Lina Romay

Mexican-american Female Singer

Female

Born Jan 16, 1919

Hometown New York, New York

Died Dec 17, 2010

Death Place Pasadena, California

Other Names Romay, Maria Elena

Maria Elena "Lina" Romay 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. She appeared in both photoreal and live-action form in the Droopy cartoon … Read More

Romance

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Jay Gould
Married 1952 - 1987
Artie Shaw
Dated 1951
John Payne
Dated 1951 - 1952
James Stack Jr.

Dated 1948
Victor M. Orsatti

Dated 1946
Peter Lawford
Dated 1946
Jack Dempsey
Dated 1945 - 1947

News + Updates

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Interview: 'Dear God No!' Director James Bickert Brutal As Hell
Google News - Jun 03, 2011

Hell, Sid Haig, Fred Williamson, Franco Nero, Pam Grier, Sho Aikawa, Antonio Fargas, David Hess, Tomas Milian, Edwige Fenech, Lina Romay, Meiko Kaji and Vic Diaz! I would love to squib all of them too! BAH: Meiko Kaji?! What did she ever do to you?
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Uk Tv News: Horror Channel Spice Up Friday Nights With A Bit Of Jess Franco Brutal As Hell
Google News - May 11, 2011

No Soledad Miranda or Lina Romay ones, I'm afraid, but some goodies nonetheless. Jesus Franco, now a physically frail Octogenarian living in Spain, is regarded as one of the world's best exploitation auteur directors and the Horror Channel is
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Lina Romay, 91, Entertainer
NYTimes - Jan 02, 2011

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) -- Lina Romay, who sang with the Xavier Cugat orchestra in the early 1940s before beginning a 15-year career as a film and television actress, died here on Dec. 17. She was 91. Her death was confirmed by her son, Jay Gould. The daughter of a Mexican diplomat, Ms. Romay was born in Brooklyn in 1919 and began her entertainment
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Xavier Cugat, 90, The Bandleader Who Rose On The Rumba's Tide
NYTimes - Oct 28, 1990

Xavier Cugat, the popular Spanish-born bandleader who introduced many Latin American rhythms to North American audiences, died of heart failure yesterday at the Quiron Clinic in Barcelona, Spain, his doctors said in a statement issued there. He was 90 years old. Mr. Cugat popularized the rumba in North America and paved the way for other
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1919 Birth She was born in 1919, the daughter of Porfirio Romay, then-attache to the Mexican Consulate in Los Angeles. … Read More

LATE ADULTHOOD

2010 91 Years Old She performed for a time with Xavier Cugat before eventually retiring. She died, aged 91, on December 17, 2010, from natural causes at a hospital in Pasadena, California, U.S.

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