Lina Romay
Born: 1919-01-16 in New York City, New York, USA
Died: 2010-12-17
Known For: Acting
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. (Wikipedia)
Filmography
1953
- The Man Behind The Gun as Chona Degnon
1949
- Flamingo Road
- Señor Droopy as Herself
- Cheyenne Cowboy as Kate Harmon
- The Lady Takes a Sailor as Racquel Riviera
- Joe Palooka in the Big Fight as Maxine
- The Big Wheel as Dolores Raymond
1948
- Embraceable You as Libby Dennis
1947
- Honeymoon as Raquel Mendoza
- This Time for Keeps
1946
- Love Laughs at Andy Hardy as Isobel Gonzales
1945
- Adventure as Maria
- Week-End at the Waldorf as Juanita
1944
- Bathing Beauty as Lina Romay
- Two Girls and a Sailor as Lina Romay
1943
- Stage Door Canteen as Xavier Cugat Orchestra Singer (uncredited)
- Don't Get Around Much Anymore