Lina Romay
Acting
- Born:
- 1954-06-25
- Died:
- 2012-02-15
- Place of birth:
- Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
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
Filmography
Queridos monstruos
Call Me Jess Redux
Miss Lina und ihr Chauffeur
Falks Frauen
La última película de Jess Franco
Macumba sexual: Voodoo Jess
Paula-Paula
Triple X Selects: The Best of Lezsploitation
Angel of Death 2: The Prison Island Massacre
Snakewoman
Jess Franco's Passion
Jess Franco's Perversion
See you later Cowabunga: La maldición del cenachero diabólico!
On the Threshold to Another World
Death Karate in Torremolinos
Red Venice
Killer Barbys vs. Dracula
Incubus
Antena Criminal: Making a Jess Franco Movie
Journey into Perversion
Vampire Junction
Call Him Jess
Blind Target
Helter Skelter
Vampire Blues
Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell
Red Silk
Broken Dolls
Lust for Frankenstein
Mari-Cookie and the Killer Tarantula
Tender Flesh
Downtown Heat
Jungle of Fear
El abuelo, la condesa y Escarlata la traviesa
Esmeralda Bay
Faceless
Slave of Crime
Falo Crest
Trapped Women
Thong Girls
Phollastía
Golden Temple Amazons
Para las nenas, leche calentita
Alone Against Terror
Entre pitos anda el juego
The Voyeur and the Exhibitionist
Lulu's Talking Ass
Las chuponas
Fury in the Tropics
Girl with the Red Lips
The Last from Philippines
Sida, la peste del siglo XX
Un pito para tres
Dirty Game in Casablanca
White Jungle Slave
Judoka Shadow versus Doctor Wong
Bangkok, City of the Dead
A Crack for Two
Lilian, the Perverted Virgin
How Much Does a Spy Make?
Night Has a Thousand Desires
Lonely Road
Bahia Blanca
Macumba Sexual
The Hotel of Love Affairs
Cries of Pleasure
The House of Lost Women
Intimate Confessions of an Exhibitionist
Diamonds of Kilimandjaro
Cecilia
Revenge in the House of Usher
The Night Of Open Sex
Black Boots, Leather Whip
The Blues of Pop Street
Blood on My Shoes
The Bizarre World of Jess Franco
Mansion of the Living Dead
My Pussy is the Best
Sex Apocalypse
Pick-Up Girls
El fontanero, su mujer... y otras cosas de meter
Jailhouse Wardress
Sexual Perversions of a Married Woman
The Girls of the Copacabana
Sex Is Crazy
White Cannibal Queen
Wicked Memoirs of Eugenie
Two Female Spies with Flowered Panties
Erotic Symphony
What a Honeymoon
Justine and the Whip
The Sadist of Notre Dame
They Do Everything
Love Letters of a Nun
Cocktail spécial
Women Without Innocence
Slaves
Kiss Me Killer
Greta, the Mad Butcher
Doriana Grey
Jack the Ripper
Shining Sex
Downtown
The Troublemakers
Barbed Wire Dolls
Midnight Party
The Erotic Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
Countess Perverse
Rolls-Royce Baby
Exorcism
The Ticklish Ones
The Hot Nights of Linda
Sexy Erotic Job
Women Behind Bars
Sexorcismes
Lorna, the Exorcist
Celestine
Night of the Skull
How to Seduce a Virgin
The Greedy Ones
The Lustful Amazons
Lovers of Devil's Island
The Other Side of the Mirror
Female Vampire
The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein
Tender and Perverse Emmanuelle
The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
Fly Story
El misterio del castillo rojo