Rosa Rey

Rosa Rey
Born
Isabel Mercedes Tárrago

September 4, 1892
Madrid, Spain
DiedApril 7, 1969 (aged 78)
Los Angeles, California, USA
OccupationActress
SpouseMartin Garralaga

Rosa Rey (born Isabel Mercedes Tárrago) was a Spanish actress and opera singer who worked in Hollywood from the 1930s through the 1960s.

Biography

Rey was born in Madrid, Spain, as Isabel Tárrago; she was a descendant of notable lawyer and poet Torcuato Tárrago y Mateos. Rey worked as an opera singer before making her way onto the silver screen as a character actress. She was married to actor Martin Garralaga; they both worked at Fox in the 1930s. She died on April 7, 1969, in Los Angeles County, California.

Selected filmography

References

  1. 1 2 "Special Music for Mission Service". Santa Maria Times. 24 August 1935. Retrieved 2019-09-14 – via newspapers.com.(subscription required)
  2. ↑ "Sign Rosa Rey". Valley Times. 26 Mar 1958. Retrieved 2019-09-14 – via newspapers.com. (subscription required)
  3. ↑ Blum, Daniel (1955). Screen World. Vol. 6. New York: Biblo & Tannen Publishers. p. https://books.google.com/books?id=Mv1SB5MLwBMC&q=%22rosa+rey%22+garralaga&pg=PA65 65]. ISBN 9780819602619. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  4. 1 2 "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.
  5. ↑ "Nancy Kelly to Play Girl Photographer". Los Angeles Times. 2 June 1944. p. 11. Retrieved 2024-11-29 – via newspapers.com. Rosa Rey, character actress and former opera singer (subscription required)
  6. ↑ "Vital Records". Los Angeles Times. 9 April 1969. Retrieved 2019-09-14 – via newspapers.com. (subscription required)