# Delia Fiallo
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{{Short description|Cuban author and screenwriter (1924–2021)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Delia Fiallo
| image = Delia_Fiallo_(cropped).jpg
| caption = Fiallo in 2012
| genre = Romance
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|7|4|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Havana](/source/Havana), Cuba
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|6|29|1924|7|4|df=y}}
| death_place = [Coral Gables, Florida](/source/Coral_Gables%2C_Florida), U.S.
| occupation = Author, screenwriter[{{cite news |url=https://www.eluniverso.com/2011/11/06/1/1421/cumbre-telenovela-crea-premio-delia-fiallo.html |title=Cumbre de Telenovela crea premio Delia Fiallo |trans-title=Telenovela Summit creates Delia Fiallo prize |newspaper=[El Universo](/source/El_Universo) |language=Spanish |date=6 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001161208/https://www.eluniverso.com/2011/11/06/1/1421/cumbre-telenovela-crea-premio-delia-fiallo.html |archive-date=2013-10-01 |url-status=deviated |access-date=2025-10-28}}][{{Cite web |url=http://www.tvmasmagazine.com/newsletters/deliafiallo/esp/ |title=Premios Delia Fiallo en la proxima IX Cumbre Mundial de la Industria de la Telenovela y Las Series de Ficcion |trans-title=Delia Fiallo Prizes at the 9th Summit of the Telenovela and Fiction Series Industry |work=TVMAS |language=Spanish |access-date=5 October 2016}}]
| years_active = 1960–1985
| language = Spanish
| notableworks = {{Plainlist|
* ''Lucecita''
* ''La señorita Elena''
* ''Tu mundo y el mío''
* ''Esmeralda''
* ''Kassandra''
* ''Una muchacha llamada Milagros''
* ''La Zulianita''
* ''Guadalupe''
* ''Marielena''
* ''Leonela''
* ''Cristal''
* ''Monte calvario''[[http://www.diariolasamericas.com/4977_candelero/3192529_candelero–beatriz–parga–delia–fiallo–donald–trump.html Delia Fiallo al Mundo del Cine]]
}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Bernardo Pascual|1952|2019|reason=d}}
| children = 5
}}
'''Delia Fiallo''' (4 July 1924 – 29 June 2021) was a Cuban author and screenwriter who lived in [Miami](/source/Miami), [Florida](/source/Florida). She was born in [Havana](/source/Havana), [Cuba](/source/Cuba) and raised in [Pinar Del Rio](/source/Pinar_Del_Rio), Cuba. She was one of the most distinguished representatives of the [contemporary romance](/source/contemporary_romance) novel, dabbling in various genres which appeared in her literary output.
Due to the contributions she made to the rise of the [melodrama](/source/melodrama) genre in the late 1970s and mid–1980s, she is considered to be the "mother of the Latin American [telenovela](/source/telenovela)".[{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCIDGr9Ujpk |title=¡Delia Fiallo cumple 90! |trans-title=Delia Fiallo turns 90! |work=[El Nuevo Herald](/source/El_Nuevo_Herald) |via=YouTube |language=Spanish |date=29 June 2014 |access-date=5 October 2016}}][{{Cite web |title=Los 15 más... Escritores de Telenovelas |trans-title=15 more... telenovela writers |url=http://novelas.about.com/od/escri–to–res/tp/Los–15–M–As–Escritores–De–Telenovelas.htm |website=About.com |last=Gonzalez |first=Lorena |language=Spanish |access-date=5 October 2016 }}{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}] By the late 1980s, her shows had over 100 millions viewers combined.