Lina Romay

Lina Romay (born Maria Elena 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-attaché to the Mexican Consulate in Los Angeles.

In 1943, Romay sang with Horace Heidt's orchestra, billed as Josette, a Frenchwoman.

In 1941, Romay performed with Xavier Cugat. She was featured on Cugat Rumba Revue on NBC radio in the early 1940s.

In films, Romay often appeared with Cugat and his orchestra.

She was married to John Lawrence Adams, a descendant of John Quincy Adams, who later married Lex Barker's ex-wife Constance Rhodes Thurlow. She later was the third wife of Jay Gould III, whom she married on 30 June 1953, who died in 1987. She was married to writer Robert O'Brien (1992-2005, his death).

Romay died at age 91 on December 17, 2010, of natural causes at a hospital in Pasadena, California, and was buried as Elena Gould O'Brien.

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