Lina Romay
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1954-06-25
Day of Death
2012-02-15 (57 years old)
Place of Birth
Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
Lina Romay
Biography
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
Acting
(2014)
Falks Frauen
as (archive footage)
(2014)
Call Me Jess Redux
as Herself
(2014)
Queridos monstruos
as Self
(2014)
Miss Lina und ihr Chauffeur
as Self (archive footage)
(2013)
(2010)
Paula-Paula
as Alma Pereira
(2010)
Macumba sexual: Voodoo Jess
as Self
(2007)
Triple X Selects: The Best of Lezsploitation
as (archive footage)
(2007)
Angel of Death 2: The Prison Island Massacre
as Mrs. Steele
(2005)
Snakewoman
as Dr. Van Helsing
(2005)
Jess Franco's Perversion
as Mme Villeblanche
(2005)
(2004)
(2003)
On the Threshold to Another World
as Herself
(2003)
(2003)
(2002)
(2002)
Killer Barbys vs. Dracula
as Irina von Karstein
(2002)
Incubus
as Rosa Harker
(2001)
Journey into Perversion
as Herself
(2001)
Vampire Junction
as Mados
(2000)
Call Him Jess
as Herself
(2000)
(2000)
Blind Target
as Tora
(1999)
Vampire Blues
as Marga
(1999)
Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell
as Nelly Smith / Tsai Ming
(1999)
Broken Dolls
as Tona
(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)
(1992)
(1989)
Esmeralda Bay
as Hotelier
(1988)
Faceless
as Mme Orloff
(1987)
Thong Girls
as Lola Clavijo
(1987)
Slave of Crime
as Tsai Chin
(1987)
Falo Crest
as Melissa
(1987)
Phollastía
as Barbara
(1986)
Golden Temple Amazons
as Cameo
(1986)
Alone Against Terror
as Melissa
(1986)
The Last from Philippines
as Cecilia Muro
(1986)
(1986)
Fury in the Tropics
as Marga Lopez
(1986)
Girl with the Red Lips
as Terry Morgan
(1986)
Las chuponas
as Lulu Laverne
(1986)
Lulu's Talking Ass
as Lulú
(1986)
(1986)
The Voyeur and the Exhibitionist
as The Exhibitionist
(1986)
Entre pitos anda el juego
as Candy
(1986)
Para las nenas, leche calentita
as Chelo Cucufate
(1985)
White Jungle Slave
as Karate Student
(1985)
Dirty Game in Casablanca
as Woman Asking for Autograph
(1985)
Judoka Shadow versus Doctor Wong
as Maggie
(1985)
Bangkok, City of the Dead
as Aminia
(1985)
(1984)
Bahia Blanca
as María
(1984)
Camino solitario
as Eva / Adriana
(1984)
Night Has a Thousand Desires
as Irina
(1984)
(1984)
Lilian, the Perverted Virgin
as Irina
(1984)
A Crack for Two
as Agent 69
(1983)
The Bizarre World of Jess Franco
as Herself
(1983)
Diamonds of Kilimandjaro
as Hermine
(1983)
Cecilia
as Cabaret Owner/Performer
(1983)
The Night Of Open Sex
as Moira
(1983)
The House of Lost Women
as Desdémona
(1983)
The Blues of Pop Street
as Genara Johnny Walker 'Butterfly'
(1983)
Revenge in the House of Usher
as Helen
(1983)
Macumba Sexual
as Alice Brooks
(1983)
The Hotel of Love Affairs
as Eva Bombón
(1983)
Cries of Pleasure
as Julia
(1983)
Blood on My Shoes
as Paquita la Fina
(1983)
Black Boots, Leather Whip
as Lina
(1983)
(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)
Sexual Perversions of a Married Woman
as George's Mother
(1981)
(1981)
Jailhouse Wardress
as Maria
(1981)
Sex Is Crazy
as Mrs. Foncesca
(1981)
(1980)
White Cannibal Queen
as Ana
(1980)
Erotic Symphony
as Martine de Bressac
(1980)
(1980)
Wicked Memoirs of Eugenie
as Sultana
(1980)
What a Honeymoon
as Yolanda
(1979)
The Sadist of Notre Dame
as Anne
(1979)
They Do Everything
as Nini
(1979)
