Lina Romay
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. The majority of their films together were in the erotic film genre, but she was also featured in many horror, comedy and action/adventure films as well. 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
- 2014 · Queridos monstruos as Self
- 2014 · Call Me Jess Redux as Herself
- 2014 · Miss Lina und ihr Chauffeur as Self (archive footage)
- 2014 · Falks Frauen as (archive footage)
- 2013 · La última película de Jess Franco as Self
- 2010 · Paula-Paula as Alma Pereira
- 2007 · Triple X Selects: The Best of Lezsploitation as (archive)
- 2007 · Angel of Death 2: The Prison Island Massacre as Mrs. Steele
- 2005 · Snakewoman as Dr. Van Helsing
- 2005 · Jess Franco's Passion as
- 2005 · Jess Franco's Perversion as Mme Villeblanche
- 2004 · See you later Cowabunga: La maldición del cenachero diabólico! as
- 2003 · On the Threshold to Another World as Herself
- 2003 · Death Karate in Torremolinos as
- 2003 · Red Venice as
- 2002 · Killer Barbys vs. Dracula as Irina von Karstein
- 2002 · Incubus as Rosa Harker
- 2002 · Antena Criminal: Making a Jess Franco Movie as Herself
- 2001 · Journey into Perversion as Herself
- 2001 · Vampire Junction as Mados
- 2000 · Call Him Jess as Herself
- 2000 · Blind Target as Tora
- 2000 · Helter Skelter as
- 1999 · Broken Dolls as Tona
- 1999 · Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell as Nelly Smith / Tsai Ming
- 1999 · Vampire Blues as Marga
- 1999 · Red Silk as Gina
- 1998 · Lust for Frankenstein as Moira Frankenstein
- 1998 · Mari-Cookie and the Killer Tarantula as Mari Cookie / Tarantula
- 1997 · Tender Flesh as Mrs. Radeck
- 1994 · Downtown Heat as Angela
- 1993 · Jungle of Fear as
- 1992 · El abuelo, la condesa y Escarlata la traviesa as
- 1989 · Esmeralda Bay as Hotelier
- 1988 · Faceless as Mrs. Orloff
- 1987 · Slave of Crime as Tsai Chin
- 1987 · Falo Crest as Melissa
- 1987 · Thong Girls as Lola Clavijo
- 1987 · Phollastía as Barbara
- 1986 · Golden Temple Amazons as Cameo
- 1986 · Para las nenas, leche calentita as Chelo Cucufate
- 1986 · Alone Against Terror as Melissa
- 1986 · Entre pitos anda el juego as Candy
- 1986 · The Voyeur and the Exhibitionist as The Exhibitionist
- 1986 · Lulu's Talking Ass as Lulú
- 1986 · Orgasmo perverso as Marga Lopez
- 1986 · Girl with the Red Lips as Terry Morgan
- 1986 · Sida, la peste del siglo XX as
- 1986 · The Last from Philippines as Cecilia Muro
- 1986 · Bragueta historia as
- 1985 · Un pito para tres as
- 1985 · Dirty Game in Casablanca as Woman Asking for Autograph
- 1985 · White Jungle Slave as Karate Student
- 1985 · Judoka Shadow versus Doctor Wong as Maggie
- 1985 · Bangkok, City of the Dead as Aminia
- 1984 · A Crack for Two as Agent 69
- 1984 · Lilian, the Perverted Virgin as Irina
- 1984 · How Much for a Spy? as Ana
- 1984 · Night Has a Thousand Desires as Irina
- 1984 · Camino solitario as Eva / Adriana
- 1984 · Bahia Blanca as María
- 1983 · Macumba Sexual as Alice Brooks
- 1983 · The Hotel of Love Affairs as Eva Bombón
- 1983 · Cries of Pleasure as Julia
- 1983 · The House of Lost Women as Desdémona
- 1983 · Intimate Confessions of an Exhibitionist as Candy
- 1983 · Diamonds of Kilimandjaro as Hermine
- 1983 · Cecilia as Cabaret Owner/Performer
- 1983 · Revenge in the House of Usher as Helen
- 1983 · The Night Of Open Sex as Moira
- 1983 · Black Boots, Leather Whip as Lina
- 1983 · The Blues of Pop Street as Genara Johnny Walker 'Butterfly'
- 1983 · Blood on My Shoes as Paquita la Fina
- 1982 · Mansion of the Living Dead as Candy
- 1982 · My Pussy is the Best as Elisa
- 1982 · Sex Apocalypse as Ruth
- 1981 · Pick-Up Girls as Suzy
- 1981 · El fontanero, su mujer... y otras cosas de meter as Julia
- 1981 · Jailhouse Wardress as Maria
- 1981 · Sexual Perversions of a Married Woman as George's Mother
- 1981 · The Girls of the Copacabana as Lia
- 1981 · Sex Is Crazy as Mrs. Foncesca
- 1980 · White Cannibal Queen as Ana
- 1980 · Wicked Memoirs of Eugenie as Sultana
- 1980 · Two Female Spies with Flowered Panties as Cecile
- 1980 · Erotic Symphony as Martine de Bressac
- 1980 · What a Honeymoon as Yolanda
- 1979 · Justine and the Whip as Justine
- 1979 · The Sadist of Notre Dame as Anne
- 1979 · They Do Everything as Nini
- 1978 · Love Letters of a Nun as María
- 1978 · Cocktail spécial as Martine
- 1978 · Women Without Innocence as Margarita Martin
- 1977 · Slaves as Madame Arminda
- 1977 · Kiss Me Killer as Moira Ray
- 1977 · Greta, the Mad Butcher as Juana
- 1976 · Jack the Ripper as Marika Stevenson
- 1976 · Shining Sex as Cynthia
- 1976 · Les emmerdeuses as Pina
- 1976 · Barbed Wire Dolls as Maria da Guerra
- 1976 · Midnight Party as Sylvia
- 1976 · The Erotic Adventures of Robinson Crusoe as
- 1976 · Doriana Gray as Doriana Gray/Doriana's Twin Sister
- 1975 · Rolls-Royce Baby as Rolls-Royce Baby
- 1975 · The Perverse Countess as Silvia Aguado
- 1975 · Downtown as Cynthia
- 1975 · Exorcism as Anne (as Rosa Almirall)
- 1975 · Les chatouilleuses as Loulou
- 1975 · The Hot Nights of Linda as Olivia Steiner
- 1975 · Sexy Erotic Job as Loulou Laverne
- 1975 · Women Behind Bars as Shirley Fields
- 1974 · Lorna, the Exorcist as Linda Mariel
- 1974 · Celestine as Célestine
- 1974 · Night of the Skull as Rita Derian
- 1974 · How to Seduce a Virgin as Adèle
- 1974 · The Lustful Amazons as Yuka
- 1974 · Les Gloutonnes as Alba / Bianca
- 1973 · Lovers of Devil's Island as
- 1973 · The Other Side of the Mirror as Marie Madeleine Whitman (French version only)
- 1973 · The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein as Esmeralda
- 1973 · Female Vampire as Countess Irina Karlstein
- 1973 · Tender and Perverse Emmanuelle as Greta Douglas
- 1973 · El misterio del castillo rojo as
- 1973 · The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff as Sweet Davey Brown's Girlfriend