Biography

Martha Roth was born on May 29, 1932 in Padua, Veneto, Italy. She was an actress, known for Mujeres engañadas (1999), Una familia de tantas (1949) and El pecado de Oyuki (1988). She was married to Juan Fernando Pérez Gavilán and Rubén Fuentes. She died on October 7, 2016 in Mexico City, Mexico.

In addition to her career as an actress, she was also a singer and lyricist. In 1959, she recorded an album of love songs, Después de media noche..., for the Mexican RCA Victor label. In the late 1960s, she wrote the lyrics to the Top 10 hit "El despertar", a song with music by her then-husband Rubén Fuentes.

Her father, Sándor "Alejandro" Roth, was a Hungarian-Jewish violinist and a member of the Léner Quartet.

She and David Silva were one of Mexico's most popular screen couples. She was his leading lady in four movies: Una familia de tantas (1949), No me quieras tanto... (1949), Ventarrón (1949), and Anillo de compromiso (1951).

At one point I decided to sing and I think I did not do so badly, since I recorded for RCA Victor. But I think I had more success as a composer because, of the 20 songs that I have, there were several hits, such as "El despertar".