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{{short description|American singer (1919 – 2010)}}
{{About|the singer|the Spanish actress|Lina Romay}}
{{About|the singer|the Spanish actress|Lina Romay}}
{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name = Lina Romay
| name = Lina Romay
| image = Lina Romay, pin-up from Yank, The Army Weekly, May 18, 1945.jpg
| image = Lina Romay, pin-up from Yank, The Army Weekly, May 18, 1945.jpg
| caption = Romay in 1945
| birth_date = January 16, 1919
| birth_date = January 16, 1919
| birth_place = [[New York, New York]], U.S.
| birth_place = [[Brooklyn, New York]], U.S.
| death_date = December 17, 2010 (aged 91)
| death_date = December 17, 2010 (aged 91)
| death_place = [[Pasadena, California]], U.S.
| death_place = [[Pasadena, California]], U.S.
| occupation = Actress, dancer, singer
| occupation = {{flatlist|
* Actress
* dancer
* singer}}
| years_active = 1942-1980
| years_active = 1942–1980
| spouse = John Lawrence Adams<br>Jay Gould III (1953 - ?)
| spouse = John Lawrence Adams<br>Jay Gould III (1953 – ?)
}}
}}


'''Maria Elena "Lina" Romay''' (January 16, 1919 – December 17, 2010) was an American [[actress]] and singer.
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'''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]].<ref>[http://www.lina-romay.com/lina_romay.htm Lina Romay fanpage] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100402081600/http://www.lina-romay.com/lina_romay.htm |date=2010-04-02 }}</ref> She appeared in both photoreal and live-action form in the [[Droopy]] cartoon "Senor Droopy" (1949).


==Biography==
Romay performed for a time with [[Xavier Cugat]]<ref>"Xavier Cugat" in ''The Big Band Almamac,'' Da Capo Press, 1978, p. 90</ref> before eventually retiring. She was featured on ''Cugat Rumba Revue'' on [[NBC]] radio in the early 1940s.<ref>{{cite news|title=(untitled brief)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5697015/belvidere_daily_republican/|work=Belvidere Daily Republican|date=June 9, 1941|location=Illinois, Belvidere|page=5|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = June 26, 2016}} {{Open access}}</ref> Along with Cugat and his orchestra, she appeared in the film ''[[Bathing Beauty]]'' (1944).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Reid|first1=John Howard|title=More Movie Musicals|date=2006|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=9781411673427|page=19|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vc6imzGc41IC&pg=PA19&lpg=PA19&dq=%22Lina+Romay%22+Adams&source=bl&ots=JzogucyLuR&sig=PDLNpqMLXtIze4JLFpae6JzP4lc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwizkq-4t8bNAhXm8YMKHYPfA48Q6AEIQjAG#v=onepage&q=%22Lina%20Romay%22%20Adams&f=false|accessdate=26 June 2016|language=en}}</ref>
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She was born in 1919 in [[Brooklyn]], New York, the daughter of Porfirio Romay, then-attache to the [[Mexico|Mexican]] Consulate in [[Los Angeles]].<ref>[http://www.lina-romay.com/lina_romay.htm Lina Romay fanpage] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100402081600/http://www.lina-romay.com/lina_romay.htm |date=2010-04-02 }}</ref>


Prior to singing with Cugat, she had sung with [[Horace Heidt|Horace Heidt's orchestra]], when she was billed as Josette, a Frenchwoman.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Johnson|first1=Erskine|title=In Hollywood|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5697182/miami_daily_newsrecord/|work=Miami Daily News-Record|agency=Newspaper Enterprise Association|date=December 10, 1943|location=Oklahoma, Miami|page=12|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = June 26, 2016}} {{Open access}}</ref>
Romay performed for a time with [[Xavier Cugat]]<ref>"Xavier Cugat" in ''The Big Band Almanac,'' Da Capo Press, 1978, p. 90</ref> before eventually retiring. She was featured on ''Cugat Rumba Revue'' on [[NBC]] radio in the early 1940s.<ref>{{cite news|title=(untitled brief)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5697015/belvidere_daily_republican/|work=Belvidere Daily Republican|date=June 9, 1941|location=Illinois, Belvidere|page=5|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = June 26, 2016}} {{Open access}}</ref> In her films, Romay often appeared with Cugat and his orchestra.


