Rosa Rey (born Isabel Mercedes Tárrago) was a Spanish actress and opera singer who worked in Hollywood from the 1930s through the 1960s.[1][2][3]
Rosa Rey | |
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| Born | Isabel Mercedes Tárrago September 4, 1892 Madrid, Spain |
| Died | April 7, 1969 (aged 78) Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse | Martin Garralaga |
Biography
editRey was born in Madrid, Spain, as Isabel Tárrago; she was a descendant of notable lawyer and poet Torcuato Tárrago y Mateos.[4] Rey worked as an opera singer[citation needed] before making her way onto the silver screen as a character actress.[5] She was married to actor Martin Garralaga; they both worked at Fox in the 1930s.[1] She died on April 7, 1969, in Los Angeles County, California.[4][6]
Selected filmography
edit- La buenaventura (1934)
- Grand Canary (1934)
- Tripping Through the Tropics (1934)
- Tres Amores (1934)
- El cantante de Napoles (1935)
- Julieta Buys a Son (1935)
- Rosa de Francia (1935)
- El crimen de media noche (1936)
- El capitan Tormenta (1936)
- Song of the Gringo (1936)
- Fiesta (1941)
- The Face of Marble (1946)
- Gilda (1946)
- Two Years Before the Mast (1946)
- Secret Beyond the Door... (1947)
- Secret of the Incas (1954)
- The Rose Tattoo (1955)
- The Bottom of the Bottle (1956)
- Lawman (1959 episode "The Outsider") as Mrs. Lebeau
References
edit- ^ a b "Special Music for Mission Service". Santa Maria Times. 24 August 1935. Retrieved 2019-09-14.(subscription required)
- ^ "Sign Rosa Rey". Valley Times. 26 Mar 1958. Retrieved 2019-09-14.(subscription required)
- ^ Daniel, Blum (1969). Screen World Vol. 6 1955. Biblo & Tannen Publishers. ISBN 9780819602619.
- ^ a b "Los que pasaron por Hollywood / Florentino Hernández Girbal, Juan B. Heinink, Robert G. Dickson | Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes". www.cervantesvirtual.com. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
- ^ "Nancy Kelly to Play Girl Photographer". The Los Angeles Times. 2 June 1944. Retrieved 2019-09-14.(subscription required)
- ^ "Vital Records". The Los Angeles Times. 9 April 1969. Retrieved 2019-09-14.(subscription required)
External links
edit- Rosa Rey at IMDb
- Rosa Rey at AllMovie
- Rosa Rey at the TCM Movie Database
- Rosa Rey at Find a Grave
