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