Irma Roy

{{short description|Argentinian actor and politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

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| name = Irma Roy

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| smallimage = Irma Roy.jpg

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| caption = Roy in El Derecho a la felicidad (1968)

| order = National Deputy

| office =

| term_start = 10 December 2001

| term_end = 10 December 2005

| constituency = Buenos Aires

| term_start1 = 10 December 1987

| term_end1 = 10 December 1999

| constituency1 = Buenos Aires

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|6|10|df=y}}

| birth_place = Buenos Aires

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|6|14|1932|6|10|df=y}}

| death_place = Buenos Aires

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| children = Carolina Papaleo

| nationality =

| party = Justicialist Party

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| occupation = politician

| profession = actress

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Irma Roy (10 June 1932 – 14 June 2016) was an Argentine actress and politician who served in the Chamber of Deputies from 1995 to 2005.{{cite news|title=Murió Irma Roy|url=http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/ultimas/20-301735-2016-06-14.html|accessdate=14 June 2016|work=Pagina 12|date=14 June 2016|language=Spanish}} Her daughter, Carolina Papaleo also became an actress.{{cite news|title=Quién es el novio del que Carolina Papaleo no quiere hablar|url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1743751-quien-es-el-novio-del-que-carolina-papaleo-no-quiere-hablar|accessdate=14 June 2016|work=La Nacion|date=13 November 2014|language=Spanish}} She was married to the actor Eduardo Cuitiño.

As part of the Open Policy for Social Integrity party (PAIS), she unsuccessfully ran for Chief of Government of Buenos Aires in 2000, landing in third place with a little over 4% of the vote.{{cite news|url=https://www.infobae.com/teleshow/infoshow/2016/06/14/murio-irma-roy/|work=Infobae|title=Murió Irma Roy|date=14 June 2016|access-date=26 March 2025|language=es}}

She died on 14 June 2016 at the age of 84.[http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/216157/actress-exlawmaker-irma-roy-dies-at-84 Actress, ex-lawmaker Irma Roy dies at 84]