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Lina Romay

Lina Romay

Actor · Died December 17, 2010, aged 91 · New York City, New York, USA

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). Prior to singing with Cugat, she had sung with Horace Heidt's 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, U.S. (Wikipedia)

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 16, 1919
Died
December 17, 2010 (aged 91)
From
New York City, New York, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
10 on MovieCove · 17 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 14% in 30 days

What are Lina Romay's films like?

Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
46%
Self
21%
Society
12%
Ideas
11%
Morality
5%
Survival
5%
Romantic love5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 7 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 4 · Serious 3 · Dark 0

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 4 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0

Gentle: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their gentle movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 4 · Charged 3 · Intense 0

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 5 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 1

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 2

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 5 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 6 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Warm
4
Melancholic
3
Joyful
2
Romantic
3
Thrilling
2
Other
3

How their films linger

Fun3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy5
  • Bittersweet1
  • Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Lina Romay's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Lina Romay's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

17 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • The Man Behind the Gun(1953)

    as Chona Degnon

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • The Lady Takes a Sailor(1949)

    as Racquel Riviera

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • The Big Wheel(1949)

    as Dolores Raymond

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Flamingo Road(1949)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Joe Palooka in the Big Fight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    as Maxine

  • Cheyenne Cowboy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    as Kate Harmon

  • Embraceable You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    as Libby Dennis

  • This Time for Keeps (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    as (uncredited)

  • Honeymoon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    as Raquel Mendoza

  • Love Laughs at Andy Hardy(1946)

    as Isobel Gonzales

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Adventure(1945)

    as Maria

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Week-End at the Waldorf(1945)

    as Juanita

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Bathing Beauty(1944)

    as Lina Romay

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Two Girls and a Sailor(1944)

    as Lina Romay

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Stage Door Canteen(1943)

    as Xavier Cugat Orchestra Singer (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Don't Get Around Much Anymore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Actor

  • Shining Sex (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Cynthia

Career shape

Star power in the 39th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 17 titles, 16 of them dated from 1943 to 1953.

Highest rated

Week-End at the Waldorf (1945)

Midcredits 67th

Most popular right now

Bathing Beauty (1944)

Film career

  • 1944Screen debut· Bathing Beauty

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting17 of 17: 17 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score53rd

By decade

1940s15 · acting1950s1 · acting

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Lina Romay's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 53rd percentile, the median of all 10; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 51st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

51stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Approval · how many liked their films

36thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Reach · how many have seen their films

40thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Midcredits score across 10 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

None of their 10 titles divides audiences: 5 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Crowd Pleaser5
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed1

Most loved · actor

Flamingo Road (1949)

Midcredits 83rd · 73% liked

Reviewers score the acting 65/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles; fans 74, detractors 48. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Lina Romay work with?

People who share at least 2 of Lina Romay's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Mickey Rooney shares the most, 2.

Actors

Cinematographers

Producers