Thalia sang the theme song in all her novelas with specially made opening billboard credits that highlighted parts of the story.
Shown in over 150 countries in either Spanish or dubbed versions. The dubbed versions include Portugese, Hungarian, and Tagalog.
Released as a full length movie in the Philippines on October 2, 1996.
Each new hairstyle and clothes fashion for Marimar in the story indicates the beginning of a new story chapter as well.
On April 5th in 1994, chapter 45 "Tras las rejas" originally aired, in this episode Marimar's grandparents died on screen, during that day Ada Carrasco who died on Marimar, also died in real life.