Fernanda Villeli

{{Short description|Mexican writer and activist (1921–2009)}} '''María Ofelia Villenave Garza''', known as '''Fernanda Villeli''', (14 May 1921 – 1 February 2009) was a Mexican writer and activist, who was one of the major writers of telenovelas in Mexico.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.quien.com/espectaculos/2009/02/01/fernanda-villeli-descanse-en-paz|title=Fernanda Villeli descanse en paz|publisher=Quien|date=1 February 2009|accessdate=30 May 2015|language=Spanish}}</ref> She wrote for series such as ''Aprendiendo a amar'' (1980), ''Extraños caminos del amor'' (1981), ''El maleficio'' (1983), ''La traición'' (1984) (with Carmen Daniels), ''Lo blanco y lo negro'' (1989), ''Al filo de la muerte'' (1991) (with Marcia Yance) and ''El diario de Daniela'' (1998/99) (with Marcela Fuentes Beráin) .

== Selected television works == === Original stories === {{columns-list|colwidth=22em| *(1958) ''Senda prohibida'' *(1959) ''El precio del cielo'' *(1959) ''Mi esposa se divorcia'' *(1959) ''Cuidado con el ángel'' *(1960) ''Un rostro en el pasado'' *(1963) ''La mesera'' *(1963) ''La culpa de los padres'' *(1964) ''San Martín de Porres'' *(1964) ''México 1900'' *(1966) ''Espejismo brillaba'' *(1966) ''Amor y orgullo'' *(1967) ''Angustia del pasado'' *(1967) ''Un pobre hombre'' *(1967) ''Obsesión'' *(1967) ''Incertidumbre'' *(1968) ''Tiempo de perdón'' *(1970) ''El Dios de barro'' *(1971) ''Lucía Sombra'' *(1973) ''Ana del aire'' *(1973) ''Entre brumas'' *(1975) ''Lo imperdonable'' *(1975) ''Mundos opuestos'' *(1975) ''El milagro de vivir'' *(1976) ''Mañana será otro día'' *(1977) ''Pacto de amor'' *(1978) ''Pasiones encendidas'' *(1978) ''Pecado de amor'' *(1979) ''Lágrimas de amor'' *(1979) ''Muchacha de barrio'' *(1980) ''Aprendiendo a amar'' *(1981) ''Extraños caminos del amor'' *(1983) ''El maleficio'' *(1984) ''La traición'' *(1989) ''Lo blanco y lo negro'' *(1991) ''Al filo de la muerte'' *(1998) ''El diario de Daniela'' }}

=== Adaptations === *''Las modelos'' (1963) (original by Abelardo Arias) *''El derecho de nacer'' (1966) (original by Félix B. Caignet) *''Muchacha italiana viene a casarse'' (1971) (original by Delia González Márquez) *''Mi rival'' (1973) (original by Inés Rodena) *''El manantial del milagro'' (1974) (original by Vicente Leñero) *''El derecho de nacer'' (1981) (original by Félix B. Caignet) *''El engaño'' (1986) (original by Caridad Bravo Adams) *''Morir para vivir'' (1989) (original by Félix B. Caignet) *''La sonrisa del Diablo'' (1992) (original by Luisa Xammar) *''Azul'' (1996) (original by Pinkye Morris) *''La casa en la playa'' (2000) (original by Enrique Gómez Vadillo) *''El derecho de nacer'' (2001) (original by Félix B. Caignet)

=== Remakes written herself === *''El dolor de amar'' (1966) (remake of ''Senda prohibida'') *''El cielo es para todos'' (1979) (remake of ''San Martín de Porres'') *''Amor prohibido'' (1979) (remake of ''Senda prohibida'') *''Corazones sin rumbo'' (1980) (remake of ''La mesera'')

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