[{{Cite web |title=Mundo de las telenovelas: Datos biograficos de Delia Fiallo |trans-title=World of telenovelas: biographical data of Delia Fiallo |url=http://rauldario.blogspot.com/2008/11/datos–biograficos–de–delia–fiallo.html |last=Diario |first=Raul |website=[Blogspot](/source/Blogspot) |language=Spanish |date=15 November 2008 |access-date=5 October 2016 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}][{{Cite news|last=Green|first=Penelope|date=4 July 2021|title=Delia Fiallo, Master of the Telenovela, Is Dead at 96|language=en-US|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/04/arts/television/delia-fiallo-dead.html|access-date=2025-10-28|issn=0362-4331}}] She began writing [radionovela](/source/radionovela)s in Havana in 1949, making her first adaptation to a [telenovela](/source/telenovela) with ''Soraya'', which was released in Cuba in 1957.[{{Cite news |url=http://elmundo.es/papel/hemeroteca/1994/07/28/television/725705.html |title="1.600 millones de personas ven 'culebrones'", afirma la cubana Delia Fiallo, autora de 'Cristal' |trans-title="1.6 million people watch telenovelas", says Cuban Delia Fiallo, author of "Cristal" |work=[El Mundo](/source/El_Mundo_(Spain)) |last=Yanel |first=Lydia S. |language=Spanish |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090308042815/http://elmundo.es/papel/hemeroteca/1994/07/28/television/725705.html |archivedate=8 March 2009 |access-date=5 October 2016}}][{{Cite web |title=Adiós, Cuba (por Delia Fiallo) |last=Correa Guatarasma |first=Andrés |url=http://www.eluniversal.com/blogs/latiendo–en–la–cueva/150816/adios–cuba–por–delia–fiallo |work=[El Universal](/source/El_Universal_(Caracas)) |language=Spanish |date=16 August 2015 |access-date=5 October 2016}}] She left the country, together with her family, in 1966, for exile in Miami, where she would write most of her novels.
She lived for a time in [Venezuela](/source/Venezuela), to supervise productions of her works by [Venevisión](/source/Venevisi%C3%B3n) and later [Radio Caracas Televisión](/source/RCTV).[{{Cite web |title=Delia Fiallo: Madre sólo hay una |url=http://www.estampas.com/estampas/anteriores/291006/encuentros3 |last=Espinosa |first=María Elisa |website=Estampas |publisher=[El Universal](/source/El_Universal_(Caracas)) |language=Spanish |access-date=5 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006073215/http://www.estampas.com/estampas/anteriores/291006/encuentros3 |archive-date=6 October 2016 |url-status=dead }}] Thanks to her compatriot Enrique Cuscó, she was able to contact the owners of the former, who broadcast her first telenovela in that country, 1967's ''[Lucecita](/source/Lucecita_(TV_series))''.[{{Cite news |title=Delia Fiallo cumplió 90 y celebró en familia |trans-title=Delia Fiallo turns 90 and celebrates with family |url=http://www.ultimasnoticias.com.ve/noticias/chevere/espectaculos/video––delia–fiallo–cumplio–90–y–celebro–en–famili.aspx |work=[Últimas Noticias](/source/%C3%9Altimas_Noticias) |language=Spanish |date=6 July 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118003719/http://www.ultimasnoticias.com.ve/noticias/chevere/espectaculos/video%E2%80%93%E2%80%93delia%E2%80%93fiallo%E2%80%93cumplio%E2%80%9390%E2%80%93y%E2%80%93celebro%E2%80%93en%E2%80%93famili.aspx |archivedate=18 November 2015 |access-date=5 October 2016 |url-status=dead }}]
Fiallo had not written an original telenovela since ''[Cristal](/source/Cristal_(TV_series))'' in 1985, since the last project she worked on, ''La Felicidad'', was never completed and she decided to retire. At that time, she sold the rights to her works to [Televisa](/source/Televisa). Their adaptations, as she had declared on several occasions, she had not liked.[{{Cite web |url=http://teleprograma.fotogramas.es/telenovela/2008/especiales/delia–fiallo–rostros/delia–fiallo–rostros |title=Delia Fiallo, escritora de novelas |trans-title=Delia Fiallo, writer of novels |website=Fotogramas |language=Spanish |access-date=5 October 2016 }}{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}] She was mother to five children, and had 13 grandchildren.
