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

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, 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 Martín Garralaga (10 November 1894 – 12 June 1981) was a Spanish actor who worked in Hollywood from the 1930s through the 1960s. He was married to opera singer and actress Rosa Rey. Biography Garralaga first came to the United States whe ...

; they both worked at Fox in the 1930s. She died on April 7, 1969, in Los Angeles County, California.

Selected filmography

* '' La buenaventura'' (1934) * ''

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'' (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 ''Song of the Gringo'' is a 1936 American Western film directed by John P. McCarthy. The film is also known as ''The Old Corral'' in the United Kingdom. The film was the debut of singing cowboy Tex Ritter. It was co-written by former outlaw an ...

'' (1936) * '' Fiesta'' (1941) * '' The Face of Marble'' (1946) * ''

Gilda ''Gilda'' is a 1946 American film noir directed by Charles Vidor and starring Rita Hayworth in her signature role and Glenn Ford. The film is known for cinematographer Rudolph Maté's lush photography, costume designer Jean Louis's wardrobe fo ...

'' (1946) * ''

Two Years Before the Mast ''Two Years Before the Mast'' is a memoir by the American author Richard Henry Dana Jr., published in 1840, having been written after a two-year sea voyage from Boston to California on a merchant ship starting in 1834. A film adaptation under the ...

'' (1946) * ''

Secret Beyond the Door ''Secret Beyond the Door'' is a 1947 American film noir psychological thriller and a modern updating of the Bluebeard fairytale, directed by Fritz Lang, produced by Lang's Diana Productions, and released by Universal Pictures. The film stars Joan ...

...'' (1947) * ''

Secret of the Incas ''Secret of the Incas'' is a 1954 American adventure film directed by Jerry Hopper and starring Charlton Heston as adventurer Harry Steele, on the trail of an ancient Incan artifact. Shot on location at Machu Picchu in Peru, the film is often cr ...

'' (1954) * ''

The Rose Tattoo ''The Rose Tattoo'' is a three-act play written by Tennessee Williams in 1949 and 1950; after its Chicago premiere on December 29, 1950, he made further revisions to the play for its Broadway premiere on February 2, 1951, and its publication by ...

'' (1955) * ''

The Bottom of the Bottle ''The Bottom of the Bottle'' is a 1956 CinemaScope American drama film based on the The Bottom of the Bottle (novel), novel written by Georges Simenon during his stay in Nogales, Arizona. The novel was adapted for film by Sydney Boehm and directe ...

'' (1956) * '' Lawman'' (1959 episode "The Outsider") as Mrs. Lebeau

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rey, Rosa Spanish film actresses 1892 births 1969 deaths 20th-century Spanish women opera singers Spanish expatriates in the United States