Lina Romay

Maria Elena Lina Romay January 16 1919 December 17 2010 was a MexicanAmerican actress and singer She was born in 1919 in Brooklyn New York the daughter of Porfirio Romay thenattache to the Mexican Consulate in Los Angeles She appeared in both photoreal and liveaction 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 Prior to singing with Cugat she had sung with Horace Heidts orchestra when she was billed as Josette a Frenchwoman 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 Doña Romay died at age 91 on December 17 2010 from natural causes at a hospital in Pasadena California US Wikipedia