People
Lina Romay
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... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Demoniac | 1975-08-20 |
The Man Behind The Gun as Chona Degnon | 1953-01-31 |
The Lady Takes a Sailor as Racquel Riviera | 1949-12-16 |
The Big Wheel as Dolores Raymond | 1949-11-04 |
Flamingo Road | 1949-04-30 |
Señor Droopy as Herself | 1949-04-09 |
Joe Palooka in the Big Fight as Maxine | 1949-03-06 |
Cheyenne Cowboy as Kate Harmon | 1949-02-02 |
Embraceable You as Libby Dennis | 1948-08-21 |
This Time for Keeps | 1947-10-17 |
Honeymoon as Raquel Mendoza | 1947-05-17 |
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy as Isobel Gonzales | 1946-12-25 |
Adventure as Maria | 1945-12-28 |
Week-End at the Waldorf as Juanita | 1945-10-04 |
Bathing Beauty as Lina Romay | 1944-06-27 |
Two Girls and a Sailor as Lina Romay | 1944-06-14 |
Stage Door Canteen as Xavier Cugat Orchestra Singer (uncredited) | 1943-06-24 |
Don't Get Around Much Anymore | 1943-01-23 |