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Vivacious brunette singer and actress Lina Romay was born in New York in January 1919, the daughter of Mexican L.A. consulate attaché Porfirio A. Romay, of European descent. In her teens, she was adept at swimming and diving. Moreover, she had an excellent voice and could sing equally well in English and in Spanish. Her show business career took off, when she joined the flamboyant bandleader Xavier Cugat as his leading female vocalist in 1940.
Cugat thought so highly of her, that he built a chorus of five men and four women to blend with her singing. He also wrote ballads specifically for her. Lina was featured with the orchestra in the classic musicals You Were Never Lovelier (1942) and Bathing Beauty (1944), respectively for Columbia and MGM. She also danced in the movie Stage Door Canteen (1943). Her most popular numbers included "Alma Llanera", "Babalu" (pre-Desi Arnaz) and "Guadalajara". In 1945, Lina appeared on the cover of "Yank", the weekly army publication. Inevitably, the studio scouts were soon out in force and she was signed as an MGM starlet that same year.
Until the end of her relatively short Hollywood career just eight years later, she was cast as second fiddle to the main female lead in films like Adventure (1945) (opposite Clark Gable and Honeymoon (1947), or -- more typically -- as night club singers (The Big Wheel (1949), The Lady Takes a Sailor (1949)). Embraceable You (1948), at least, gave her a few good wisecracking lines. Lina's voice was also brought to nationwide audiences via USO broadcasts and regularly spotted on the popular radio shows of Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Jack Benny.
She retired from public life in 1953, but resurfaced in the late 1970s to work as Spanish-language radio announcer for Hollywood Park horse races. Her last performance on stage was for a benefit show in Los Angeles in March 1973, under her married name -- Elena Romay Gould.- Writer
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Nikos Papatakis was born on 5 July 1918 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He was a writer and director, known for The Photograph (1986), The Depths (1963) and Oi voskoi (1967). He was married to Olga Karlatos and Anouk Aimée. He died on 17 December 2010 in Paris, France.- Albert Allen Dobbs was born on 15 October 1948. He died on 17 December 2010 in French Gulch, California, USA.
- Composer
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- Director
Don Van Vliet was born on 15 January 1941 in Glendale, California, USA. He was a composer and writer, known for The Big Lebowski (1998), A Civil Action (1998) and A Bigger Splash (2015). He was married to Janet Lorelle Jenkins. He died on 17 December 2010 in Trinidad, California, USA.- Bello Califa was born on 23 September 1922 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. He was an actor, known for Huracán Ramírez (1953), Mágico, el enviado de los dioses (1990) and El bello Califa (1984). He died on 17 December 2010 in Guadalupe, Nuevo León, Mexico.
- Iree Bowling was born on 26 April 1929 in Saul, Kentucky, USA. She died on 17 December 2010 in Oneida, Kentucky, USA.
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- Music Department
Dan Stefanica was born on 8 January 1944 in Campina, Prahova, Romania. He was a composer and actor, known for Vulpe - vânator (1993), Drum în penumbra (1972) and Jachetele galbene (1979). He died on 17 December 2010 in Bucuresti, Romania.- Martti Pennanen was born on 8 December 1923 in Tervola, Finland. He was an actor, known for Teatterituokio (1962), Tie (1981) and Presidentti (1982). He was married to Aila Pennanen and Eila Koivuranta. He died on 17 December 2010 in Tampere, Finland.
- Jack Winston was born on 17 March 1934 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Malevolence (2004), Primo (2008) and One Dollar Difference (2003). He died on 17 December 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
- Marcel LeBon was born on 13 April 1926 in Belgium. He was an actor, known for Mister Peepers (1952), Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950) and Saturday-Night Revue (1950). He died on 17 December 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
- Norm Bornstein was born on 4 January 1914 in New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Folio (1955), Seeing Things (1981) and Encounter (1952). He was married to Lillian Golden. He died on 17 December 2010 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- María Jesús San Segundo was born on 25 March 1958 in Medina del Campo, Valladolid, Castilla y León, Spain. She died on 17 December 2010 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Glen Adams was born on 27 November 1945 in Kingston, Jamaica. He is known for The Invisible Circus (2001) and Dark Summer (1994). He died on 17 December 2010 in Kingston, Jamaica.- Andrew Ardolino was born on 23 May 1922 in West Haven, Connecticut, USA. Andrew died on 17 December 2010 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
- Ruth Park was born on 24 August 1917 in Auckland, New Zealand. She was a writer, known for Playing Beatie Bow (1986), Drama 61-67 (1961) and The Tree House (1962). She was married to D'Arcy Niland. She died on 17 December 2010 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.