¿Vieja yo?

¿Vieja Yo?
Created by	Mónica Montañez
Written by	Elio Palencia Adriana Franco Gerardo Blanco
Directed by	Carlos Izquierdo
Starring	Mimi Lazo Adrian Delgado Marjorie De Sousa Jean Carlo Simancas Caridad Canelón
Opening theme	"La Vieja Esa" by Chino & Nacho[1][2]
Country of origin	Venezuela
Original language(s)	Spanish
No. of episodes	122[3]
Production
Executive producer(s)	Sandra Rioboo
Producer(s)	Alejandro León
Location(s)	Caracas
Running time	45 minutes
Production company(s)	Venevisión
Distributor	Venevisión International
Release
Original network	Venevisión
Original release	September 11, 2008 – March 7, 2009
Chronology
Preceded by	Torrente
Followed by	La vida entera

¿Vieja Yo? (Old Me?) is a 2008 Venezuelan telenovela produced by Venevisión and distributed internationally by Venevisión International. An original story written by Mónica Montañez,^[4] it stars Mimi Lazo and Adrian Delgado as the main protagonists^[5] while Marjorie De Sousa and Jean Carlo Simancas star as the main antagonists.^[6]

Plot

Margot Ramirez (Mimi Lazo) is a fifty-year-old woman who yearns for more from life after being stuck in a boring marriage to Justo (Jean Carlo Simancas) a man who ignores her and who is cheating on her with a younger woman. Although she is physically attractive, she is past her prime, but she is still determined to fulfill her dreams of becoming an actress, seeing her family happy and finding a man who will fulfill her.

One day, Margot applies for a casting call for actors to appear in a commercial for a popular department store where her husband also works. This is a lifetime opportunity for Margot, and she is asked to put her acting skills to the test by posing as the store's new general manager, a scheme created by the store's owner. while working here, she falls in love with José Antonio, the stores owner, thus making her feel young again. However, their relationship will face rough challenges such as José Antonio girlfriend, Estefania, who cannot understand why he is in love with a woman old enough to be his mother while ignoring her youthful beauty.^[7][8]

Cast

• Mimi Lazo as Margot Batalla de Ramírez
• Adrian Delgado as José Antonio Martínez García
• Marjorie De Sousa as Estefania Urrutia
• Jean Carlo Simancas as Justo Ramirez
• Carlota Sosa as Josefina García Bellini Vda de Martinez
• Chelo Rodríguez as Marisol Pérez De Martínez
• Raul Amundaray as José I Martínez (Don Pipo)
• Eva Blanco as Clemencia de Batalla
• Alejo Felipe as Ariel Gil
• Freddy Galavis as Nemecio Bello
• Caridad Canelon as Araceli Sánchez
• Mirtha Pérez as la madre de Tamara
• Manuel Salazar as Juan Crisóstomo
• Reinaldo José Pérez as Hércules Buendía
• Carolina Perpetuo as Rosalia Torres De Estaba
• Rafael Romero as Ildemaro Blanco
• Sonia Villamizar as Martha Fuentes
• Rolando Padilla as Fran Meléndez
• Juan Manuel Montesinos as Joaquín Urrutia
• Elaiza Gil as Ixora Fuentes
• Antonio Delli as Wincho Estaba
• María Antonieta Duque as Tamara Lujan De Fuentes/ Maricarmen
• Laureano Olivares como Alberto Sánchez (El Topo)
• José Manuel Suárez como Justito Ramirez Batalla
• Sindy Lazo como Milagros Urrutia
• Pastor Oviedo como Diego Sánchez
• Mario Sudano como Yony Frías
• Erika Schwarzgruber como Daniela Estaba Torres
• Erika Santiago como Esperanza Martínez
• Virginia Lancaster como Nancy Peña
• Marjorie Magri como Elizabeth Ramirez Batalla
• Deive Garcés como José Enrique Flórez (Cheito)
• Hector Zambrano como Hector Bambino

International Broadcast

Country	TV Newtwork	Alternate Title (Translation)	Series Premiere	Weekly Schedule	Timeslot
Venezuela	Venevision	¿Vieja Yo?	September 11, 2008	Monday-Saturday	9:00 pm
Ecuador	TC Television	¿Vieja Yo?	January, 2009	Monday-Friday	2:30 pm
Serbia	Zone Romantica	¿Vieja Yo?	2009	Monday-Friday	8:00 pm
Honduras	Canal 12	¿Vieja Yo?	2013	Monday-Friday	1:00 pm

References