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).
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Queridos monstruos
Character:Self
Release Date:10/10/2014
Call Me Jess Redux
Character:Herself
Release Date:26/09/2014
Miss Lina und ihr Chauffeur
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:10/06/2014
Falks Frauen
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:25/02/2014
La última película de Jess Franco
Character:Self
Release Date:11/10/2013
Macumba sexual: Voodoo Jess
Character:Self
Release Date:09/12/2010
Paula-Paula
Character:Alma Pereira
Release Date:01/02/2010
Triple X Selects: The Best of Lezsploitation
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:01/06/2007
Angel of Death 2: The Prison Island Massacre
Character:Mrs. Steele
Release Date:15/01/2007
Snakewoman
Character:Dr. Van Helsing
Release Date:07/10/2005
Jess Franco's Passion
Character:
Release Date:05/09/2005
Jess Franco's Perversion
Character:Mme Villeblanche
Release Date:04/09/2005
See you later Cowabunga: La maldición del cenachero diabólico!
Character:
Release Date:06/03/2004
On the Threshold to Another World
Character:Herself
Release Date:29/09/2003
Death Karate in Torremolinos
Character:
Release Date:14/03/2003
Red Venice
Character:
Release Date:01/01/2003
Killer Barbys vs. Dracula
Character:Irina von Karstein
Release Date:08/11/2002
Incubus
Character:Rosa Harker
Release Date:01/09/2002
Antena Criminal: Making a Jess Franco Movie
Character:Herself
Release Date:15/01/2002
Journey into Perversion
Character:Herself
Release Date:17/07/2001
Vampire Junction
Character:Mados
Release Date:01/01/2001
Call Him Jess
Character:Herself
Release Date:20/01/2000
Blind Target
Character:Tora
Release Date:01/01/2000
Helter Skelter
Character:
Release Date:01/01/2000
Vampire Blues
Character:Marga
Release Date:01/01/1999
Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell
Character:Nelly Smith / Tsai Ming
Release Date:01/01/1999
Red Silk
Character:Gina
Release Date:01/01/1999
Broken Dolls
Character:Tona
Release Date:01/01/1999
Lust for Frankenstein
Character:Moira Frankenstein
Release Date:01/01/1998
Mari-Cookie and the Killer Tarantula
Character:Mari Cookie / Tarantula
Release Date:01/01/1998
Tender Flesh
Character:Mrs. Radeck
Release Date:01/07/1997
Downtown Heat
Character:Angela
Release Date:15/06/1994
Jungle of Fear
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1993
El abuelo, la condesa y Escarlata la traviesa
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1992
Esmeralda Bay
Character:Hotelier
Release Date:18/05/1989
Faceless
Character:Mme Orloff
Release Date:31/01/1988
Slave of Crime
Character:Tsai Chin
Release Date:07/09/1987
Falo Crest
Character:Melissa
Release Date:10/08/1987
Thong Girls
Character:Lola Clavijo
Release Date:09/04/1987
Phollastía
Character:Barbara
Release Date:01/01/1987
Golden Temple Amazons
Character:Cameo
Release Date:01/10/1986
Para las nenas, leche calentita
Character:Chelo Cucufate
Release Date:28/08/1986
Alone Against Terror
Character:Melissa
Release Date:28/07/1986
Entre pitos anda el juego
Character:Candy
Release Date:07/07/1986
The Voyeur and the Exhibitionist
Character:The Exhibitionist
Release Date:28/04/1986
Lulu's Talking Ass
Character:Lulú
Release Date:14/04/1986
Las chuponas
Character:Lulu Laverne
Release Date:02/04/1986
Fury in the Tropics
Character:Marga Lopez
Release Date:31/03/1986
Fly Story
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1986
The Last from Philippines
Character:Cecilia Muro
Release Date:01/01/1986
Girl with the Red Lips
Character:Terry Morgan
Release Date:01/01/1986
Sida, la peste del siglo XX
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1986
Un pito para tres
Character:
Release Date:08/07/1985
Dirty Game in Casablanca
Character:Woman Asking for Autograph
Release Date:17/06/1985
White Jungle Slave
Character:Karate Student
Release Date:01/01/1985
Judoka Shadow versus Doctor Wong
Character:Maggie
Release Date:01/01/1985
Bangkok, City of the Dead
Character:Aminia
Release Date:01/01/1985
A Crack for Two
Character:Agent 69
Release Date:01/08/1984
Lilian, the Perverted Virgin
Character:Irina
Release Date:25/06/1984
How Much Does a Spy Make?
