La sombra del otro (1996 TV series)

La sombra del otro (English: Other's Shadow) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Julissa and Giselle González Salgado for Televisa. It premiered on Canal de las Estrellas on May 27, 1996 and ended on Friday, August 16, 1996.

La sombra del otro
Genre	Telenovela Romance Drama
Created by	Carlos Olmos
Written by	Julián Robles
Directed by	Benjamín Cann
Starring	Edith González Rafael Rojas Alejandro Camacho Adriana Laffan Carlos Bracho Lilia Aragón Blanca Sánchez
Theme music composer	Memo Méndez Guiu
Opening theme	La Sombra Del Otro
Country of origin	Mexico
Original language	Spanish
No. of episodes	120 (of 21-22 minutes) 60 (of 41-44 minutes)
Production
Executive producer	Julissa
Producer	Giselle González Salgado
Production locations	Filming Televisa San Ángel Mexico City, Mexico Locations Mexico City, Mexico San Miguel de Allende, Mexico Mazatlán, Mexico
Running time	41-44 minutes
Production company	Televisa
Original release
Network	Canal de las Estrellas
Release	May 27 (1996-05-27) – August 16, 1996 (1996-08-16)
Related
Shadow (1996)

Edith González and Rafael Rojas starred as protagonists, while Alejandro Camacho starred as main antagonist.

Plot

Pressured by her father, Don Clemente, Lorna Madrigal gets engaged to Iván Lavarta, a renowned psychologist who agrees to the engagement only by gratitude, because when they were children, he saved her from a fire that, unfortunately, killed Lorna's mother, Bernardina del Castillo. Despite the moral engagement, on their wedding day, Lorna decides not to marry Iván.

Cast

• Edith González as Lorna Madrigal del Castillo
• Rafael Rojas as Manuel de la Riva/Marcos Beltrán
• Alejandro Camacho as Dr. Iván Lavarta Morales
• Adriana Laffan as Betsy Corcuera de de la Riva
• Carlos Bracho as Don Clemente Madrigal
• Lilia Aragón as Marina Morales
• Blanca Sánchez as Dora "Dorita" Villavicencio Vda. de Rojas/de Madrigal
• Pedro Armendáriz, Jr. as Comandante Luis Tello
• José Suárez as Alberto Rojas Villavicencio
• Dacia González as Camila Corcuera
• Luis Couturier as Pierre Tavernier
• Marta Aura as Julieta Tavernier
• Jorge Antolín as Julián de la Riva
• Odiseo Bichir as Dr. Germán Pineda
• Manuel Gurría as Fermín Luján
• Andrea Legarreta as María Elena "Malena" Gutiérrez
• Amairani as Cora Meléndez
• Patricio Castillo as Ludwig Brailovsky
• Carmelita González as Coco de la Riva
• Dolores Beristáin as Concepción "Conchita" de la Riva
• Gustavo Negrete as César Corcuera
• Adriana Larrañaga as Sonia Escudero
• Martha Escobar as Olga Palmerín
• Rafael del Villar as Marcos Beltrán
• Susana Zabaleta as Lic. Angelina Amaral
• Mario del Río as Andrés
• Héctor Ortega as Dr. Frank Gluck
• Evangelina Sosa as Maley
• Yasser Beltrán as Yasser Labrath "El Arabito"
• Joana Brito as Consuelo
• Mariana Brito as Naty Vidal
• Manuela Imaz as Lorna Madrigal (child)
• Alan Gutiérrez as Iván Lavarta (child)
• Eugenia Leñero as Susy
• Luis Rábago as Pancho
• Rebeca Mankita as Cristal
• Maya Mishalska as Bernardina del Castillo de Madrigal
• Tere Mondragón as Marga
• Beatriz Monroy as Chayito
• Juan Felipe Preciado as Platón
• Verónica Langer as Fátima
• Baltazar Oviedo as Albañil
• Josefo Rodríguez as Dr. Juan Durán
• Raúl Valerio as Tiburcio
• Alejandro Ávila as Benito
• Alicia del Lago as Employee of Tavernier
• Fernando Robles as Mario Zamora
• Adrián Taboada as Father Palazuelos
• Jorge Munguía as Santiago
• Martha Navarro
• Raquel Pankowsky
• Renée Varsi
• Ricardo Lezama
• Elena Vela
• Benito Perculis
• Ramón Ramos Arizde

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Nominee	Result
1997	15th TVyNovelas Awards	Best Actor	Rafael Rojas	Nominated
		Best Antagonist Actor	Alejandro Camacho
		Best Leading Actor	Carlos Bracho
		Best Supporting Actress	Andrea Legarreta

External links

• La sombra del otro at IMDb