| Gricel Mamery | |
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| Born | Gricel Mamery Muñoz Mayagüez, Puerto Rico |
| Occupation | Actress and hostess |
Gricel Mamery Muñoz [Mayagüez, Puerto Rico] is a Puerto Rican television hostess[1] and comedienne, best known for her appearance on the Puerto Rican show Anda Pa'l Cara.
Gricel is the sister of Puerto Rican music producer Topy Mamery, the artist and art director Gilbert "Tito" Mamery, and radio and marketing personality Eric William Mamery, daughter of the late Puerto Rican radio disc-jockey and marketeer Gilbert Mamery, and granddaughter of William Mamary a successful Lebanese-born textile industrialist. She is married to fisherman and lawyer Eugenio "Geño" Piñeiro Soler, with whom she has one son, Noel Gilbert Piñeiro Mamery.
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Mamery became one of the longest running female hosts in Puerto Rican television, often competing for most beautiful hair, beautiful legs, and beautiful face of TV contests held by gossip and celebrity magazines in Puerto Rico, primarily Teve Guía and Vea.
She hosted the late night Puerto Rican Television show Anda Pa'l Cara from 2001 to 2005, teamed up with stand-up comedian Luis Raúl and then with Puerto Rican celebrity (and fellow Mayagüez native) Rafael Jose to keep it among the most popular talk shows in Puerto Rico's television industry.
She is currently the host of the Puerto Rican Television show "¡Que Noche!" along with Crystal Ayala and Nelson Bermejo. The show can be viewed at WIPR/PRTV, channel 6 at 10:00p.m.
Named after the song, Gricel, often interpreted by worlds famous tango Carlos Gardel. This is of no surprise after considering that her father Gilbert Mamery was recognized as one of the world class experts in documenting Garde's biography and music. She attained elementary and upper school education at "Immaculate Conception Academy" a private catholic school in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, where she was regarded by her classmates as a naturally born comedian lighted by a charming and popular personality. She later attended the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez.
Gricel initial profesional life started in the radio industry. First works where engaged a part-time job in her native Mayagüez. At the request of her brother Eric William, Gricel performed comedy/woman themes at her father's radio station, WTIL-AM. She was quite hesitant about doing radio, given her brothers' and father's status as reputed radio personalities. She co-produced "¿Qué hay de nuevo?" with fellow station administrator, Toñi Basora. In typical comedy duo fashion, Basora was the "straight" face of the duo, and Gricel was the jokester reqaching good industry reviews mainly due to Gricel's impeccable sense of comedy timing, which complemented Basora's dry sense of humor. Limitations of the local radio market forced retirement of the show one year latter. Follow the end of the radio show perfoirmanc in 1990, Gricel accepted a job as the head hostess of Mayagüez Hilton Hotel's Night Club.
When the Piñeros moved to San Juan, Puerto Rico, and at the request of Hector Marcano, she moved to television in the late 1990s on Marcano's Super Show, which aired on Univision Puerto Rico, often appearing behind the scenes as a color announcer. Marcano later moved her in front of the camera to become one of the presenters in the show. Due to her quick wit, beauty and physical assets (she needed a breast lift after giving birth to her son and made this decision public; while gossip columnists incorrectly theorized about an augmentation, she was "all natural" at the time) she got plenty of attention from the media, often appearing in gossip magazine columns in local magazines Vea and TeVe Guia.
She later moved to WAPA-TV as the station's movie presenter, injecting her personal brand of humor to comments about featured movies. She would also introduce upcoming movies in a small segment within one of the highest rated television shows in Puerto Rican history, a controversial daily gossip and comedy show called SuperXclusivo, produced by fellow Mayagüez native, Antulio "Kobbo" Santarrosa. Although hers was a two-minute segment only showing her from waist up, this led to even more popularity, since La Comay was a regular #1 or #2 in the weekly and monthly ratings chart, and often made popular topic by magazines like TeVe Guia and Vea.
She was then hired to be the replacement hostess to one of the most popular late night television shows in Puerto Rico Anda Pa'l Cara, replacing Silverio Pérez, and having Puerto Rican stand up comedian Luis Raúl as co-host. Gricel reinvented her image as to provide a more serious, age-appropriate profile within the show. In part her sense of humor was subdued by a personal struggle: her husband had a bout with cancer (from which he has successfully recovered from since), and her father died. The show was a success during its many incarnations, from 2001 to 2005.
After a much publicized feud with the show's producers she was let go of Anda Pa'l Cara, and she decided to take a rest from the public eye. Public demand for her return to entertainment moved her back into radio, in 2006, with Raymond Arrieta as a co-host. Raymond, in turn, has featured her regularly in his long running comedy show, El Show de Raymond on WAPA-TV.
Gricel became an occasional color reporter on Puerto Rican lifestyle and pop culture for Despierta América, starting in 2007