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Villa Alegre

Villa Alegre

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Overview

Villa Alegre (Happy Village) centers on life in a whimsical bilingual village. Designed to teach English to Latino children and Spanish to Anglo children, it also features various educational subjects.

Created by Rene Cardenas
Produced by Larry Gottlieb
NetworksPBS

Top Cast

M

Maria Grimm

Soluna

Carmen Zapata

Carmen Zapata

Doña Luz

L

Linda Dangcil

Elena

Rodolfo Hoyos Jr.

Rodolfo Hoyos Jr.

Hector Elias

Hector Elias

Mario

Darryl Henriques

Darryl Henriques

Mimo

Julio Medina

Julio Medina

El Vendedor

Themes & Keywords

language courseedutainmentbilingualismeducational television

About Villa Alegre

Villa Alegre is a kids, family series that first aired in 1974 exploring themes of language course, edutainment, bilingualism, educational television. Created by Rene Cardenas, it stars Maria Grimm, Carmen Zapata, Linda Dangcil. Villa Alegre (Happy Village) centers on life in a whimsical bilingual village. Designed to teach English to Latino children and Spanish to Anglo children, it also features various educational subjects.

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