Lina Romay

Lina Romay

Born: January 16, 1919
Died: December 17, 2010
in New York City, New York, USA
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)

Movies for Lina Romay...

The Man Behind The Gun
Title: The Man Behind The Gun
Character: Chona Degnon
Released: January 31, 1953
Type: Movie
This 1952 western stars Randolph Scott as an army investigator who poses as a schoolteacher while working undercover to expose a group of secessionists. Also starring Patrice Wymore, Roy Roberts, Alan Hale Jr., Lina Romay, Morris Ankrum, Dick Wesson and Philip Carey.
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The Lady Takes a Sailor
Title: The Lady Takes a Sailor
Character: Racquel Riviera
Released: December 16, 1949
Type: Movie
Jennifer Smith heads a "Consumer Reports"-type company and her reputation for honesty is her greatest asset. While out boating one day she encounters a secret prototype submarine piloted by Bill Craig. Trying to explain her absence after her boat sinks becomes very difficult as Bill and his cohorts attempt to discredit her story.
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The Big Wheel
Title: The Big Wheel
Character: Dolores Raymond
Released: November 4, 1949
Type: Movie
The ambitious son of an accomplished race driver struggles to outrun his father's legacy and achieve his own successes.
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Flamingo Road
Title: Flamingo Road
Released: April 30, 1949
Type: Movie
A stranded carnival dancer takes on a corrupt political boss when she marries into small-town society.
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Señor Droopy
Title: Señor Droopy
Character: Herself
Released: April 9, 1949
Type: Movie
The wolf, the champion toreador, and Droopy, the challenger, are competing to see who is best in the bullring in the hopes of winning the hand of actress Lina Romay (who appears in a live action shot).
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Joe Palooka in the Big Fight
Title: Joe Palooka in the Big Fight
Character: Maxine
Released: March 6, 1949
Type: Movie
Gangsters frame Joe on a drunk charge and a murder rap so they can put their own fighter into a big event. Joe investigates in an attempt to prove his innocence.
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Cheyenne Cowboy
Title: Cheyenne Cowboy
Character: Kate Harmon
Released: February 2, 1949
Type: Movie
Cheyenne Jones comes to the Blue River Ranch and asks for a job as a cowpuncher. Actually, Jones's real name is Buck McCloud and he's the new owner of the spread, having inherited it when his uncle died a year earlier. He's roaming the range incognito while trying to identify who's behind the cattle rustling that is afflicting his new business.
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Embraceable You
Title: Embraceable You
Character: Libby Dennis
Released: August 21, 1948
Type: Movie
Eddie, a small-time hoodlum is forced to care for Marie he accidentally hits with his car during a crime. He is broke and hits up his very displeased mob boss for cash. To make matters worse, Eddie and Marie begin to fall for each other.
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This Time for Keeps
Title: This Time for Keeps
Released: October 17, 1947
Type: Movie
An ex-GI falls for a bathing beauty.
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Honeymoon
Title: Honeymoon
Character: Raquel Mendoza
Released: May 17, 1947
Type: Movie
A prospective bride and groom have misadventures in Mexico City.
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Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
Title: Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
Character: Isobel Gonzales
Released: December 25, 1946
Type: Movie
Andy Hardy goes to college after serving in the war and finds his sweetheart is engaged to someone else.
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Adventure
Title: Adventure
Character: Maria
Released: December 28, 1945
Type: Movie
A rough and tumble man of the sea falls for a meek librarian.
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Week-End at the Waldorf
Title: Week-End at the Waldorf
Character: Juanita
Released: October 4, 1945
Type: Movie
Anything can happen during a weekend at New York's Waldorf-Astoria: a glamorous movie star meets a world-weary war correspondent and mistakes him for a jewel thief; a soldier learns that without an operation he'll die and so looks for one last romance with a beautiful but ambitious stenographer; a cub reporter tries to get the goods on a shady man's dealing with a foreign potentate.
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Bathing Beauty
Title: Bathing Beauty
Character: Lina Romay
Released: June 27, 1944
Type: Movie
After breaking up with her fiancé, a gym teacher returns to work at a women's college, but a legal loophole allows him to enroll as one of her students.
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Two Girls and a Sailor
Title: Two Girls and a Sailor
Character: Lina Romay
Released: June 14, 1944
Type: Movie
A sailor helps two sisters start up a service canteen. The sailor soon becomes taken with gorgeous sister Jean, unaware that her sibling Patsy is also in love with him.
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Stage Door Canteen
Title: Stage Door Canteen
Character: Xavier Cugat Orchestra Singer (uncredited)
Released: June 24, 1943
Type: Movie
A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theater and films appear and host a recreational center for servicemen during the war. The soldier meets a pretty young hostess and they enjoy the many entertainers and a growing romance
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Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Title: Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Released: January 23, 1943
Type: Movie
Lina Romay sings "Don't Get Around Much Anymore".
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Shining Sex
Title: Shining Sex
Character: Cynthia
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie