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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 …
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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.
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BODY OF WORK
Lina Romay's Filmography
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Queridos monstruos
as Self
Call Me Jess Redux
as Herself
No Poster
Miss Lina und ihr Chauffeur
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Falks Frauen
as (archive footage)
La última película de Jess Franco
as Self
No Poster
Macumba sexual: Voodoo Jess
as Self
Paula-Paula
as Alma Pereira
Triple X Selects: The Best of Lezsploitation
as (archive footage)
Angel of Death 2: The Prison Island Massacre
as Mrs. Steele
Snakewoman
as Dr. Van Helsing
Jess Franco's Passion
Jess Franco's Perversion
as Mme Villeblanche
No Poster
See you later Cowabunga: La maldición del cenachero diabólico!
No Poster
On the Threshold to Another World
as Herself
Death Karate in Torremolinos
Red Venice
Killer Barbys vs. Dracula
as Irina von Karstein
Incubus
as Rosa Harker
No Poster
Antena Criminal: Making a Jess Franco Movie
as Herself
Journey into Perversion
as Herself
Vampire Junction
as Mados
Call Him Jess
as Herself
Helter Skelter
Blind Target
as Tora
Broken Dolls
as Tona
Vampire Blues
as Marga
Red Silk
as Gina
Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell
as Nelly Smith / Tsai Ming
Mari-Cookie and the Killer Tarantula
as Mari Cookie / Tarantula
Lust for Frankenstein
as Moira Frankenstein
Tender Flesh
as Mrs. Radeck
Downtown Heat
as Angela
No Poster
Jungle of Fear
El abuelo, la condesa y Escarlata la traviesa
Esmeralda Bay
as Hotelier
Faceless
as Mme Orloff
Slave of Crime
as Tsai Chin
Falo Crest
as Melissa
Trapped Women
as Marga
Thong Girls
as Lola Clavijo
Phollastía
as Barbara
Golden Temple Amazons
as Cameo
Para las nenas, leche calentita
as Chelo Cucufate
Alone Against Terror
as Melissa
Entre pitos anda el juego
as Candy
The Voyeur and the Exhibitionist
as The Exhibitionist
Lulu's Talking Ass
as Lulú
No Poster
Las chuponas
as Lulu Laverne
Fury in the Tropics
as Marga Lopez
Girl with the Red Lips
as Terry Morgan
The Last from Philippines
as Cecilia Muro
No Poster
Sida, la peste del siglo XX
No Poster
Un pito para tres
Dirty Game in Casablanca
as Woman Asking for Autograph
Bangkok, City of the Dead
as Aminia
Judoka Shadow versus Doctor Wong
as Maggie
White Jungle Slave
as Karate Student
A Crack for Two
as Agent 69
Lilian, the Perverted Virgin
as Irina
How Much Does a Spy Make?
as Ana
Night Has a Thousand Desires
as Irina
Lonely Road
as Eva / Adriana
Bahia Blanca
as María
Macumba Sexual
as Alice Brooks
The Hotel of Love Affairs
as Eva Bombón
Cries of Pleasure
as Julia
The House of Lost Women
as Desdémona
Intimate Confessions of an Exhibitionist
as Candy
Diamonds of Kilimandjaro
as Hermine
Cecilia
as Cabaret Owner/Performer
Revenge in the House of Usher
as Helen
The Night Of Open Sex
as Moira
Black Boots, Leather Whip
as Lina
Blood on My Shoes
as Paquita la Fina
No Poster
The Bizarre World of Jess Franco
as Herself
The Blues of Pop Street
as Genara Johnny Walker 'Butterfly'
Mansion of the Living Dead
as Candy
My Pussy is the Best
as Elisa
Sex Apocalypse
as Ruth
Pick-Up Girls
as Suzy
El fontanero, su mujer... y otras cosas de meter
as Julia
Jailhouse Wardress
as Maria
Sexual Perversions of a Married Woman
as George's Mother
The Girls of the Copacabana
as Lia
Sex Is Crazy
as Mrs. Foncesca
White Cannibal Queen
as Ana
Wicked Memoirs of Eugenie
as Sultana
Two Female Spies with Flowered Panties
as Cecile
Erotic Symphony
as Martine de Bressac
What a Honeymoon
as Yolanda
Justine and the Whip
as Justine
The Sadist of Notre Dame
as Anne
They Do Everything
as Nini
Love Letters of a Nun
as María
Cocktail spécial
as Martine
Women Without Innocence
as Margarita Martin
Slaves
as Madame Arminda
Kiss Me Killer
as Moira Ray
Greta, the Mad Butcher
as Juana
Doriana Grey
as Doriana Gray/Doriana's Twin Sister
Jack the Ripper
as Marika Stevenson
Shining Sex
as Cynthia
Downtown
as Cynthia
The Troublemakers
as Pina
Barbed Wire Dolls
as Maria da Guerra
Midnight Party
as Sylvia
The Erotic Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
Countess Perverse
as Silvia Aguado
Rolls-Royce Baby
as Rolls-Royce Baby
Exorcism
as Anne
The Ticklish Ones
as Loulou
The Hot Nights of Linda
as Olivia Steiner
Sexy Erotic Job
as Loulou Laverne
Women Behind Bars
as Shirley Fields
Sexorcismes
Lorna, the Exorcist
as Linda Mariel
Celestine
as Célestine
Night of the Skull
as Rita Derian
How to Seduce a Virgin
as Adèle
The Lustful Amazons
as Yuka
The Greedy Ones
as Alba / Bianca
Lovers of Devil's Island
The Other Side of the Mirror
as Marie Madeleine Whitman (French version only)
Female Vampire
as Countess Irina Karlstein
The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein
as Esmeralda
Tender and Perverse Emmanuelle
as Greta Douglas
The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
as Sweet Davey Brown's Girlfriend
No Poster
El misterio del castillo rojo
