Lidia Esperanza Magaz Jaime (February 24, 1922 – May 6, 2013) was a telenovela television actress. She played under the name of Esperanza Magaz. Born in Havana, Cuba, Magaz relocated to Caracas, Venezuela, in 1953. She ended up as a well-recognized supporting character actress, primarily on RCTV and Venevisión, while playing a variety of assorted supporting roles in dozens of telenovelas between the 1960s and the early 2012s. She died in Caracas, Venezuela from Hodgkin's lymphoma at the age of 92.