Lina Romay
Known For: Acting
Gender: Female
Date of Birth: June 25, 1954
Day of Death: February 15, 2012 (58 years old)
Place of Birth: Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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. The majority of their films together were in the erotic film genre, but she was also featured in many horror, comedy and action/adventure films as well. 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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Art Direction
La cripta de las condenadas
Production Manager
La cripta de las condenadas
Assistant Director
La cripta de las condenadas
Art Direction
La cripta de las condenadas: Parte II
Makeup Artist
La cripta de las condenadas: Parte II
Production Manager
La cripta de las condenadas: Parte II
Assistant Director
La cripta de las condenadas: Parte II
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Actor Melissa
Alone Against Terror
Actor Cameo
Golden Temple Amazons
Actor Lulú
Lulu's Talking Ass
Actor Cecilia Muro
The Last from Philippines
Actor Terry Morgan
Girl with the Red Lips
Actor Candy
Entre pitos anda el juego
Actor
Sida, la peste del siglo XX
Actor The Exhibitionist
The Voyeur and the Exhibitionist
Actor Chelo Cucufate
Para las nenas, leche calentita
Actor
Bragueta historia
Actor Marga Lopez
Mujeres Ancorraladas
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The Voyeur and the Exhibitionist
Writer
The Voyeur and the Exhibitionist
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Entre pitos anda el juego
Director
Para las nenas, leche calentita
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Sida, la peste del siglo XX
1985
Actor Karate Student
White Jungle Slave
Actor Aminia
Bangkok, City of the Dead
Actor Maggie
Judoka Shadow versus Doctor Wong
Actor Woman Asking for Autograph
Dirty Game in Casablanca
Actor
Un pito para tres
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Trip to Bangkok, Coffin included
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Trip to Bangkok, Coffin included
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Dirty Game in Casablanca
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White Jungle Slave
Director
Un pito para tres
1984
Actor Irina
Lilian, the Perverted Virgin
Actor Agent 69
A Crack for Two
Actor Ana
How Much for a Spy?
Actor Irina
Night Has a Thousand Desires
Actor Eva / Adriana
Camino solitario
Actor María
Bahia Blanca
Editor
The Sexual Story of O
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A Crack for Two
Screenplay
A Crack for Two
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Camino solitario
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Bahia Blanca
Assistant Editor
Bahia Blanca
1983
Actor Helen
Revenge in the House of Usher
Actor Hermine
Diamonds of Kilimandjaro
Actor Julia
Cries of Pleasure
Actor Cabaret Owner/Performer
Cecilia
Actor Paquita la Fina
Blood on My Shoes
Actor Genara Johnny Walker 'Butterfly'
The Blues of Pop Street
Actor Alice Brooks
Macumba Sexual
Actor Moira
The Night Of Open Sex
Actor Marga
Fury in the Tropics
Actor Lina
Black Boots, Leather Whip
Actor Eva Bombón
The Hotel of Love Affairs
Actor Desdémona
The House of Lost Women
Actor Candy
Intimate Confessions of an Exhibitionist
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Cries of Pleasure
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Cries of Pleasure
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Intimate Confessions of an Exhibitionist
Assistant Director
Macumba Sexual
Assistant Editor
Intimate Confessions of an Exhibitionist
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The Hotel of Love Affairs
Assistant Editor
The Hotel of Love Affairs
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Actor Maria
Jailhouse Wardress
Actor Mrs. Foncesca
Sex Is Crazy
Actor Julia
El fontanero, su mujer... y otras cosas de meter
Actor Lia
The Girls of the Copacabana
Actor Suzy
Pick-Up Girls
Actor George's Mother
Sexual Perversions of a Married Woman
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Bloody Moon
Assistant Director
Sadomania
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Sadomania
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The Story of Linda
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Actor Esmeralda
The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein
Actor Countess Irina Karlstein
Female Vampire
Actor Greta Douglas
Tender and Perverse Emmanuelle
Actor Sweet Davey Brown's Girlfriend
The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
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Lovers of Devil's Island
Actor Marie Madeleine Whitman (French version only)
The Obscene Mirror
Actor
El misterio del castillo rojo