By Fiallo's account, she had not visited her native country Cuba, since she exiled nor Venezuela since the election of former President [Hugo Chávez](/source/Hugo_Ch%C3%A1vez) in 1998.[{{Cite web|last=TIM|first=Televisa|title=Muere Delia Fiallo, escritora de ‘El privilegio de amar’ y 'Esmeralda', a los 96 años|url=https://www.lasestrellas.tv/espectaculos-1/famosos-1/muere-delia-fiallo-escritora-y-guionista-de-telenovelas-a-los-96-anos|access-date=29 June 2021|website=Las Estrellas TV|language=es}}][{{Cite web |url=http://www.hormigaanalitica.com/portada/articulo/1848/Delia–Fiallo–protagoniza–la–Cumbre–Mundial–de–la–Industria–de–la–Telenovela |title=Delia Fiallo protagoniza la Cumbre Mundial de la Industria de la Telenovela |trans-title=Delia Fiallo stars in the Summit of the Telenovela Industry |work=Hormiga Analítica |language=Spanish |access-date=5 October 2016}}]
====''La señorita Elena''====
Elena, a beautiful teacher, arrives at the mansion of an elegant judge to serve as governess. She works wonders, inspiring his children and changing the course of things, bringing true love through help and understanding.
* ''La señorita Elena'' – Venezuela (1967) with [Marina Baura](/source/Marina_Baura) and [José Bardina](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Bardina)
* ''{{Interlanguage link multi|La señorita Elena|es}}'' – Venezuela (1975) with Ada Riera and José Luis Rodríguez "El Puma"
* ''[Atrévete](/source/Atr%C3%A9vete)'' – Venezuela (1986) with Caridad Canelón and Pedro Lander
* ''[Vivo Por Elena](/source/Vivo_Por_Elena)'' – Mexico (1998) with Victoria Ruffo and Saúl Lisazo
====''Tu mundo y el mío''====
Emilia, who lived in abundance for many years, is forced to live humbly through mismanagement and bad luck. Using her knowledge of English, she manages to support her family by performing translations. She finds love in the arms of a young man of good standing, and although her grandmother and sister do not support her, returns to her life of luxury.
* ''Rosario'' – Venezuela (1968) with [Marina Baura](/source/Marina_Baura) and [José Bardina](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Bardina)
* ''[Emilia](/source/Emilia_(telenovela))'' – Venezuela (1979–1980) with [Elluz Peraza](/source/Elluz_Peraza) and [Eduardo Serrano](/source/Eduardo_Serrano_(actor))
* ''{{Interlanguage link multi|Tu mundo y el mío|es}}'' – Argentina (1987) with [Nohely Arteaga](/source/Nohely_Arteaga) and Daniel Guerrero
* ''[Fabiola](/source/Fabiola_(telenovela))'' – Venezuela (1989) with [Alba Roversi](/source/Alba_Roversi) and [Guillermo Dávila](/source/Guillermo_D%C3%A1vila)
* Second part of ''{{Interlanguage link multi|Gardenia (telenovela)|es|3=Gardenia (telenovela)|lt=Gardenia}}'' – Venezuela (1990) with [Caridad Canelón](/source/Caridad_Canel%C3%B3n) and [Orlando Urdaneta](/source/Orlando_Urdaneta)
* ''{{Interlanguage link multi|Paloma (Colombian telenovela)|es|3=Paloma (telenovela colombiana)|lt=Paloma}}'' – Colombia (1994–1995) with Nelly Moreno and Edmundo Troya
* ''[María Emilia, querida](/source/Mar%C3%ADa_Emilia%2C_querida)'' – Peru (1999) with [Coraima Torres](/source/Coraima_Torres) and [Juan Soler](/source/Juan_Soler_(actor))
====''Lisa, mi amor''====
A secretary to a successful businessman secretly loves her boss and gives him loyalty, understanding, and support. It comes as a great surprise when he feels the same way about her.