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.<ref name="if\g">{{cite news|title=Gould Heir, Actress Wed|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5697344/the_indiana_gazette/|work=The Indiana Gazette|agency=Associated Press|date=July 3, 1952|location=Pennsylvania, Indiana|page=5}}</ref>
Prior to singing with Cugat, she had sung with [[Horace Heidt|Horace Heidt's orchestra]], billed as Josette, a Frenchwoman.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Johnson|first1=Erskine|title=In Hollywood|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5697182/miami_daily_newsrecord/|work=Miami Daily News-Record|agency=Newspaper Enterprise Association|date=December 10, 1943|location=Oklahoma, Miami|page=12|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = June 26, 2016}} {{Open access}}</ref>


She was married to John Lawrence Adams, and later was the third wife of Jay Gould III, whom she married on 30 June 1953.<ref name="if\g">{{cite news|title=Gould Heir, Actress Wed|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5697344/the_indiana_gazette/|work=The Indiana Gazette|agency=Associated Press|date=July 3, 1952|location=Pennsylvania, Indiana|page=5}}</ref>
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Doña Romay died, at age 91, on December 17, 2010, from natural causes at a hospital in [[Pasadena, California]], U.S.<ref>[https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101225/ap_en_mu/us_obit_lina_romay Yahoo! notice of Lina Romay's death]</ref><ref>''Los Angeles Times'' [http://articles.latimes.com/2010/dec/29/local/la-me-lina-romay-20101228 obituary notice]. Retrieved 14 July 2013.</ref><ref>''New York Times'' [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/28/arts/music/28romay.html?_r=0 obituary notice]. Retrieved 14 July 2013.</ref>


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Romay died at age 91 on December 17, 2010, of natural causes at a hospital in [[Pasadena, California]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Lina Romay dies at 91; Cugat singer, MGM actress|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=December 29, 2010|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2010/dec/29/local/la-me-lina-romay-20101228|accessdate=July 21, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Lina Romay, Entertainer, Dies at 91|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 1, 2011|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/28/arts/music/28romay.html?_r=0|accessdate=July 14, 2013}}</ref>
==Selected filmography==


==Filmography==
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* ''[[The Red Skelton Show|The Red Skelton Hour]]'' (TV Series)
{| class="wikitable"
- episode: Cookie in Cuba II (1957) ... Carmen<br>
|-
- episode: Cookie in Cuba (1957) ... Carmen
! Year
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* ''[[The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet]]'' (TV Series)
! Title
- episode: The Duenna (1957) ... Carmelita
! Role
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* ''[[The Man Behind the Gun]]'' 1953 ... Chona Degnon
! Notes
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* ''[[The Lady Takes a Sailor]]'' 1949 ... Racquel Riviera
|-
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* ''The Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue'' (TV Series) ... regular (1949-1952)
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|1942|| ''[[You Were Never Lovelier]]'' || Cugat band singer || With Cugat and his orchestra, uncredited
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* ''[[The Big Wheel (film)|The Big Wheel]]'' 1949 ... Dolores Raymond
|-
* ''Señor Droopy'' (Short) 1949 ... as herself
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|1943|| ''[[Stage Door Canteen (film)|Stage Door Canteen]]'' || Cugat orchestra singer || With Cugat and his orchestra, uncredited
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* ''[[Joe Palooka in the Big Fight]]'' 1949 ... Maxine
|-
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* ''Cheyenne Cowboy'' (Short) 1949 ... Kate Harmon
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|1943|| ''[[The Heat's On]]'' || Lina || With Cugat and his orchestra, uncredited
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* ''Six-Gun Music'' (Short) 1949 ... Judy
|-
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* ''[[Embraceable You (film)|Embraceable You]]'' 1948 ... Libby Dennis
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|1943|| ''Don't Get Around Much Anymore'' || Herself || Short
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* ''[[This Time for Keeps]]'' 1947 ... with Cugat orchestra (uncredited)
|-
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* ''[[Honeymoon (1947 film)|Honeymoon]]'' 1947 ... Raquel Mendoza
|1944|| ''[[Two Girls and a Sailor]]'' || Herself || With Cugat and his orchestra
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* ''[[Love Laughs at Andy Hardy]]'' 1946 ... Isobel Gonzales
|-
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* ''[[Adventure (1945 film)|Adventure]]'' 1945 ... Maria
|1944|| ''[[Bathing Beauty]]'' || Herself || With Cugat and his orchestra
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* ''[[Week-End at the Waldorf]]'' 1945 ... Juanita
|-
* ''[[Bathing Beauty]]'' 1945 ... as herself
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|1945|| ''[[Week-End at the Waldorf]]'' || Juanita || With Cugat and his orchestra
* ''[[Two Girls and a Sailor ]]'' 1944
|-
* ''[[The Heat's On]]'' 1943 ... Lina (uncredited)
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|1945|| ''[[Adventure (1945 film)|Adventure]]'' || Maria ||
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* ''[[Stage Door Canteen (film)|Stage Door Canteen]]'' 1943 ... Cugat orchestra singer (uncredited)
|-
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* ''Don't Get Around Much Anymore'' (Short) 1942 ... Lina Romay
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|1946|| ''[[Love Laughs at Andy Hardy]]'' || Isobel Gonzales ||
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* ''[[You Were Never Lovelier]]'' 1942 ... Cugat band singer (uncredited)
|-
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|1947|| ''[[Honeymoon (1947 film)|Honeymoon]]'' || Raquel Mendoza ||
|-
|1947|| ''[[This Time for Keeps]]'' || Singer with Cugat's Orchestra || With Cugat and his orchestra, uncredited
|-
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|1948|| ''[[Embraceable You (film)|Embraceable You]]'' || Libby Dennis ||
|-
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|1949|| ''Six-Gun Music'' || Judy || Short
|-
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|1949|| ''Cheyenne Cowboy'' || Kate Harmon || Short
|-
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|1949|| ''[[Joe Palooka in the Big Fight]]'' || Maxine ||
|-
|1949|| ''Señor Droopy'' || Herself || [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio|MGM]] animated/live action short
|-
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|1949|| ''[[The Big Wheel (film)|The Big Wheel]]'' || Dolores Raymond ||
|-
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|1949|| ''The Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue'' || Regular || 1949-1952
|-
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|1949|| ''[[The Lady Takes a Sailor]]'' || Racquel Riviera ||
|-
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|1953|| ''[[The Man Behind the Gun]]'' || Chona Degnon ||
|-
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|1957|| ''[[The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet]]'' || Carmelita || Episode: "The Duenna"
|-
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|1957|| ''[[The Red Skelton Show|The Red Skelton Hour]]'' || Carmen || 2 episodes, final appearance
|}

