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. 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

Assistant Director
La cripta de las condenadas

Makeup Artist
La cripta de las condenadas: Parte II

Production Manager
La cripta de las condenadas

Art Direction
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

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Bragueta historia

Actor The Exhibitionist
The Voyeur and the Exhibitionist

Actor Terry Morgan
Girl with the Red Lips

Actor Cecilia Muro
The Last from Philippines

Actor Candy
Entre pitos anda el juego

Actor Chelo Cucufate
Para las nenas, leche calentita
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Sida, la peste del siglo XX

Actor Marga Lopez
Orgasmo perverso

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The Voyeur and the Exhibitionist

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The Voyeur and the Exhibitionist

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Entre pitos anda el juego

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Para las nenas, leche calentita
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Sida, la peste del siglo XX
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Actor Karate Student
White Jungle Slave

Actor Maggie
Judoka Shadow versus Doctor Wong

Actor Aminia
Bangkok, City of the Dead

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
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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

Assistant Editor
Bahia Blanca

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Bahia Blanca
1983

Actor Helen
Revenge in the House of Usher

Actor Hermine
Diamonds of Kilimandjaro

Actor Julia
Cries of Pleasure

Actor Alice Brooks
Macumba Sexual

Actor Cabaret Owner/Performer
Cecilia

Actor Eva Bombón
The Hotel of Love Affairs

Actor Genara Johnny Walker 'Butterfly'
The Blues of Pop Street

Actor Paquita la Fina
Blood on My Shoes

Actor Desdémona
The House of Lost Women

Actor Lina
Black Boots, Leather Whip

Actor Candy
Intimate Confessions of an Exhibitionist

Actor Moira
The Night Of Open Sex
Actor Herself
The Bizarre World of Jess Franco

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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

Assistant Editor
The Hotel of Love Affairs

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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 George's Mother
Sexual Perversions of a Married Woman

Actor Lia
The Girls of the Copacabana

Actor Suzy
Pick-Up Girls

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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

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Lovers of Devil's Island

Actor Sweet Davey Brown's Girlfriend
The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff

Actor Marie Madeleine Whitman (French version only)
The Other Side of the Mirror
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El misterio del castillo rojo