Lina Romay
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Romay was born in Barcelona in 1954. Following graduation from high school, she studied the arts, married actor/photographer Ramon Ardid/ Raymond Hardy (they later divorced in 1978), and began acting in stage productions. She began appearing in Jesús Franco's films from the time that they met in 1972. She appeared in more than a hundred feature films, most of them directed by Franco. Among the better known of her horror films are The Bare Breasted Countess (a.k.a. Female Vampire) (1973), Barbed Wire Dolls (1975) and Jack the Ripper (1976). She took the name Lina Romay from the actress and jazz artist from the 1940s. Although Romay was listed in the credits of several of Franco's films as a co-director, actor Antonio Mayans stated in a recent interview that Franco used to credit her in that manner for business reasons, although she never actually co-directed any of their films together. She did however contribute occasional story ideas and assist in the editing of some films and trailers. Lina Romay and Jesús Franco lived as a couple for close to four decades, but only officially married on April 25, 2008. She died from cancer at the age of 57 on 15 February 2012, in Málaga, Spain. Franco died soon after in 2013.
Known for
Credits
White Cannibal Queen (1980)
as Ana
Female Vampire (1975)
as Countess Irina Karlstein
Cecilia (1983)
as Cabaret Owner/Performer
Diamonds of Kilimandjaro (1983)
as Hermine
Pick-Up Girls (1981)
as Suzy
Erotic Symphony (1980)
as Martine de Bressac
Celestine (1974)
as Célestine
Downtown Heat (1994)
as Angela
Greta, the Mad Butcher (1977)
as Juana
Golden Temple Amazons (1986)
as Cameo
My Pussy is the Best (1982)
as Elisa
Two Female Spies with Flowered Panties (1980)
as Cecile
Lorna, the Exorcist (1974)
as Linda Mariel
Countess Perverse (1975)
as Silvia Aguado
Jailhouse Wardress (1981)
as Maria
The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein (1973)
as Esmeralda
Downtown (1976)
as Cynthia
Sex Is Crazy (1981)
as Mrs. Foncesca
Night of the Skull (1974)
as Rita Derian
Jack the Ripper (1976)
as Marika Stevenson
Blind Target (2000)
as Tora
Call Him Jess (2000)
as Herself
La última película de Jess Franco (2013)
as Self
Midnight Party (1976)
as Sylvia
The Erotic Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1976)
Actor
Faceless (1988)
as Mme Orloff
Fury in the Tropics (1986)
as Marga Lopez
Exorcism (1975)
as Anne
Thong Girls (1987)
as Lola Clavijo
Red Silk (1999)
as Gina
Sexual Perversions of a Married Woman (1981)
as George's Mother
Vampire Junction (2001)
as Mados
Mansion of the Living Dead (1982)
as Candy
Black Boots, Leather Whip (1983)
as Lina
Kiss Me Killer (1977)
as Moira Ray
The Other Side of the Mirror (1973)
as Marie Madeleine Whitman (French version only)
Broken Dolls (1999)
as Tona
Slaves (1977)
as Madame Arminda
Women Without Innocence (1978)
as Margarita Martin
Killer Barbys vs. Dracula (2002)
as Irina von Karstein
The Girls of the Copacabana (1981)
as Lia
Tender and Perverse Emmanuelle (1973)
as Greta Douglas
The Ticklish Ones (1975)
as Loulou
Barbed Wire Dolls (1976)
as Maria da Guerra
Trapped Women (1987)
as Marga
Mari-Cookie and the Killer Tarantula (1998)
as Mari Cookie / Tarantula
Women Behind Bars (1975)
as Shirley Fields
Wicked Memoirs of Eugenie (1980)
as Sultana
Triple X Selects: The Best of Lezsploitation (2007)
as (archive footage)
Incubus (2002)
