Rosa Rey Explained

Rosa Rey
Birth Name:	Isabel Mercedes Tárrago
Birth Date:	September 4, 1892
Birth Place:	Madrid, Spain
Death Date:	April 7, 1969 (aged 78)
Death Place:	Los Angeles, California, USA
Occupation:	Actress
Spouse:	Martin Garralaga

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]}

Biography

Rey 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 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. She died on April 7, 1969, in Los Angeles County, California.^[6]

Selected filmography

• 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

1. News: Special Music for Mission Service. 24 August 1935. Santa Maria Times. 2019-09-14. newspapers.com.
2. Web site: Sign Rosa Rey. 26 Mar 1958. Valley Times. 2019-09-14. newspapers.com.
3. Book: Blum, Daniel. https://books.google.com/books?id=Mv1SB5MLwBMC&q=%22rosa+rey%22+garralaga&pg=PA65 65]. Screen World. 6. 1955. Daniel Blum. Biblo & Tannen Publishers. New York. 9780819602619.
4. Web site: Los que pasaron por Hollywood / Florentino Hernández Girbal, Juan B. Heinink, Robert G. Dickson Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes. www.cervantesvirtual.com. 2019-09-14.
5. News: Nancy Kelly to Play Girl Photographer. 11. 2 June 1944. Los Angeles Times. newspapers.com. 2024-11-29. Rosa Rey, character actress and former opera singer.
6. News: Vital Records. 9 April 1969. Los Angeles Times. 2019-09-14. newspapers.com.