Lina Romay
Acting • Born 1954-06-25 – Died 2012-02-15
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.
Filmography
129 credits
The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein
Movie • 1973
Esmeralda
Lust for Frankenstein
Movie • 1998
Moira Frankenstein
Sexy Erotic Job
Movie • 1975
Loulou Laverne
Vampire Blues
Movie • 1999
Marga
Mari-Cookie and the Killer Tarantula
Movie • 1998
Mari Cookie / Tarantula
Revenge in the House of Usher
Movie • 1983
Helen
Antena Criminal: Making a Jess Franco Movie
Movie • 2002
Herself
Journey into Perversion
Movie • 2001
Herself
Falks Frauen
Movie • 2014
(archive footage)
Blind Target
Movie • 2000
Tora
Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell
Movie • 1999
Nelly Smith / Tsai Ming
Vampire Junction
Movie • 2001
Mados
Barbed Wire Dolls
Movie • 1976
Maria da Guerra
Night of the Skull
Movie • 1974
Rita Derian
Kiss Me Killer
Movie • 1977
Moira Ray
Female Vampire
Movie • 1975
Countess Irina Karlstein
Alone Against Terror
Movie • 1986
Melissa
Mansion of the Living Dead
Movie • 1982
Candy
White Jungle Slave
Movie • 1985
Karate Student
Golden Temple Amazons
Movie • 1986
Cameo
Diamonds of Kilimandjaro
Movie • 1983
Hermine
Cries of Pleasure
Movie • 1983
Julia
The Greedy Ones
Movie • 1974
Alba / Bianca
Jailhouse Wardress
Movie • 1981
Maria
Tender Flesh
Movie • 1997
Mrs. Radeck
Sex Is Crazy
Movie • 1981
Mrs. Foncesca
Miss Lina und ihr Chauffeur
Movie • 2014
Self (archive footage)
Lulu's Talking Ass
Movie • 1986
Lulú
Erotic Symphony
Movie • 1980
Martine de Bressac
Jack the Ripper
Movie • 1976
Marika Stevenson
Downtown
Movie • 1975
Cynthia
Women Without Innocence
Movie • 1978
Margarita Martin
Lilian, the Perverted Virgin
Movie • 1984
Irina
Macumba Sexual
Movie • 1983
Alice Brooks
Women Behind Bars
Movie • 1975
Shirley Fields
Cecilia
Movie • 1983
Cabaret Owner/Performer
Exorcism
Movie • 1975
Anne
Judoka Shadow versus Doctor Wong
Movie • 1985
Maggie
Midnight Party
Movie • 1976
Sylvia
Incubus
Movie • 2002
Rosa Harker
Lorna, the Exorcist
Movie • 1974
Linda Mariel
Doriana Grey
Movie • 1976
Doriana Gray/Doriana's Twin Sister
Paula-Paula
Movie • 2010
Alma Pereira
Rolls-Royce Baby
Movie • 1975
Rolls-Royce Baby
They Do Everything
Movie • 1979
Nini
White Cannibal Queen
Movie • 1980
Ana
Countess Perverse
Movie • 1975
Silvia Aguado
Red Silk
Movie • 1999
Gina
Broken Dolls
Movie • 1999
Tona
Downtown Heat
Movie • 1994
Angela
Celestine
Movie • 1974
Célestine
Helter Skelter
Movie • 2000
Slaves
Movie • 1977
Madame Arminda
Jess Franco's Perversion
Movie • 2005
Mme Villeblanche
Killer Barbys vs. Dracula
Movie • 2002
Irina von Karstein
Sex Apocalypse
Movie • 1982
Ruth
Tender and Perverse Emmanuelle
Movie • 1973
Greta Douglas
Queridos monstruos
Movie • 2014
Self
Fly Story
Movie • 1986
The Hot Nights of Linda
Movie • 1975
Olivia Steiner
La última película de Jess Franco
Movie • 2013
Self
Jess Franco's Passion
Movie • 2005
Two Female Spies with Flowered Panties
Movie • 1980
Cecile
The Lustful Amazons
Movie • 1974
Yuka
Call Him Jess
Movie • 2000
