What is Carmen de Mairena?
[[File:Carmen_de_Mairena.jpg|right|200px]] '''Miguel Brau i Gou''', better known as '''Carmen de Mairena''' (15 March 1933 – 22 March 2020)<ref>[https://www.rtve.es/television/20200322/carmen-mairena-muere-86-anos-causas-naturales/2010580.shtml Carmen de Mairena muere a los 86 años por causas naturales] {{in lang|es}}</ref> was a [[Spain|Spanish]] [[cuplé]] singer and popular television personality. She was born in [[Barcelona]].<ref>[https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2010/11/18/barcelona/1290103544.html La risa entra en campaña] {{in lang|es}}</ref> Beginning in the 1990s, she gained national popularity for her comedic television appearances alongside presenter [[Javier Cárdenas]]. She was a [[transgender]] woman <ref>[http://www.carlaantonelli.com/pierrot_memorias_de_transexuales2.htm Pierrot Memorias Transexuales]. «Capítulo 1.º: El nacimiento de un imperio. Entrevista a Carmen de Mairena.» (in Spanish)</ref> and worked as a prostitute for a time.<ref>[https://www.elmundo.es/loc/famosos/2020/03/24/5e78f753fc6c83d23b8b45bc.html Maltrato, abandono y prostitución: la desgraciada vida de Carmen de Mairena] in El Mundo (in Spanish)</ref> She also made a brief career in politics in 2010 as a candidate for the [[Parliament of Catalonia]] for the mock political party [[Coordinadora Reusenca Independent]] (CORI) which did not obtain any seats. De Mairena died on 22 March 2020 of [[natural causes]] at a hospital in Barcelona. She was 86.<ref>[https://www.mundodeportivo.com/elotromundo/actualidad/20200322/4839918429/esca.html Fallece Carmen de Mairena a los 86 años de edad] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322223554/https://www.mundodeportivo.com/elotromundo/actualidad/20200322/4839918429/esca.html |date=2020-03-22 }} {{in lang|es}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:De Mairena, Carmen}} [[Category:1933 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:LGBT actors]] [[Category:LGBT politicians]] [[Category:LGBT singers]] [[Category:Actors from Barcelona]] [[Category:Politicians from Barcelona]] [