Character:Ana
Release Date:28/05/1984
Night Has a Thousand Desires
Character:Irina
Release Date:05/03/1984
Lonely Road
Character:Eva / Adriana
Release Date:23/01/1984
Bahia Blanca
Character:María
Release Date:01/01/1984
Macumba Sexual
Character:Alice Brooks
Release Date:20/10/1983
The Hotel of Love Affairs
Character:Eva Bombón
Release Date:06/10/1983
Cries of Pleasure
Character:Julia
Release Date:23/09/1983
The House of Lost Women
Character:Desdémona
Release Date:30/06/1983
Intimate Confessions of an Exhibitionist
Character:Candy
Release Date:06/06/1983
Diamonds of Kilimandjaro
Character:Hermine
Release Date:03/06/1983
Cecilia
Character:Cabaret Owner/Performer
Release Date:18/05/1983
Revenge in the House of Usher
Character:Helen
Release Date:23/03/1983
The Night Of Open Sex
Character:Moira
Release Date:23/02/1983
Black Boots, Leather Whip
Character:Lina
Release Date:24/01/1983
Blood on My Shoes
Character:Paquita la Fina
Release Date:01/01/1983
The Blues of Pop Street
Character:Genara Johnny Walker 'Butterfly'
Release Date:01/01/1983
The Bizarre World of Jess Franco
Character:Herself
Release Date:01/01/1983
Mansion of the Living Dead
Character:Candy
Release Date:18/11/1982
My Pussy is the Best
Character:Elisa
Release Date:10/10/1982
Sex Apocalypse
Character:Ruth
Release Date:25/02/1982
Pick-Up Girls
Character:Suzy
Release Date:27/09/1981
El fontanero, su mujer... y otras cosas de meter
Character:Julia
Release Date:27/08/1981
Jailhouse Wardress
Character:Maria
Release Date:05/08/1981
Sexual Perversions of a Married Woman
Character:George's Mother
Release Date:18/05/1981
The Girls of the Copacabana
Character:Lia
Release Date:01/04/1981
Sex Is Crazy
Character:Mrs. Foncesca
Release Date:01/01/1981
White Cannibal Queen
Character:Ana
Release Date:15/09/1980
Wicked Memoirs of Eugenie
Character:Sultana
Release Date:01/07/1980
Two Female Spies with Flowered Panties
Character:Cecile
Release Date:01/05/1980
Erotic Symphony
Character:Martine de Bressac
Release Date:31/03/1980
What a Honeymoon
Character:Yolanda
Release Date:01/01/1980
Justine and the Whip
Character:Justine
Release Date:13/09/1979
The Sadist of Notre Dame
Character:Anne
Release Date:15/06/1979
They Do Everything
Character:Nini
Release Date:31/01/1979
Love Letters of a Nun
Character:María
Release Date:29/09/1978
Cocktail spécial
Character:Martine
Release Date:05/07/1978
Women Without Innocence
Character:Margarita Martin
Release Date:09/02/1978
Slaves
Character:Madame Arminda
Release Date:15/04/1977
Kiss Me Killer
Character:Moira Ray
Release Date:31/03/1977
Greta, the Mad Butcher
Character:Juana
Release Date:21/01/1977
Jack the Ripper
Character:Marika Stevenson
Release Date:23/09/1976
Shining Sex
Character:Cynthia
Release Date:21/08/1976
The Troublemakers
Character:Pina
Release Date:22/07/1976
Barbed Wire Dolls
Character:Maria da Guerra
Release Date:22/04/1976
Midnight Party
Character:Sylvia
Release Date:23/01/1976
Doriana Grey
Character:Doriana Gray/Doriana's Twin Sister
Release Date:01/01/1976
The Erotic Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1976
Rolls-Royce Baby
Character:Rolls-Royce Baby
Release Date:28/12/1975
Countess Perverse
Character:Silvia Aguado
Release Date:10/12/1975
Downtown
Character:Cynthia
Release Date:28/08/1975
Exorcism
Character:Anne
Release Date:25/08/1975
Exorciseme
Character:
Release Date:20/08/1975
The Ticklish Ones
Character:Loulou
Release Date:29/07/1975
The Hot Nights of Linda
Character:Olivia Steiner
Release Date:16/07/1975
Sexy Erotic Job
Character:Loulou Laverne
Release Date:04/06/1975
Female Vampire
Character:Countess Irina Karlstein
Release Date:24/01/1975
Women Behind Bars
Character:Shirley Fields
Release Date:01/01/1975
Sexorcismes
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1975
Lorna, the Exorcist
Character:Linda Mariel
Release Date:18/12/1974
Celestine
Character:Célestine
Release Date:16/10/1974
Night of the Skull
Character:Rita Derian
Release Date:29/09/1974
How to Seduce a Virgin
Character:Adèle
Release Date:19/06/1974
The Greedy Ones
Character:Alba / Bianca
Release Date:15/05/1974
The Lustful Amazons
Character:Yuka
Release Date:15/05/1974
Lovers of Devil's Island
Character:
Release Date:25/10/1973
The Other Side of the Mirror
Character:Marie Madeleine Whitman (French version only)
Release Date:24/09/1973
The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein
Character:Esmeralda
Release Date:31/05/1973
Tender and Perverse Emmanuelle
Character:Greta Douglas
Release Date:01/01/1973
The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
Character:Sweet Davey Brown's Girlfriend
Release Date:01/01/1973
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