# Doris Wells

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{{short description|Venezuelan actress}}
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{{Infobox person
| name          = Doris Wells
| birth_name    = Doris María Buonafina
| birth_date    = {{birth date|1943|10|28}}
| death_date    = {{death date and age|1988|9|20|1943|10|28}}
| birth_place   = Caripito, Venezuela
| death_place   = Caracas, Venezuela
| occupation    = Actress, writer, producer
| years_active  = 1964–1986
| awards = Golden Camera – Cannes Film Festival (1985, for ''Oriana'')
| notable_works = La fiera, La señora de Cárdenas, Oriana
| spouse        = William Risquez Iribarren
| children      = Marielba, Xavier, Verónica
}}
'''Doris Wells''' (born '''Doris María Buonafina'''; 28 October 1943 – 20 September 1988) was a Venezuelan actress, writer and producer.

Her best-known television appearances were in ''Campeones'', ''La trepadora'', ''La Hora'', ''Historia de tres hermanas'', ''Renzo el Gitano'', ''Amor Salvaje'', ''Regina Carbonell'', ''El Mulato'','' La señora de Cárdenas'' and ''La fiera''. After the last of these, Wells announced her definitive retirement from soap operas and she debuted as writer and producer with the television movie ''Porcelana'' (in 1981). In 1985 she played the protagonist in the film ''[Oriana](/source/Oriana_(film))'' (written by [Fina Torres](/source/Fina_Torres)), which won the [Golden Camera](/source/Cam%C3%A9ra_d'Or) at the [Cannes Film Festival](/source/Cannes_Film_Festival). She retired from television in 1986 shortly after hosting the [game show](/source/game_show) ''Concurso millonario'', and died in [Caracas](/source/Caracas).

==Personal life and death==
Wells was born in [Caripito](/source/Caripito), harbour town and oil centre at the northeast coast. She and her husband, William Risquez Iribarren, a wealthy lawyer, had three children (Marielba, Xavier and Verónica). Wells died on 20 September 1988, aged 44, from a rare illness, called Foils.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 September 2008 |title=Talento Venezolano: A 20 años del adiós de Doris Wells |url=http://talentovenezolano.blogspot.com/2008/09/20-aos-del-adis-de-doris-wells.html |access-date=2025-07-13 |website=Talento Venezolano}}</ref>

==Filmography==
=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role 
|-
| 1964
| ''Historia de tres hermanas''
| Reyna Montero
|-
| 1965
| ''La tirana''
| 
|-
|1965
|Corazon Salvaje 
|Aimee
|-
|1966
|Renzo, El Gitano 
|
|-
|1967
|Amores de juventud 
|
|-
|1968
|Dos mujeres 
|
|-
|1968
|El Mulato
|
|-
|1969
|Corazon de madre 
|
|-
|1971
|Barbara
|Bianca
|-
|1971
|''Regina Carbonel''
|Regina Carbonel
|-
|1972
|''Sacrificio de mujer''
|Irene
|-
|1973
|''Raquel''
|Raquel Rivera
|-
|1975
|''La Trepadora''
|Victoria Guanipa
|-
|1975
|''Pobre Negro''
|Ana Julia/Luisana Alcorta
|-
|1976
|''Campeones''
|Pura
|-
|1977
|''[La señora de Cárdenas](/source/La_se%C3%B1ora_de_C%C3%A1rdenas)''
|Pilar de Cárdenas
|-
|1978
|Soltera y sin Compromiso 
|
|-
|1978
|''[La fiera](/source/La_fiera_(1978_TV_series))''
|Isabel Blanco
|-
|1979
|''La Comadre''
|Aurora
|-
|1982
|''[¿Qué pasó con Jacqueline?](/source/%C2%BFQu%C3%A9_pas%C3%B3_con_Jacqueline%3F)''
|Ana/Jacqueline/Melissa
|-
|}

==References==
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Category:1943 births
Category:1988 deaths
Category:Venezuelan film actresses
Category:Venezuelan screenwriters
Category:Venezuelan telenovela actresses
Category:People from Monagas
Category:20th-century Venezuelan actresses
Category:20th-century Venezuelan screenwriters
Category:Venezuelan women screenwriters

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