Actor
Lina Romay
January 16, 1919 · 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).
Often works with
Xavier Cugat
3 titles together
Bathing Beauty, Week-End at the Waldorf, This Time for Keeps
Fred Clark
2 titles together
Flamingo Road, The Lady Takes a Sailor
Esther Williams
2 titles together
Bathing Beauty, This Time for Keeps
Carlos Ramírez
2 titles together
Bathing Beauty, Two Girls and a Sailor
Helen Forrest
2 titles together
Bathing Beauty, Two Girls and a Sailor
Donald Meek
2 titles together
Bathing Beauty, Two Girls and a Sailor
Full filmography · 16
The Man Behind The Gun
as Chona Degnon
1953
The Lady Takes a Sailor
as Racquel Riviera
1949
The Big Wheel
as Dolores Raymond
1949
Flamingo Road
cast
19497
Joe Palooka in the Big Fight
as Maxine
1949
Cheyenne Cowboy
as Kate Harmon
1949
Embraceable You
as Libby Dennis
1948
This Time for Keeps
as (uncredited)
1947
Honeymoon
as Raquel Mendoza
1947
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
as Isobel Gonzales
1946
Adventure
as Maria
1945
Week-End at the Waldorf
as Juanita
1945