* ''Lisa, mi amor'' – Venezuela (1970) with [Marina Baura](/source/Marina_Baura) and [José Bardina](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Bardina)
* ''[Buenos días, Isabel](/source/Buenos_d%C3%ADas%2C_Isabel)'' – Venezuela (1980) with Flor Núñez and José Bardina
* ''[Bianca Vidal](/source/Bianca_Vidal)'' – México (1983) with [Edith González](/source/Edith_Gonz%C3%A1lez) and [Salvador Pineda](/source/Salvador_Pineda)
* ''[Inés Duarte, secretaria](/source/In%C3%A9s_Duarte%2C_secretaria)'' – Venezuela (1990–1991) with Amanda Gutiérrez and Víctor Cámara
* ''{{Interlanguage link multi|Secretos del alma|es}}'' – Mexico (2008) with Ivonne Montero and Humberto Zurita
* ''[Amor Secreto](/source/Amor_secreto_(telenovela))'' – Venezuela (2014) with [Alejandra Sandoval](/source/Alejandra_Sandoval) and [Miguel de León](/source/Miguel_de_Le%C3%B3n)
====''Esmeralda''====
The daughter of a powerful family is exchanged at birth with a poor country orphan. She is blind but very beautiful, and holds proof of her origin and fortune in the form of emerald earrings.
* ''[Esmeralda](/source/Esmeralda_(Venezuelan_telenovela))'' – Venezuela (1971) with [Lupita Ferrer](/source/Lupita_Ferrer) and [José Bardina](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Bardina)
* ''[Topacio](/source/Topacio)'' – Venezuela (1984) with [Grecia Colmenares](/source/Grecia_Colmenares) and [Víctor Cámara](/source/V%C3%ADctor_C%C3%A1mara)
* ''[Esmeralda](/source/Esmeralda_(Mexican_TV_series))'' – Mexico (1997) with [Leticia Calderón](/source/Leticia_Calder%C3%B3n) and [Fernando Colunga](/source/Fernando_Colunga)
* ''[Esmeralda](/source/Esmeralda_(Brazilian_telenovela))'' – Brazil (2004–2005) with [Bianca Castanho](/source/Bianca_Castanho) and [Cláudio Lins](/source/Cl%C3%A1udio_Lins)
* ''[Sin tu mirada](/source/Sin_tu_mirada)'' – Mexico (2017–2018) with Claudia Martin and Osvaldo de Leon
====''María Teresa''====
A beautiful girl selling flowers meets a pianist who is actually a rich kid hiding a grudge against a woman he thinks murdered his father, and who turns out to be the lost aunt of María Teresa.
* ''[María Teresa](/source/Mar%C3%ADa_Teresa_(telenovela))'' – Venezuela (1972) with [Lupita Ferrer](/source/Lupita_Ferrer) and [José Bardina](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Bardina)
* ''Primavera'' – Venezuela (1988) with [Gigi Zanchetta](/source/Gigi_Zanchetta) and [Fernando Carrillo](/source/Fernando_Carrillo)
* ''[Rosangelica](/source/Rosangelica)'' – Venezuela (1993) with [Sonya Smith](/source/Sonya_Smith) and [Víctor Cámara](/source/V%C3%ADctor_C%C3%A1mara) (very loose adaptation)
* ''[Rosalinda](/source/Rosalinda_(telenovela))'' – Mexico (1999) with [Thalía](/source/Thal%C3%ADa) and Fernando Carrillo
* ''Rosalinda'' – Philippines (2009) with Carla Abellana and Geoff Eigenmann
====''Peregrina''====
A stepmother gets rid of her husband's granddaughter, delivering her to a circus. Years later the circus comes back to town, bringing this woman who inspires crazy love in their two spoiled and rebellious twins.
* ''[Peregrina](/source/Peregrina_(1973_telenovela))'' – Venezuela (1973) with Rebeca González and [José Bardina](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Bardina)
* ''La muchacha del circo'' – Venezuela (1988) with [Catherine Fulop](/source/Catherine_Fulop) and [Fernando Carrillo](/source/Fernando_Carrillo)
* ''[Kassandra](/source/Kassandra_(telenovela))'' – Venezuela (1992) with [Coraima Torres](/source/Coraima_Torres) and [Osvaldo Ríos](/source/Osvaldo_R%C3%ADos)
* ''[Peregrina](/source/Peregrina_(Mexican_TV_series))'' – Mexico (2005–2006) with [África Zavala](/source/%C3%81frica_Zavala) and [Eduardo Capetillo](/source/Eduardo_Capetillo)
====''Una muchacha llamada Milagros''====
A young girl lives traumatized after being raped by a man she later falls in love with – a somewhat strong story at the time.
