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Doña Bárbara (1975 TV series)

Venezuelan TV series or program

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 18, 2026
Entity authorityQ5303839 ↗
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Doña Bárbara is a Venezuelan telenovela written by José Ignacio Cabrujas and produced by RCTV in 1974. It is based on the 1929 novel of the same name written by Rómulo Gallegos.

Marina Baura starred as the titular character with Elio Rubens as Santos, Marisela Berti as Marisela and Carlos Marquez as Balbino.

Cast

Marina Baura as Doña Bárbara

Elio Rubens as Santos Luzardo

Marisela Berti as Marisela Barquero

Rafael Briceño as Lorenzo Barquero

Carlos Marquez as Balbino Paiba

Tomás Henríquez as Melquíades "El Brujeador"

Juan Fava as El Socio

Edmundo Valdemar as Ño Pernalete

Enrique Benshimol as Mr.

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Doña Bárbara (1975 TV series)” is venezuelan TV series or program. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Doña, Bárbara and series, not as a finished interpretation.

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