Eventually she worked at the Tropicana cabaret in Acapulco, where she alternated with the popular Mexican comedian Germán Valdés 'Tin Tan'.Īfter her successful season with Tin Tan, Lilia traveled to Mexico City, where television presenter Raul Velasco hired her as a dancer in the program Siempre en Domingo.
Career īack in Acapulco, Lilia began to work in the cabaret El Zorro, as a dancer. After five years of marriage and the birth of their two daughters, Lilia separated from her husband alleging domestic violence and sexual abuse.
She would eventually go on to work as a waitress in a restaurant where she met her first husband, an American sailor 30 years her senior, with whom she settled in Mexico City. During her childhood, Lilia helped with household expenses by selling souvenirs to tourists.
She was one of the most popular Mexican vedettes during the 1970s and 1980s, a popular sex symbol, and one of the main stars of Ficheras cinema.īorn in Nuxco, Tecpan de Galeana, Guerrero, Mexico. Lilia Guadalupe Mendiola Mayares (born December 12, 1952), better known by her stage name Lyn May, is a Mexican vedette, exotic dancer and actress. Nuxco, Tecpan de Galeana, Guerrero, Mexico