Personal Info
Elena Maria Romay
Maria Elena Romay
María Elena "Lina" Romay
Lina Romay
Acting
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).…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
The Man Behind The Gun
as Chona Degnon
Flamingo Road
The Big Wheel
as Dolores Raymond
Joe Palooka in the Big Fight
as Maxine
The Lady Takes a Sailor
as Racquel Riviera
Señor Droopy
as Herself
Cheyenne Cowboy
as Kate Harmon
Embraceable You
as Libby Dennis
Honeymoon
as Raquel Mendoza
This Time for Keeps