Justine and the Whip
as Justine
(1978)
Women Without Innocence
as Margarita Martin
(1978)
Love Letters of a Nun
as María
(1978)
Cocktail spécial
as Martine
(1977)
Greta, the Mad Butcher
as Juana
(1977)
Slaves
as Madame Arminda
(1977)
Kiss Me Killer
as Moira Ray
(1976)
Barbed Wire Dolls
as Maria da Guerra
(1976)
Jack the Ripper
as Marika Stevenson
(1976)
Midnight Party
as Sylvia
(1976)
Les emmerdeuses
as Pina
(1976)
(1976)
Doriana Grey
as Doriana Gray/Doriana's Twin Sister
(1976)
Shining Sex
as Cynthia
(1975)
Exorcism
as Anne
(1975)
Sexy Erotic Job
as Loulou Laverne
(1975)
(1975)
The Perverse Countess
as Silvia Aguado
(1975)
Downtown
as Cynthia
(1975)
Les chatouilleuses
as Loulou
(1975)
The Hot Nights of Linda
as Olivia Steiner
(1975)
Women Behind Bars
as Shirley Fields
(1975)
(1975)
Rolls-Royce Baby
as Rolls-Royce Baby
(1974)
Celestine
as Célestine
(1974)
Les Gloutonnes
as Alba / Bianca
(1974)
How to Seduce a Virgin
as Adèle
(1974)
The Lustful Amazons
as Yuka
(1974)
Night of the Skull
as Rita Derian
(1974)
Lorna, the Exorcist
as Linda Mariel
(1973)
The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
as Sweet Davey Brown's Girlfriend
(1973)
The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein
as Esmeralda
(1973)
Female Vampire
as Countess Irina Karlstein
(1973)
The Other Side of the Mirror
as Marie Madeleine Whitman (French version only)
(1973)
(1973)
(1973)
Tender and Perverse Emmanuelle
as Greta Douglas
Crew
(2012)
La cripta de las condenadas
Production Manager, Assistant Director, Art Direction
(2012)
La cripta de las condenadas: Parte II
Production Manager, Art Direction, Makeup Artist, Assistant Director
(2010)
Paula-Paula
Makeup Artist, Wardrobe Supervisor
(2009)
Take-Away Spirit
Set Decoration, Production Manager, Second Unit
(2005)
Snakewoman
Writer
(2002)
Antena Criminal: Making a Jess Franco Movie
Camera Operator
(2002)
Killer Barbys vs. Dracula
Screenplay
(2001)
Vampire Junction
Director
(2000)
Blind Target
Director, Assistant Director
(1999)
Broken Dolls
Assistant Director
(1998)
Lust for Frankenstein
Editor
(1996)
Vampire Killer Barbys
Editor
(1992)
Don Quixote
Editor
(1989)
Esmeralda Bay
Editor
(1987)
Falo Crest
Editor, Director
(1987)
Thong Girls
Director
(1987)
Phollastía
Director
(1986)
The Voyeur and the Exhibitionist
Director, Writer
(1986)
Entre pitos anda el juego
Director
(1986)
Para las nenas, leche calentita
Director
(1986)
(1985)
Trip to Bangkok, Coffin included
Editor, Assistant Director
(1985)
Dirty Game in Casablanca
Assistant Director
(1985)
White Jungle Slave
Assistant Director
(1985)
Un pito para tres
Director
(1984)
The Sexual Story of O
Editor
(1984)
A Crack for Two
Director, Screenplay
(1984)
Camino solitario
Assistant Director
(1984)
Bahia Blanca
Assistant Editor, Assistant Director
(1983)
Cries of Pleasure
Director, Editor
(1983)
Intimate Confessions of an Exhibitionist
Director, Assistant Editor
(1983)
Macumba Sexual
Assistant Director
(1983)
The Hotel of Love Affairs
Assistant Editor, Assistant Director
(1982)
The Inconfessable Orgies of Emmanuelle
Editor, Assistant Director
(1982)
Express Train
Director, Editor
(1982)
El huésped de la niebla
Director, Screenplay
(1981)
Bloody Moon
Assistant Director
(1981)
Sadomania
Assistant Director, Assistant Editor
(1981)
The Story of Linda
Assistant Director
(1980)
Devil Hunter
Assistant Director