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