Known For
Acting
Born
Jun 25, 1954
Died
Feb 15, 2012
Place of Birth
Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
Credits
143 titles
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
Filmography
Queridos monstruos
Self
Call Me Jess Redux
Herself
Miss Lina und ihr Chauffeur
Self (archive footage)
Falks Frauen
(archive footage)
La última película de Jess Franco
Self
La cripta de las condenadas: Parte II
Makeup Artist
La cripta de las condenadas
Art Direction
Macumba sexual: Voodoo Jess
Self
Paula-Paula
Alma Pereira
Take-Away Spirit
Production Manager
Triple X Selects: The Best of Lezsploitation
(archive footage)
Angel of Death 2: The Prison Island Massacre
Mrs. Steele
Snakewoman
Dr. Van Helsing
Jess Franco's Passion
Jess Franco's Perversion
Mme Villeblanche
See you later Cowabunga: La maldición del cenachero diabólico!
On the Threshold to Another World
Herself
Death Karate in Torremolinos
Red Venice
Killer Barbys vs. Dracula
Irina von Karstein
Incubus
Rosa Harker
Antena Criminal: Making a Jess Franco Movie
Herself
Journey into Perversion
Herself
Vampire Junction
Mados
Call Him Jess
Herself
Blind Target
Tora
Helter Skelter
Red Silk
Gina
Broken Dolls
Tona
Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell
Nelly Smith / Tsai Ming
Vampire Blues
Marga
Lust for Frankenstein
Moira Frankenstein
Mari-Cookie and the Killer Tarantula
Mari Cookie / Tarantula
Tender Flesh
Mrs. Radeck
Vampire Killer Barbys
Editor
Downtown Heat
Angela
Jungle of Fear
Don Quixote
Editor
El abuelo, la condesa y Escarlata la traviesa
Esmeralda Bay
Hotelier
Faceless
Mme Orloff
Slave of Crime
Tsai Chin
Falo Crest
Melissa
Trapped Women
Marga
Thong Girls
Lola Clavijo
Phollastía
Barbara
Golden Temple Amazons
Cameo
Para las nenas, leche calentita
Chelo Cucufate
Alone Against Terror
Melissa
Entre pitos anda el juego
Candy