Maria Elena "Lina" Romay (January 16, 1919 – December 17, 2010) was an 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.

[1] Romay performed for a time with Xavier Cugat[2] before eventually retiring.

Prior to singing with Cugat, she had sung with Horace Heidt's orchestra, billed as Josette, a Frenchwoman.

[5] Romay died at age 91 on December 17, 2010, of natural causes at a hospital in Pasadena, California.