==See also==
* [[Pin-ups of Yank, the Army Weekly]]


==References==
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Revision as of 15:54, 23 May 2024

This article is about the singer. For the Spanish actress, see Lina Romay.
Lina Romay
Romay in 1945
BornJanuary 16, 1919
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
DiedDecember 17, 2010 (aged 91)
Pasadena, California, U.S.
Occupations
  • Actress
  • dancer
  • singer
Years active1942–1980
Spouse(s)John Lawrence Adams
Jay Gould III (1953 – ?)

Maria Elena "Lina" Romay (January 16, 1919 – December 17, 2010) was an American actress and singer.

Biography

She was born in 1919 in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Porfirio Romay, then-attache to the Mexican Consulate in Los Angeles.[1]

Romay performed for a time with Xavier Cugat[2] before eventually retiring. She was featured on Cugat Rumba Revue on NBC radio in the early 1940s.[3] In her films, Romay often appeared with Cugat and his orchestra.

Prior to singing with Cugat, she had sung with Horace Heidt's orchestra, billed as Josette, a Frenchwoman.[4]

She was married to John Lawrence Adams, and later was the third wife of Jay Gould III, whom she married on 30 June 1953.[5]

Romay died at age 91 on December 17, 2010, of natural causes at a hospital in Pasadena, California.[6][7]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1942 You Were Never Lovelier Cugat band singer With Cugat and his orchestra, uncredited
1943 Stage Door Canteen Cugat orchestra singer With Cugat and his orchestra, uncredited
1943 The Heat's On Lina With Cugat and his orchestra, uncredited
1943 Don't Get Around Much Anymore Herself Short
1944 Two Girls and a Sailor Herself With Cugat and his orchestra
1944 Bathing Beauty Herself With Cugat and his orchestra
1945 Week-End at the Waldorf Juanita With Cugat and his orchestra
1945 Adventure Maria
1946 Love Laughs at Andy Hardy Isobel Gonzales
1947 Honeymoon Raquel Mendoza
1947 This Time for Keeps Singer with Cugat's Orchestra With Cugat and his orchestra, uncredited
1948 Embraceable You Libby Dennis
1949 Six-Gun Music Judy Short
1949 Cheyenne Cowboy Kate Harmon Short
1949 Joe Palooka in the Big Fight Maxine
1949 Señor Droopy Herself MGM animated/live action short
1949 The Big Wheel Dolores Raymond
1949 The Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue Regular 1949-1952
1949 The Lady Takes a Sailor Racquel Riviera
1953 The Man Behind the Gun Chona Degnon
1957 The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet Carmelita Episode: "The Duenna"
1957 The Red Skelton Hour Carmen 2 episodes, final appearance

See also

References

  1. ^ Lina Romay fanpage Archived 2010-04-02 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Xavier Cugat" in The Big Band Almanac, Da Capo Press, 1978, p. 90
  3. ^ "(untitled brief)". Belvidere Daily Republican. Illinois, Belvidere. June 9, 1941. p. 5. Retrieved June 26, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ Johnson, Erskine (December 10, 1943). "In Hollywood". Miami Daily News-Record. Oklahoma, Miami. Newspaper Enterprise Association. p. 12. Retrieved June 26, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ^ "Gould Heir, Actress Wed". The Indiana Gazette. Pennsylvania, Indiana. Associated Press. July 3, 1952. p. 5.
  6. ^ "Lina Romay dies at 91; Cugat singer, MGM actress". Los Angeles Times. December 29, 2010. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
  7. ^ "Lina Romay, Entertainer, Dies at 91". The New York Times. January 1, 2011. Retrieved July 14, 2013.


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