The Penny Lady

The Penny Lady

2013 · 1 season · 91 eps · ★ 5.5 · Soap, Comedy

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The open market worker Carlota Losano is an uneducated, kind and explosive woman, known by everyone as the Penny Lady. Good-hearted and a woman of unparalleled optimism, she got her nickname for giving out what is left from her stand to the poor. Uneducated and abandoned by her husband, Esmeraldino, the Penny Lady plays the role of mother and father, working double to guarantee a dignified future for her children, Édison and Rosália.

Created by Gustavo Reiz

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