Marga Gomez

Marga Gomez, best known for her candid, dignified but physical, stand-up comedy, actually got her professional start as an actor. Growing up the bratty only child of well-known Cuban comedian Willy Chevalier and sensual Puerto Rican dancer Margarita Estremera -- Margo The Exotic to Anglos -- Marga came honestly to entertainment. Soon after discovering that humor eased the pain of Catholic grammar school, Marga also discovered drama as an alternative to sports in high school where, incidentally but significantly, she was the only Latina. Marga abandoned teacher's college, felt...