Lina Romay

Lina Romay

1919-01-16 – 2010-12-17 (age 91) New York City, New York, USA
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Biography

Maria Elena "Lina" Romay (January 16, 1919 - December 17, 2010) was a Mexican-American actress and singer. She was born in 1919 in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Porfirio Romay, then-attache to the Mexican Consulate in Los Angeles. She appeared in both photoreal and live-action form in the Droopy cartoon "Senor Droopy" (1949).

Romay performed for a time with Xavier Cugat before eventually retiring. She was featured on Cugat Rumba Revue on NBC radio in the early 1940s. Along with Cugat and his orchestra, she appeared in the films You Were Never Lovelier (1942) and Bathing Beauty (1944).

Prior to singing with Cugat, she had sung with Horace Heidt's orchestra, when she was billed as Josette, a Frenchwoman.

She was married to John Lawrence Adams and later was the third wife of Jay Gould III (son of Jay Gould II), whom she married on 30 June 1953.

Doña Romay died, at age 91, on December 17, 2010, from natural causes at a hospital in Pasadena, California, U.S.

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Known For

Bathing Beauty
Bathing Beauty

1944

as Lina Romay

Adventure
Adventure

1945

as Maria

The Man Behind The Gun
The Man Behind The Gun

1953

as Chona Degnon

Flamingo Road
The Big Wheel
The Big Wheel

1949

as Dolores Raymond

Stage Door Canteen
Stage Door Canteen

1943

as Xavier Cugat Orchestra Singer (uncredited)

Week-End at the Waldorf
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy

1946

as Isobel Gonzales

Two Girls and a Sailor
Two Girls and a Sailor

1944

as Lina Romay

Joe Palooka in the Big Fight
Embraceable You
Embraceable You

1948

as Libby Dennis

The Lady Takes a Sailor
The Lady Takes a Sailor

1949

as Racquel Riviera

Honeymoon
Honeymoon

1947

as Raquel Mendoza

Señor Droopy
Señor Droopy

1949

as Herself

Cheyenne Cowboy
Cheyenne Cowboy

1949

as Kate Harmon

Shining Sex
Shining Sex

as Cynthia