* ''[Una muchacha llamada Milagros](/source/Una_muchacha_llamada_Milagros)'' – Venezuela (1974–1975) with Rebeca González and [José Bardina](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Bardina)
* ''[Mi amada Beatriz](/source/Mi_amada_Beatriz)'' – Venezuela (1987) with [Catherine Fulop](/source/Catherine_Fulop) and Miguel Alcántara
* ''[Cuidado con el ángel](/source/Cuidado_con_el_%C3%A1ngel_(2008_TV_series))'' – Mexico (2008–2009) with [Maite Perroni](/source/Maite_Perroni) and [William Levy](/source/William_Levy_(actor))
====''Mariana de la noche''====
Mariana is seen in the village as a future black widow because she has inexplicably bad luck with her suitors. What is actually happening is that her wicked stepfather is responsible for getting rid of them until her true love arrives to fight for Mariana.
* ''[Mariana de la noche](/source/Mariana_de_la_noche_(Venezuelan_telenovela))'' – Venezuela (1976) with [Lupita Ferrer](/source/Lupita_Ferrer) and [José Bardina](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Bardina)
* ''[Selva María](/source/Selva_Mar%C3%ADa)'' – Venezuela (1988) with Mariela Alcalá and [Franklin Virgüez](/source/Franklin_Virg%C3%BCez)
* ''[Mariana de la Noche](/source/Mariana_de_la_noche_(Mexican_TV_series))'' – Mexico (2003–2004) with [Alejandra Barros](/source/Alejandra_Barros) and [Jorge Salinas](/source/Jorge_Salinas)[{{Cite web |url=http://megafono.mforos.com/126842/1806250–delia–fiallo–siento–que–en–televisa–hacen–telenovelas–como–para–retrasados–mentales/ |title=Delia Fiallo: 'Siento que en Televisa hacen telenovelas como para retrasados mentales' |website=El Megáfono |language=Spanish |date=15 April 2004 |access-date=5 October 2016 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}]{{Better source|reason=Appears to be a public message board|date=October 2016}}
====''La Zulianita''====
A pretty girl, for reasons beyond her control, leaves her village for the city, becoming the maid of a wealthy family. She meets her true love, creating a passionate triangle that involves the whole family.
* ''[La zulianita](/source/La_zulianita)'' – Venezuela (1977), with [Lupita Ferrer](/source/Lupita_Ferrer) and [José Bardina](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Bardina)
* ''{{Interlanguage link multi|María de nadie|es}}'' – Argentina (1985), with [Grecia Colmenares](/source/Grecia_Colmenares) and Jorge Martínez
* ''[Maribel](/source/Maribel_(telenovela))'' – Venezuela (1989), with [Tatiana Capote](/source/Tatiana_Capote) and [Luis José Santander](/source/Luis_Jos%C3%A9_Santander) (very loose adaptation)
* ''[Morelia](/source/Morelia_(telenovela))'' – Mexico–US (1994–1995), with [Alpha Acosta](/source/Alpha_Acosta) and [Arturo Peniche](/source/Arturo_Peniche)
* ''[Un refugio para el amor](/source/Un_refugio_para_el_amor)'' – Mexico (2012), with [Zuria Vega](/source/Zuria_Vega) and [Gabriel Soto](/source/Gabriel_Soto)
====''Rafaela''====
Always ready to overcome, though her mother was very unlucky in love and lives mired in poverty, Rafaela becomes a doctor and meets the love of her life, discovers she is the daughter of a wealthy doctor, and lives happily.
