Vanessa
Rogelio Guerra and Lucía Méndez in the soap opera
Genre	Telenovela
Created by	Antonio Texeira Filho
Written by	Luis Reyes de la Maza
Directed by	Raul Araiza Jr. Herval Rossano Manolo García
Starring	Lucía Méndez Héctor Bonilla Rogelio Guerra Angélica Aragón Nuria Bages Antonio Brillas
Opening theme	Vanessa by Bebu Silvetti
Country of origin	Mexico
Original language	Spanish
No. of episodes	172
Production
Executive producer	Valentín Pimstein
Cinematography	Manuel Ruiz Esparza
Original release
Network	Canal de las Estrellas
Release	February 11 (1982-02-11) – October 1, 1982 (1982-10-01)
Related
Mañana es primavera Extraños caminos del amor Idolo de pano (1975) Sonho meu (1993) La Paloma (1995)

Vanessa is a Mexican telenovela produced by Valentín Pimstein for Televisa in 1982. Is a remake of the successful Brazilian telenovela Idolo de Pano.^[1]

It starred by Lucía Méndez, Héctor Bonilla, Rogelio Guerra, Angélica Aragón and Nuria Bages.

Plot

Vanessa is a young girl who lives with her father José de Jesús and his brother Juan. Both work at the railway, and have a small house near the tracks. In order to help them, Vanessa gets a job in the textile factory of Cecile Saint Michel, run by a powerful and successful woman who lives in a huge mansion with her grandchildren Pierre and Luciano.

Cast

Awards