Lina Romay
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)
Known for
ActingBirthday
January 16, 1919Deathday
December 17, 2010Gender
FemaleKnown Movie Credits
17Place of birth
New York City, New York, USAAlso known as
Elena Maria Romay, Maria Elena Romay, María Elena "Lina" RomayCast credits
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
Isobel GonzalesBathing Beauty
Lina RomayAdventure
MariaWeek-End at the Waldorf
JuanitaThe Man Behind The Gun
Chona DegnonThe Big Wheel
Dolores RaymondThe Lady Takes a Sailor
Racquel RivieraTwo Girls and a Sailor
Lina RomayHoneymoon
Raquel MendozaThis Time for Keeps
Señor Droopy
HerselfStage Door Canteen
Xavier Cugat Orchestra Singer (uncredited)Cheyenne Cowboy
Kate HarmonEmbraceable You
Libby DennisJoe Palooka in the Big Fight
MaxineFlamingo Road