* ''{{Interlanguage link multi|Rafaela (1977 telenovela)|es|3=Rafaela (telenovela de 1977)|lt=Rafaela}}'' – Venezuela (1977) with Chelo Rodríguez and [Arnaldo André](/source/Arnaldo_Andr%C3%A9)
* ''Roberta'' – Venezuela (1987) with [Tatiana Capote](/source/Tatiana_Capote) and [Henry Zakka](/source/Henry_Zakka) (very loose adaptation)
* ''[Alejandra](/source/Alejandra_(telenovela))'' – Venezuela (1994) with [María Conchita Alonso](/source/Mar%C3%ADa_Conchita_Alonso) and Jorge Schuber
* ''[Rafaela](/source/Rafaela_(telenovela))'' – Mexico (2011) with [Scarlet Ortiz](/source/Scarlet_Ortiz) and [Jorge Poza](/source/Jorge_Poza)
====''María del mar''====
María Celeste grows up alone without the protection of a father or mother. She does not know that her mother lost her mind after being raped by the evil Leonidas Parra Montiel and wanders the village streets desperately searching for her daughter. The handsome Victor Manuel Galindez arrives, and falls in love with Maria Celeste. At the same time, Victor Manuel rescues a beautiful but strange woman from the sea.
* ''[María del Mar](/source/Mar%C3%ADa_del_Mar_(TV_series))'' – Venezuela (1978) with Chelo Rodríguez and [Arnaldo André](/source/Arnaldo_Andr%C3%A9)
* ''[Mar de amor](/source/Mar_de_amor)'' – Mexico (2009–2010) with [Zuria Vega](/source/Zuria_Vega) and [Mario Cimarro](/source/Mario_Cimarro)
====''Ligia Sandoval''====
Because of the irresponsibility of a man who cheated, Ligia Sandoval becomes a single mother and lives in a humble residential area with her godmother and a teenage sister. To everyone, Ligia's son is her younger brother. The male protagonist is Luis Gerardo, a young doctor devoted to research who has a fling with Lissette, who manages to bring him to the altar. The marriage is doomed from the beginning. He decides to divorce, but unfortunately a car accident blinds him and his wife.
* ''[Ligia Sandoval](/source/Ligia_Sandoval)'' – Venezuela (1981) with [Lupita Ferrer](/source/Lupita_Ferrer) and [José Bardina](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Bardina)
* ''[Todo Por Tu Amor](/source/Todo_Por_Tu_Amor)'' – Venezuela (1997) with Jeannette Rodríguez and Jean Carlos Simancas (very loose adaptation)
====''Mi mejor amiga''====
* ''[Mi mejor amiga](/source/Mi_mejor_amiga)'' – Venezuela (1981) with Flor Núñez and Félix Loreto
====''La heredera''====
Cristina, an orphan girl, leaves her humble village for Caracas and the house of her wicked aunt Luisa Zambrano and her cousins. She hopes to become a successful puppeteer in the orthopedic children's hospital, despite having a disability in one foot. She does not know she is the daughter of Ezequiel Zambrano, a powerful businessman who has been desperately searching for her for years. Zembrano takes her to meet the love of her life, the lawyer Alfredo Mendez who seeks vengeance for his past which haunts him day and night.
* ''[La heredera](/source/La_heredera_(Venezuelan_telenovela))'' – Venezuela (1982) with [Hilda Carrero](/source/Hilda_Carrero) and [Eduardo Serrano](/source/Eduardo_Serrano_(actor))
* ''[Guadalupe](/source/Guadalupe_(telenovela))'' – US–Spain (1993–1994) with [Adela Noriega](/source/Adela_Noriega) and [Eduardo Yáñez](/source/Eduardo_Y%C3%A1%C3%B1ez)
* ''[Milagros](/source/Milagros_(telenovela))'' – Peru (2000) with [Sonya Smith](/source/Sonya_Smith) and [Roberto Mateos](/source/Roberto_Mateos)
====''Querida mamá''====
This story was brought to the screen for the first time when Venezuela had a law limiting the number of chapters in telenovelas. Its success caused a sequel to be planned but it was, in the end, not made, leaving the telenovela with an open and incomplete ending. In later versions the unpublished second part was added, telling the whole story.
