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(Elena Maria Romay)
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| 16 January 19 |
is born in New York City, the daughter of Porfirio A. Romay, attaché of the Mexican consulate in Los Angeles, and his wife Lilian, nee Walstead
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| 28 March 21 |
her brother, Porfirio Augustine, is born in New York City. He will die in San Diego in 1984.
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| Early 40s |
is a vocalist with Xavier Cugat's orchestra
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| June 43 |
bandleader Xavier Cugat plays love tunes for her
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| July 43 |
dances with General Higinio Morínigo, president of Paraguay, at a New York hotel during his tour of the States
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| 25 November 43 |
marries John Lawrence Adams, a Los Angeles investment broker. He's 25; she's 21.
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| 18 May 45 |
is on the cover of Yank, the Army Weekly
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| June 45 |
wears a ring from Bill Tuttle, the ex of actress Donna Reed
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| September 45 |
is a MGM starlet
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her divorce from Adams is granted in Hollywood by Judge Goodwin J. Knight, who married the couple two years ago. She claims Adams said that her voice was like the cackle of a hen. An out-of-court property settlement is approved.
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is the new romance of Jack Dempsey
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| November 45 |
has lots of fun with Dean Murphy at Slapsy Maxie's
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| December 45 |
is the date of Danny Leonard while Jack Dempsey is in the East
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is a "gluesome twosome" with Peter Lawford
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| June 46 |
a professional mermaid will do the fancy swimming and diving in her upcoming Honeymoon, even though she was a professional swimmer and diver before turning actress
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| August 46 |
there is romance between her and actors agent Vic Orsatti
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is romanced by Mexican movie-producer Jaime Salvador
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| June 47 |
columnist Louella Parsons reports that Lina’s romance with Tom Call, son of Asa V. Call, former president of the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company and once head of the State Chamber of Commerce, is worth watching
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| September 47 |
will marry Johnny Wilson, restaurant owner and former University of Southern California track star, the next New Year's day. He's 28; she's 25.
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columnist Jimmy Fidler reports that she and Andre Paris, the bubble gum king, are blowing heart-shaped bubbles
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| January 48 |
her romance with Jimmy Stack, millionaire brother of actor Robert Stack, blossoms
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| September 48 |
is signed to an exclusive television contract to appear in a series of shows by Sam Coslow and George Frank
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| June 49 |
prepares her engagement announcement with Luis Nunez, the Venezuelan millionaire
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| September 49 |
is a new twosome with writer Irwin Gielgud
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| February 50 |
sports a big emerald from oil heir Dick Cowles
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| April 50 |
is wooed again by Cowles upon his return from the Texas oilfields
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| November 50 |
her newest is Jack Barnett, the ex of singer Marion Colby
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| February 51 |
has a tiff with producer Mike Todd over the firing of a dresser for her upcoming Peep Show
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| August 51 |
is seen at the Encore with bandleader Artie Shaw
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| December 51 |
dates actor John Payne at the Deauville
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| January 52 |
has quiet dates with director Felix Feist even though she's mostly connected with John Payne
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| January 52 |
dates John Payne in Palm Springs
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| February 52 |
is a new twosome with Pete Rugolo at Ciro's
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| April 52 |
is seen with John Payne acting romantic at LaRue, but both deny any big amour
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| August 52 |
is seen at the Encore with Dr. Al Meitus
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| October 52 |
is seen at the Sportsmen’s Lodge with Jack Sasson
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| March 53 |
columnist Jimmy Fidler knows: "Singer Lina Romay is preparing to announce her engagement to Jay Gould III, member of the New York banking family. Gould wants Linda to elope, but Miss Romay is holding out for a church wedding..."
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| c. June 53 |
she and Gould take out their marriage license in Santa Monica without any of the newspapers catching on. “There was nobody else in the office,” she tells,” and the clerk just handed us the papers. And, of course, I didn’t sign it Lina. I used my real name, Elena Maria.” They want to avoid unnecessary publicity because of reasons personal to Gould.
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| 30 June 53 |
marries Dr. Jay W. Gould III, descendant of the railroad financier, at the Westwood Lutheran Church in a ceremony attended only by members of their families. He's 33; she's 34. Gould's the son of Jay and Anne Gould and was married twice before, in 1944 to Jennifer Beryl Bruce, daughter of actor Nigel Bruce, and in 1948 to socialite Blair Roemer Stevens. He has a 6-year-old boy from his marriage to Bruce.
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| 13 January 54 |
her daughter Anne Elena is born early in St. John's Hospital
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| 8 June 56 |
her daughter Gloria D. is born in Los Angeles
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| 15 April 61 |
her son, Jay IV, is born in Los Angeles
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| 18 July 70 |
she and her husband attend Opera Night at the Hollywood Bowl, with Roger Wagner conducting the Southern California Symphony Orchestra. It's "a never-to-be-forgotten cultural experience for Jay Gould IV, age 9, who attended with his parents."
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| 30 June 71 |
as Mrs. Jay Gould, she attends the annual fashion luncheon of the Los Angeles County Federation of Republican Women held at the Century Plaza Hotel
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| March 73 |
as Elena Romay Gould, she performs with Nancy Zarro at the Footlighters' benefit show held in Los Angeles
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| May 87 |
Gould dies at age 67 in California
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Sources:
Nevada State Journal, The Portsmouth Herald, The Zanesville Signal, Syracuse Herald-Journal, Joplin Globe, Waterloo Daily Courier, Mansfield News-Journal, Reno Evening Gazette, The News, The Daily Register, Dixon Evening Telegraph, The Era, The Monessen Daily Independent, Modern Screen, The Lethbridge Herald, Van Nuys News, www.Ancestry.com |
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