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4 September 1892
Death:
7 April 1969
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Introduction

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

  • 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