* ''{{Interlanguage link multi|Querida mamá|es}}'' – Venezuela (1982) with Hilda Carrero and Eduardo Serrano
* ''[Marielena](/source/Marielena)'' – US–Spain (1992–1993) with [Lucía Méndez](/source/Luc%C3%ADa_M%C3%A9ndez) and [Eduardo Yáñez](/source/Eduardo_Y%C3%A1%C3%B1ez)
* ''{{Interlanguage link multi|Soledad (Peruvian telenovela)|es|3=Soledad (telenovela peruana)|lt=Soledad}}'' – Peru (2001) with [Coraima Torres](/source/Coraima_Torres) and Guillermo Pérez
====''Siempre te he querido''====
* ''[Marta y Javier](/source/Marta_y_Javier)'' – Venezuela (1982) with [Mayra Alejandra](/source/Mayra_Alejandra) and [Carlos Olivier](/source/Carlos_Olivier) (very loose adaptation)
* Extension of ''[Cuidado con el ángel](/source/Cuidado_con_el_%C3%A1ngel_(2008_TV_series))'' – Mexico (2008–2009) with [Maite Perroni](/source/Maite_Perroni) and [William Levy](/source/William_Levy_(actor))
====''Leonela''====
This telenovela was presented, in its first screen version, in two parts with different titles – ''Leonela'' and ''Miedo al amor''. In the later version, the two parts were adapted into one telenovela.
* ''[Leonela](/source/Leonela)'' – Venezuela (1984) with [Mayra Alejandra](/source/Mayra_Alejandra) and [Carlos Olivier](/source/Carlos_Olivier)
* ''Miedo al amor'' – Venezuela (1984–1985) with Mayra Alejandra and Carlos Olivier
* ''{{Interlanguage link multi|Leonela, muriendo de amor|es}}'' – Peru (1997–1998) with [Mariana Levy](/source/Mariana_Levy) and [Diego Bertie](/source/Diego_Bertie)
====''Cristal''====
Cristal lives with her friends and dreams of becoming a model. She achieves this at a prominent fashion house, where she happens to find the love of her life in the arms of the owner's stepson. The owner turns out to be her mother, who has spent years searching for her since his paternal grandmother took her away.[{{cite news |url=http://www.panorama.com.ve/espectaculos/Telenovela–Cristal–regresa–como–una–pelicula–20151024–0028.html |title=Telenovela Cristal Regresa Como Una Película |trans-title=Telenovela 'Cristal' returns as a film |last=Villasmil |first=Elvira |work=[Diario Panorama](/source/Diario_Panorama) |language=Spanish |date=24 October 2015 |access-date=5 October 2016 }}{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}]
* ''[Cristal](/source/Cristal_(telenovela))'' – Venezuela (1985–1986) with [Lupita Ferrer](/source/Lupita_Ferrer), Jeannette Rodríguez, Carlos Mata, and Raúl Amundaray[{{Cite web |url=http://www.ppelverdadero.com.ec/especial/item/cristal–el–amor–todo–lo–supera.html |title=Cristal: 'El amor todo lo supera' |trans-title=Cristal: love conquers all |publisher=PP Digital |language=Spanish |date=25 January 2012 |access-date=5 October 2016}}]
* ''[Bellísima](/source/Bell%C3%ADsima)'' – Venezuela (1991–1992) with Emma Rabbe, [Víctor Cámara](/source/V%C3%ADctor_C%C3%A1mara), and Nancy González (very loose adaptation)
* ''[El Privilegio de Amar](/source/El_Privilegio_de_Amar)'' – Mexico (1998–1999) with [Helena Rojo](/source/Helena_Rojo), [Adela Noriega](/source/Adela_Noriega), René Strickler, and Andrés García
* ''Cristal'' – Brazil (2006) with Bete Coelho, [Bianca Castanho](/source/Bianca_Castanho), Dado Dolabella, and Giuseppe Oristanio
