Fernanda Villeli

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. 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) .

Original stories

Adaptations

• 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)