulina is a young, kind-hearted single woman with high moral principles.  Upon meeting Paulina, Paola is amazed at their likeness and quickly starts to devise a plan to switch identities so that she (Paola) can run off for a while with her lover in-turn.  Paola blackmails Paulina into assuming her identity.  And so Paulina is forced into assuming her double's place and finds herself suddenly thrust into the role of wife, mother and daughter-in-law.  Determined to help out in any way possible, Paulina immediately starts to demonstrate her gentle and loving nature and eventually transforms the life of each family member.  Even Carlos Daniel starts to experience a renewed feeling for his imposter wife.  Paulina too falls deeply in love with him. But just when Paulina is starting to feel she's finally found her happiness, Paola returns to reclaim her rightful place within the Bracho family.  And so the battle begins between these two near-identical women to try to retain, at all cost, that which means so much to each.
SUBPLOT:  One of the first to suspect the existence of two identical Miguel de Leónwomen is Douglas Maldonado (Miguel de León), a self-made multi-millionaire and one of Paola's ex-lovers.  Douglas falls deeply in love with gentle Paulina, but when he is unable to convince her to marry him or to have an affair with him, he does, what he considers, is the next best thing:  he talks Paola into running away with him when she next makes an appearance at the Bracho mansion.

Length:  102 episodes/45 minutes
Produced by:  Televisa S.A. de C.V. México
Shown in the U.S.:  From 1-4-1999 to 5-28-1999 on Univision;
   from 2-21-2000 to 7-13-2000 on Galavision & again
   from 12-3-2001 to 4-27-2002 on Galavision



Gabriela Spanic and Miguel de León

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It doesn't take much to persuade Paola to run away with Douglas.



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Paola is a fun person to be with.



Gabriela Spanic and Miguel de León

Gabriela Spanic and Miguel de León
Douglas enjoys dancing with her...



Miguel de León and Gabriela Spanic

Miguel de León and Gabriela Spanic

Miguel de León and Gabriela Spanic

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...as well as doing other things with her.



Miguel de León
He does not, however, enjoy witnessing...

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...how easily she betrays him with someone else.



Gabriela Spanic and Miguel de León
Paola finds Douglas wavering about marrying her.



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She also starts having problems with Douglas' butler who is against her.



Miguel de León and Gabriela Spanic

Actor Miguel Corcega and Miguel de León
Paola faints on Douglas' private plane en route to New York city.



Gabriela Spanic, Miguel Corcega and Miguel de León

Gabriela Spanic, Miguel Corcega and Miguel de León
Paola is seriously ill.  The U.S. doctors were unable to help her.
What will Douglas do now?


   


Gabriela Spanic as Paola and Paulina RESUMEN:
Paola Bracho (Gabriela Spanic) es una mujer egoísta que ya se ha aburrido de su vida como madre y esposa.  Está casada con Carlos Daniel Bracho (Fernando Colunga), un amable y muy rico empresario que tiene dos hijos.  Paulina Martínez (Gabriela Spanic) es físicamente idéntica a Paola, pero las similitudes terminan ahí, ya que Paulina es una joven solitaria, de muy buenos sentimientos y de gran generosidad con el prójimo.  Al conocer a Paulina, Paola se sorprende del gran parecido entre las dos, y rápidamente comienza a tramar un plan para que Paulina asuma su identidad dentro de la familia Bracho, permitiéndole a ella (Paola) escaparse a pasar unas vacaciones con su amante.  Paola chantajea a Paulina para que acepte participar de este engaño, y es así como Paulina se ve forzada a tomar el lugar de su doble, convirtiéndose de pronto en esposa, madre y nuera.  Con la determinación de ayudar de cualquier forma posible, Paulina inmediatamente comienza a mostrar a los Bracho su gran amabilidad y amor; y eventualmente, transforma la vida de todos los miembros de la familia.  De hecho, Carlos Daniel empieza a sentir un renovado afecto por su esposa impostora, logrando que Paulina también se enamore profundamente de él.  Pero justamente cuando Paulina siente que por fin ha encontrado su felicidad, Paola regresa a reclamar su verdadero puesto dentro de la familia Bracho.  De esa manera comienza la batalla de estas dos mujeres casi idénticas por tratar de conservar, a toda costa, aquello que tanto significa para cada una de ellas.

Duración:  102 capítulos/45 minutos
Producción de:  Televisa S.A. de C.V. México
En México:  De 2-9-1998 a 7-24-1998 por Televisa

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