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
My Pussy is the Best (1982)
as Elisa
White Cannibal Queen (1980)
as Ana
Cecilia (1983)
as Cabaret Owner/Performer
Midnight Party (1976)
as Sylvia
Female Vampire (1975)
as Countess Irina Karlstein
Celestine (1974)
as Célestine
Thong Girls (1987)
as Lola Clavijo
Countess Perverse (1975)
as Silvia Aguado
Greta, the Mad Butcher (1977)
as Juana
Golden Temple Amazons (1986)
as Cameo
Barbed Wire Dolls (1976)
as Maria da Guerra
Erotic Symphony (1980)
as Martine de Bressac
Cries of Pleasure (1983)
as Julia
Bahia Blanca (1984)
as María
Faceless (1988)
as Mme Orloff
Two Female Spies with Flowered Panties (1980)
as Cecile
Lorna, the Exorcist (1974)
as Linda Mariel
Tender Flesh (1997)
as Mrs. Radeck
Downtown (1975)
as Cynthia
The Ticklish Ones (1975)
as Loulou
Slaves (1977)
as Madame Arminda
Jack the Ripper (1976)
as Marika Stevenson
Jailhouse Wardress (1981)
as Maria
The Hot Nights of Linda (1975)
as Olivia Steiner
Mansion of the Living Dead (1982)
as Candy
Pick-Up Girls (1981)
as Suzy
The House of Lost Women (1983)
as Desdémona
Sex Is Crazy (1981)
as Mrs. Foncesca
Diamonds of Kilimandjaro (1983)
as Hermine
Fury in the Tropics (1986)
as Marga Lopez
Women Without Innocence (1978)
as Margarita Martin
How to Seduce a Virgin (1974)
as Adèle
Downtown Heat (1994)
as Angela
The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein (1973)
as Esmeralda
Wicked Memoirs of Eugenie (1980)
as Sultana
El fontanero, su mujer... y otras cosas de meter (1981)
as Julia
Night Has a Thousand Desires (1984)
as Irina
The Erotic Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1976)
Actor
Kiss Me Killer (1977)
as Moira Ray
The Lustful Amazons (1974)
as Yuka
The Greedy Ones (1974)
as Alba / Bianca
The Night Of Open Sex (1983)
as Moira
Sexy Erotic Job (1975)
as Loulou Laverne
Sexual Perversions of a Married Woman (1981)
as George's Mother
The Other Side of the Mirror (1973)
as Marie Madeleine Whitman (French version only)
Macumba Sexual (1983)
as Alice Brooks
Esmeralda Bay (1989)
as Hotelier
Tender and Perverse Emmanuelle (1973)
as Greta Douglas
Paula-Paula (2010)
as Alma Pereira
Death Karate in Torremolinos (2003)
Actor
Incubus (2002)
as Rosa Harker
White Jungle Slave (1985)
as Karate Student
Blind Target (2000)
as Tora
Exorcism (1975)
as Anne
Broken Dolls (1999)
as Tona
Vampire Blues (1999)
as Marga
Helter Skelter (2000)
Actor
The Sadist of Notre Dame (1979)
as Anne
Killer Barbys vs. Dracula (2002)
as Irina von Karstein
Women Behind Bars (1975)
as Shirley Fields
The Last from Philippines (1986)
as Cecilia Muro
The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff (1973)
as Sweet Davey Brown's Girlfriend
Queridos monstruos (2014)
as Self
Black Boots, Leather Whip (1983)
as Lina
Red Silk (1999)
as Gina
The Girls of the Copacabana (1981)
as Lia
Lovers of Devil's Island (1973)
Actor
Lust for Frankenstein (1998)
as Moira Frankenstein
Slave of Crime (1987)
as Tsai Chin
Revenge in the House of Usher (1983)
as Helen
Triple X Selects: The Best of Lezsploitation (2007)
as (archive footage)
Dirty Game in Casablanca (1985)
as Woman Asking for Autograph
Call Him Jess (2000)
as Herself
The Hotel of Love Affairs (1983)
as Eva Bombón
The Troublemakers (1976)
as Pina
Love Letters of a Nun (1978)
as María
Night of the Skull (1974)
as Rita Derian
Trapped Women (1987)
as Marga
Snakewoman (2005)
as Dr. Van Helsing
La última película de Jess Franco (2013)
as Self
Blood on My Shoes (1983)
as Paquita la Fina
El abuelo, la condesa y Escarlata la traviesa (1992)
Actor
How Much Does a Spy Make? (1984)
as Ana
El misterio del castillo rojo (—)
Actor
Sida, la peste del siglo XX (1986)
Actor
Vampire Junction (2001)
as Mados
Falks Frauen (2014)
as (archive footage)
Sexorcismes (1975)
Actor
The Blues of Pop Street (1983)
as Genara Johnny Walker 'Butterfly'
What a Honeymoon (1980)
as Yolanda
Call Me Jess Redux (2014)
as Herself
Jungle of Fear (1993)
Actor
Miss Lina und ihr Chauffeur (2014)
as Self (archive footage)
Mari-Cookie and the Killer Tarantula (1998)
as Mari Cookie / Tarantula
Judoka Shadow versus Doctor Wong (1985)
as Maggie
Alone Against Terror (1986)
as Melissa
Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell (1999)
as Nelly Smith / Tsai Ming
Antena Criminal: Making a Jess Franco Movie (2002)
as Herself
Lonely Road (1984)
as Eva / Adriana
Girl with the Red Lips (1986)
as Terry Morgan
Journey into Perversion (2001)
as Herself
See you later Cowabunga: La maldición del cenachero diabólico! (2004)
Actor
Bangkok, City of the Dead (1985)
as Aminia
On the Threshold to Another World (2003)
as Herself
The Bizarre World of Jess Franco (1983)
as Herself
Macumba sexual: Voodoo Jess (2010)
as Self
Cocktail spécial (1978)
as Martine
Lulu's Talking Ass (1986)
as Lulú
Lilian, the Perverted Virgin (1984)
as Irina
Doriana Grey (1976)
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 (1986)
Actor
Jess Franco's Passion (2005)
Actor
Falo Crest (1987)
as Melissa
The Voyeur and the Exhibitionist (1986)
as The Exhibitionist
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