as Rosa Harker
The Hotel of Love Affairs (1983)
as Eva Bombón
Alone Against Terror (1986)
as Melissa
The House of Lost Women (1983)
as Desdémona
What a Honeymoon (1980)
as Yolanda
The Night Of Open Sex (1983)
as Moira
The Sadist of Notre Dame (1979)
as Anne
The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff (1973)
as Sweet Davey Brown's Girlfriend
Call Me Jess Redux (2014)
as Herself
The Last from Philippines (1986)
as Cecilia Muro
Night Has a Thousand Desires (1984)
as Irina
Cries of Pleasure (1983)
as Julia
Bangkok, City of the Dead (1985)
as Aminia
El fontanero, su mujer... y otras cosas de meter (1981)
as Julia
The Lustful Amazons (1974)
as Yuka
How Much Does a Spy Make? (1984)
as Ana
Helter Skelter (2000)
Actor
Macumba sexual: Voodoo Jess (2010)
as Self
See you later Cowabunga: La maldición del cenachero diabólico! (2004)
Actor
Dirty Game in Casablanca (1985)
as Woman Asking for Autograph
Love Letters of a Nun (1978)
as María
The Blues of Pop Street (1983)
as Genara Johnny Walker 'Butterfly'
Blood on My Shoes (1983)
as Paquita la Fina
Death Karate in Torremolinos (2003)
Actor
Esmeralda Bay (1989)
as Hotelier
How to Seduce a Virgin (1974)
as Adèle
Tender Flesh (1997)
as Mrs. Radeck
El abuelo, la condesa y Escarlata la traviesa (1992)
Actor
Macumba Sexual (1983)
as Alice Brooks
Bahia Blanca (1984)
as María
The Hot Nights of Linda (1975)
as Olivia Steiner
Slave of Crime (1987)
as Tsai Chin
Lust for Frankenstein (1998)
as Moira Frankenstein
Sida, la peste del siglo XX (1986)
Actor
Paula-Paula (2010)
as Alma Pereira
Sexy Erotic Job (1975)
as Loulou Laverne
The Bizarre World of Jess Franco (1983)
as Herself
Girl with the Red Lips (1986)
as Terry Morgan
El misterio del castillo rojo (—)
Actor
Lovers of Devil's Island (1973)
Actor
Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell (1999)
as Nelly Smith / Tsai Ming
On the Threshold to Another World (2003)
as Herself
Queridos monstruos (2014)
as Self
Revenge in the House of Usher (1983)
as Helen
White Jungle Slave (1985)
as Karate Student
The Greedy Ones (1974)
as Alba / Bianca
Miss Lina und ihr Chauffeur (2014)
as Self (archive footage)
Antena Criminal: Making a Jess Franco Movie (2002)
as Herself
Judoka Shadow versus Doctor Wong (1985)
as Maggie
The Troublemakers (1976)
as Pina
Lonely Road (1984)
as Eva / Adriana
Vampire Blues (1999)
as Marga
Snakewoman (2005)
as Dr. Van Helsing
Jungle of Fear (1993)
Actor
Falks Frauen (2014)
as (archive footage)
Journey into Perversion (2001)
as Herself
Lulu's Talking Ass (1986)
as Lulú
Lilian, the Perverted Virgin (1984)
as Irina
Doriana Grey (1977)
as Doriana Gray/Doriana's Twin Sister
Rolls-Royce Baby (1975)
as Rolls-Royce Baby
They Do Everything (1979)
as Nini
Jess Franco's Perversion (2005)
as Mme Villeblanche
Sex Apocalypse (1982)
as Ruth
Fly Story (—)
Actor
Jess Franco's Passion (2005)
Actor
Falo Crest (1987)
as Melissa
The Voyeur and the Exhibitionist (1986)
as The Exhibitionist
Cocktail spécial (1978)
as Martine
A Crack for Two (1984)
as Agent 69
Phollastía (1987)
as Barbara
Intimate Confessions of an Exhibitionist (1983)
as Candy
Shining Sex (1976)
as Cynthia
Entre pitos anda el juego (1986)
as Candy
Para las nenas, leche calentita (1986)
as Chelo Cucufate
Red Venice (2003)
Actor
Angel of Death 2: The Prison Island Massacre (2007)
as Mrs. Steele
Justine and the Whip (1979)
as Justine
Un pito para tres (1985)
Actor
Las chuponas (1986)
as Lulu Laverne
Sexorcismes (1975)
Actor