Lina Romay (singer)

Lina Romay

Born	January 16, 1919 New York, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actress, dancer, singer
Years active	1942–1980
Spouse	Jay Gould III

Maria Elena "Lina" Romay (January 16, 1919 — December 17, 2010), was a Mexican-American actress and singer. She was born in 1919, the daughter of Porfirio Romay, then-attache to the Mexican Consulate in Los Angeles.^[1]

She performed for a time with Xavier Cugat^[2] before eventually retiring.

She died, aged 91, on December 17, 2010, from natural causes at a hospital in Pasadena, California, U.S.^[3]

Romay appears in both photoreal and live-action form in the Droopy cartoon "Senor Droopy" (1949).

References

^ Lina Romay fanpage
^ "Xavier Cugat" in The Big Band Almamac, Da Capo Press, 1978, p. 90
^ Yahoo! notice of Lina Romay's death

External links

Lina Romay at the Internet Movie Database
Lina Romay (singer) at the TCM Movie Database
Los Angeles Times Movie Star Mystery Photo of Lina Romay

Persondata
Name	Romay, Lina
Alternative names	Romay, Maria Elena
Short description	Mexican-American female singer
Date of birth	January 16, 1919
Place of birth	New York, New York, U.S.
Date of death	December 17, 2010
Place of death	Pasadena, California, U.S.