Dora's Mother is Dora's parent and is present in the family's early life. She is humiliated when Guido takes Dora away from her engagement party, and she later visits the bookstore, where she meets her grandson Giosué. The summary provides no further actions for her during the internment.
A servant at Ledgard's estate who raised him as a child. She hides her estranged son Zeca, who rapes Vera before being killed by Ledgard. Marilia later reveals the half-brother connection between Ledgard and Zeca, and is accidentally shot dead by Vera.
Renowned stage actress whose performance inspires teenage Esteban's fatal accident. Manuela later works as her personal assistant. She eventually launches a stage show with her friend Agrado.
The curt yet considerate headmistress of the orphanage who manages daily operations while maintaining a sympathetic stance toward the defeated Republican cause.
Becky del Páramo is a famous torch singer returning to Spain after fifteen years in Mexico and Rebeca's emotionally distant mother. She resumes her relationship with Manuel, intensifying Rebeca's jealousy, then suffers a worsening heart condition. Before dying, Becky seeks Rebeca's forgiveness and tries to accept responsibility for Manuel's murder.
A civilian who shelters the wounded Portuguese officer Pedro de Alencar in her home after others have fled the advancing French. She tends to him and urges him not to return to fighting while he is badly injured, though he sets out for the Lines of Wellington. Later, she brings a young girl to a school run by sisters and prepares to leave.
Carmen is the deceased mother of Sara, Lucía, Sofía, and Claudia. Before her death, she records a video testament revealing that the man they knew as their father was not their biological father and that each daughter has a different father. She names her former lovers and makes finding them a condition of inheritance.
Brief appearance in The Awful Dr. Orlof.
Protagonist and bestselling romance novelist writing under the pseudonym Amanda Gris. She struggles with a crumbling marriage, creative block, and a suicide attempt. After revealing her secret to Ángel and reconnecting with her family roots, she finds renewed purpose, accepts her husband's affair with Betty, and ultimately embraces a new beginning with Ángel.
El coronel's wife, Lola shares his poverty and grief over their dead son while suffering from asthma. She sees the rooster as a burden consuming their scarce food, rejects Julia's offered charity, and joins the bitter confrontation over the circumstances of the young man's death.
Maria is André's wife and Mateo's former wife, linking the first tale to the film's later identity crossings. She is also Cecile's mother and employs Martin, with whom she has an affair. Near the conclusion, she receives the abandoned newborn and helps reverse one of the shifting identities.
Spanish-born widow of Saverio Crispo. She participates in the celebratory family gathering while the truth about their husband's past liaisons and hidden children comes to light.
Marisa Paredes has 97 screen credits in a career dating back to 1960. Their work is anchored in the Dr. Orloff Collection universe with 1 titles. Signature works include Life Is Beautiful, The Skin I Live In, All About My Mother. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
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