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.
Personal info
Gender
Female
Birthday
1954-06-25
Place of birth
Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
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Cast
The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein
1973
5.03
Lust for Frankenstein
1998
2.90
Sexy Erotic Job
1975
2.20
Vampire Blues
1999
3.73
Revenge in the House of Usher
1983
3.20
Journey into Perversion
2001
0.00
Falks Frauen
2014
0.00
Blind Target
2000
2.90
Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell
1999
1.29
Vampire Junction
2001
2.11
Kiss Me Killer
1977
3.75
Barbed Wire Dolls
1976
4.59
Night of the Skull
1974
6.00
Female Vampire
1975
4.40
Alone Against Terror
1986
3.00
White Jungle Slave
1985
2.92
Mansion of the Living Dead
1982
4.10
Golden Temple Amazons
1986
4.07
Diamonds of Kilimandjaro
1983
3.60
Cries of Pleasure
1983
3.90
The Greedy Ones
1974
2.40
Jailhouse Wardress
1981
3.20
Tender Flesh
1997
3.00
Sex Is Crazy
1981
5.48
Miss Lina und ihr Chauffeur
2014
0.00
Lulu's Talking Ass
1986
4.40
Erotic Symphony
1980
5.40
Jack the Ripper
1976
5.80
Downtown
1975
5.50
Women Without Innocence
1978
4.20
Macumba Sexual
1983
5.00
Lilian, the Perverted Virgin
1984
5.90
Women Behind Bars
1975
4.20
Cecilia
1983
4.10
Exorcism
1975
4.43
Judoka Shadow versus Doctor Wong
1985
3.00
Midnight Party
1976
4.90
Incubus
2002
1.80
Lorna, the Exorcist
1974
4.80
Doriana Grey
1976
5.36
Paula-Paula
2010
3.90
Rolls-Royce Baby
1975
5.30
They Do Everything
1979
3.50
White Cannibal Queen
1980
4.27
Countess Perverse
1975
4.40
Red Silk
1999
2.67
Broken Dolls
1999
2.00
Downtown Heat
1994
3.20
Celestine
1974
5.50
Helter Skelter
2000
2.35
Slaves
1977
5.00
Jess Franco's Perversion
2005
5.50
Killer Barbys vs. Dracula
2002
3.38
Sex Apocalypse
1982
5.40
Tender and Perverse Emmanuelle
1973
3.93
Queridos monstruos
2014
5.50
Fly Story
1986
5.00
The Hot Nights of Linda
1975
3.10
Jess Franco's Passion
2005
4.17
The Lustful Amazons
1974
2.44
Call Him Jess
2000
7.00
Lovers of Devil's Island
1973
4.90
Falo Crest
1987
6.50
Thong Girls
1987
3.13
The Girls of the Copacabana
1981
3.80
Wicked Memoirs of Eugenie
1980
4.60
The Ticklish Ones
1975
3.30
The Voyeur and the Exhibitionist
1986
4.80
Cocktail spécial
1978
4.00
A Crack for Two
1984
0.00
Phollastía
1987
7.50
The Hotel of Love Affairs
1983
4.00
Pick-Up Girls
1981
3.30
The Troublemakers
1976
2.70
The Blues of Pop Street
1983
4.56
Blood on My Shoes
1983
5.80
The House of Lost Women
1983
5.28
Girl with the Red Lips
1986
0.00
The Last from Philippines
1986
2.25
Bangkok, City of the Dead
1985
0.00
Jungle of Fear
1993
0.00
Slave of Crime
1987
2.00
Black Boots, Leather Whip
1983
4.27
The Night Of Open Sex
1983
3.93
Shining Sex
1976
4.15
Entre pitos anda el juego
1986
5.70
How to Seduce a Virgin
1974
4.88
The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
1973
4.20
How Much Does a Spy Make?
1984
5.00
Para las nenas, leche calentita
1986
0.00
Sida, la peste del siglo XX
1986
0.00
Red Venice
2003
4.30
Fury in the Tropics
1986
2.80
Night Has a Thousand Desires
1984
4.05
My Pussy is the Best
1982
4.67
Justine and the Whip
1979
4.90
The Sadist of Notre Dame
1979
4.78
Death Karate in Torremolinos
2003
4.79
Lonely Road
1984
3.40
Dirty Game in Casablanca
1985
3.33
Love Letters of a Nun
1978
1.00
Call Me Jess Redux
2014
4.60
Un pito para tres
1985
0.00
The Other Side of the Mirror
1973
5.10
What a Honeymoon
1980
5.71
Esmeralda Bay
1989
4.40
Greta, the Mad Butcher
1977
4.62
Bahia Blanca
1984
5.06
Snakewoman
2005
2.38
Macumba sexual: Voodoo Jess
2010
0.00
Exorciseme
1975
0.00
The Bizarre World of Jess Franco
1983
0.00
Faceless
1988
5.70
Las chuponas
1986
0.00
Sexorcismes
1975
1.00