Herself
On the Threshold to Another World
Movie • 2003
Herself
Lovers of Devil's Island
Movie • 1973
El fontanero, su mujer... y otras cosas de meter
Movie • 1981
Julia
Falo Crest
Movie • 1987
Melissa
Thong Girls
Movie • 1987
Lola Clavijo
Sexual Perversions of a Married Woman
Movie • 1981
George's Mother
The Girls of the Copacabana
Movie • 1981
Lia
Wicked Memoirs of Eugenie
Movie • 1980
Sultana
The Ticklish Ones
Movie • 1975
Loulou
The Voyeur and the Exhibitionist
Movie • 1986
The Exhibitionist
Cocktail spécial
Movie • 1978
Martine
A Crack for Two
Movie • 1984
Agent 69
Phollastía
Movie • 1987
Barbara
The Troublemakers
Movie • 1976
Pina
Pick-Up Girls
Movie • 1981
Suzy
Blood on My Shoes
Movie • 1983
Paquita la Fina
The Blues of Pop Street
Movie • 1983
Genara Johnny Walker 'Butterfly'
The House of Lost Women
Movie • 1983
Desdémona
The Hotel of Love Affairs
Movie • 1983
Eva Bombón
Bangkok, City of the Dead
Movie • 1985
Aminia
The Last from Philippines
Movie • 1986
Cecilia Muro
Girl with the Red Lips
Movie • 1986
Terry Morgan
El abuelo, la condesa y Escarlata la traviesa
Movie • 1992
Jungle of Fear
Movie • 1993
Slave of Crime
Movie • 1987
Tsai Chin
Black Boots, Leather Whip
Movie • 1983
Lina
Intimate Confessions of an Exhibitionist
Movie • 1983
Candy
The Night Of Open Sex
Movie • 1983
Moira
Shining Sex
Movie • 1976
Cynthia
Entre pitos anda el juego
Movie • 1986
Candy
The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
Movie • 1973
Sweet Davey Brown's Girlfriend
How to Seduce a Virgin
Movie • 1974
Adèle
How Much Does a Spy Make?
Movie • 1984
Ana
Para las nenas, leche calentita
Movie • 1986
Chelo Cucufate
Sida, la peste del siglo XX
Movie • 1986
Triple X Selects: The Best of Lezsploitation
Movie • 2007
(archive footage)
Red Venice
Movie • 2003
Fury in the Tropics
Movie • 1986
Marga Lopez
Night Has a Thousand Desires
Movie • 1984
Irina
My Pussy is the Best
Movie • 1982
Elisa
Angel of Death 2: The Prison Island Massacre
Movie • 2007
Mrs. Steele
Death Karate in Torremolinos
Movie • 2003
See you later Cowabunga: La maldición del cenachero diabólico!
Movie • 2004
The Sadist of Notre Dame
Movie • 1979
Anne
Justine and the Whip
Movie • 1979
Justine
Dirty Game in Casablanca
Movie • 1985
Woman Asking for Autograph
Lonely Road
Movie • 1984
Eva / Adriana
Love Letters of a Nun
Movie • 1978
María
The Erotic Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
Movie • 1976
Call Me Jess Redux
Movie • 2014
Herself
Un pito para tres
Movie • 1985
The Other Side of the Mirror
Movie • 1973
Marie Madeleine Whitman (French version only)
What a Honeymoon
Movie • 1980
Yolanda
El misterio del castillo rojo
Movie
Esmeralda Bay
Movie • 1989
Hotelier
Greta, the Mad Butcher
Movie • 1977
Juana
Bahia Blanca
Movie • 1984
María
Snakewoman
Movie • 2005
Dr. Van Helsing
Macumba sexual: Voodoo Jess
Movie • 2010
Self
The Bizarre World of Jess Franco
Movie • 1983
Herself
Faceless
Movie • 1988
Mme Orloff
Las chuponas
Movie • 1986
Lulu Laverne
Sexorcismes
Movie • 1975
Trapped Women
Movie • 1987
Marga