Mayra Gomez Kemp
| Mayra Gómez Kemp | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Mayra Cristina Gómez Martínez February 14, 1948 La Habana, Cuba |
| Nationality | Cuban and Spanish |
| Occupation | Television host, actress, singer |
| Years active | 1967-present |
| Notable work | Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez |
| Parent(s) | Ramiro Gómez Kemp Velia Martínez |
Mayra Cristina Gómez Martínez (14 February 1948, La Habana, Cuba) better known as Mayra Gómez Kemp is a Cuban-Spanish television host, actress and singer. She was the host of Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez from 1982 to 1988.
Mayra Cristina Gómez Martínez Kemp Febles was born the 14th of February, 1948 in La Habana, Cuba. She is the daughter of two famous Cuban artists, Ramiro Gómez Kemp and Velia Martínez. She has an older sister named Georgina, who is an accountant in Miami. On the first of February, 1960, her family moved to Puerto Rico, later moving to Venezuela and finally settling in Miami. In 1967, as a college student she appeared in the B-movie The Death Curse of Tartu, under the stage name Mayra Christine. In the 70's, Mayra went to Spain to perform in the Spanish theatrical production of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. On stage she worked alongside Argentine actor Alberto Berco who played the role of the narrator, who in time became her husband.
In 1976, when the successful Televisión Española game show Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez returned to television to be broadcast in color for the first time, Mayra auditioned for the role of one of the secretaries on the program. Although she wasn't selected as a secretary, she was hired to perform small roles as a comic actress on the show and Mayra's appearances made her famous by the time she left the show in 1977.
That year, Mayra teamed up with two of the show's former secretaries, María Durán and Beatriz Escudero to form the pop vocal band Trío Acuario ("Aquarius Trio", since that was the zodiac sign of all three women). With Mayra as lead vocalist, they enjoyed a brief but intense popularity thanks to their vocal skills and their charmingly sexy image, scoring a summer hit with Rema, Rema, Marinero ("Row, Row, Sailor"). Mayra left the group in 1978 to pursue a solo career, recording the album Una Dama ("One Lady"), which included her cover of Julio Ramos's anti-abortion pop hit No Te Dejan Nacer ("They Won't Let You Be Born").
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