* ''[Triunfo del amor](/source/Triunfo_del_amor)'' – Mexico (2010–2011) with [Victoria Ruffo](/source/Victoria_Ruffo), [Maite Perroni](/source/Maite_Perroni), [William Levy](/source/William_Levy_(actor)), and [Osvaldo Ríos](/source/Osvaldo_R%C3%ADos) (loose adaptation)
* ''[Los hilos del pasado](/source/Los_hilos_del_pasado)'' – Mexico (2025) with [Yadhira Carrillo](/source/Yadhira_Carrillo), [Bárbara López](/source/B%C3%A1rbara_L%C3%B3pez), [Emmanuel Palomares](/source/Emmanuel_Palomares), and [Eduardo Santamarina](/source/Eduardo_Santamarina) (loose adaptation)
====''La mujer que no podía amar''====
* ''[Monte calvario](/source/Monte_calvario)'' – Mexico (1986) with [Edith González](/source/Edith_Gonz%C3%A1lez), [Arturo Peniche](/source/Arturo_Peniche), and [José Alonso](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Alonso_(actor))
* ''[Te sigo amando](/source/Te_sigo_amando)'' – Mexico (1997) with [Claudia Ramírez](/source/Claudia_Ram%C3%ADrez), [Luis José Santander](/source/Luis_Jos%C3%A9_Santander), and [Sergio Goyri](/source/Sergio_Goyri)
* ''[La que no podía amar](/source/La_que_no_pod%C3%ADa_amar)'' – Mexico (2011) with [Ana Brenda Contreras](/source/Ana_Brenda_Contreras), [José Ron](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Ron), and [Jorge Salinas](/source/Jorge_Salinas)
* ''[Amanecer](/source/Amanecer_(TV_series))'' – Mexico (2025) with [Livia Brito](/source/Livia_Brito), [Fernando Colunga](/source/Fernando_Colunga), [Daniel Elbittar](/source/Daniel_Elbittar) and [Ana Belena](/source/Ana_Belena)
===Adapted===
====''Mi hermana gemela'' by Delia González Márquez====
* ''{{Interlanguage link multi|Mi hermana gemela|es}}'' – Venezuela (1975) with [Lupita Ferrer](/source/Lupita_Ferrer) and [José Bardina](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Bardina)
====''Wuthering Heights'' by Emily Brontë====
* ''[Cumbres Borrascosas](/source/Cumbres_Borrascosas_(1976_telenovela))'' – Venezuela (1976) with [Elluz Peraza](/source/Elluz_Peraza) and José Bardina
====''Laura y Virginia'' by Enrique Jarnes====
* ''{{Interlanguage link multi|Laura y Virginia|es}}'' – Venezuela (1977) with Mary Soliani, Alejandra Pinedo, and Luis Abreu
====''Pobre diabla'' by Alberto Migré====
* ''{{Interlanguage link multi|Pobre diabla (1990 telenovela)|es|3=Pobre diabla (telenovela de 1990)|lt=Pobre diabla}}'' – Argentina–Venezuela (1990) with Jeannette Rodríguez and [Osvaldo Laport](/source/Osvaldo_Laport)
* ''[Pobre diabla](/source/Pobre_Diabla_(Peruvian_TV_series))'' – Peru (2000) with [Angie Cepeda](/source/Angie_Cepeda), Salvador del Solar, [Arnaldo André](/source/Arnaldo_Andr%C3%A9), Rossana Fernández Maldonado, and Vanessa Saba
==Awards==
A "Goddess of Telenovelas" award was created in Fiallo's name at the 9th annual Summit of the Telenovela Industry in 2011.[{{cite news |url=https://diarioelpopular.com/index.php/2011/10/28/delia-fiallo-gracias-por-este-reconocimiento-cuando-ya-quedaron-atras-glorias-y-aplausos/ |title=Delia Fiallo: 'Gracias por este reconocimiento cuando ya quedaron atrás glorias y aplausos' |trans-title=Delia Fiallo: 'Thank you for this recognition when glory and applause were already left behind' |last=Azuero |first=Rossana |work=[El Popular](/source/El_Popular_(Canadian_newspaper)) |language=Spanish |date=28 October 2011 |access-date=2025-10-28}}]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0275585}}
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