Lina Romay
Acting
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.
Born: June 25, 1954
Place of Birth: Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
Known For
Filmography
as Self
as Herself
as Alma Pereira
as (archive footage)
as Mrs. Steele
as Dr. Van Helsing
as Mme Villeblanche
as Irina von Karstein
as Rosa Harker
as Herself
as Mados
as Herself
as Tora
as Marga
as Gina
as Tona
as Nelly Smith / Tsai Ming
as Mari Cookie / Tarantula
as Moira Frankenstein
as Mrs. Radeck
as Angela
as Hotelier
as Mme Orloff
as Tsai Chin
as Melissa
as Lola Clavijo
as Barbara
as Cameo
as Chelo Cucufate
as Melissa
as Candy
as The Exhibitionist
as Lulú
as Marga Lopez
as Cecilia Muro
as Terry Morgan
as Woman Asking for Autograph
as Maggie
as Karate Student
as Aminia
as Agent 69
as Irina
as Irina
as Eva / Adriana
as María
as Alice Brooks
as Eva Bombón
as Julia
as Desdémona
as Hermine
as Cabaret Owner/Performer
as Helen
as Moira
as Lina
as Paquita la Fina
as Genara Johnny Walker 'Butterfly'
as Candy
as Elisa
as Ruth
as Suzy
as Maria
as George's Mother
as Mrs. Foncesca
as Ana
as Sultana
as Martine de Bressac
as Yolanda
as Justine
as Anne
as Nini
as María
as Martine
as Margarita Martin
as Madame Arminda
as Moira Ray
as Juana
as Marika Stevenson
as Cynthia
as Pina
as Maria da Guerra
as Sylvia
as Doriana Gray/Doriana's Twin Sister
as Rolls-Royce Baby
as Silvia Aguado
as Cynthia
as Anne
as Loulou
as Olivia Steiner
as Loulou Laverne
as Shirley Fields
as Linda Mariel
as Célestine
as Rita Derian
as Adèle
as Yuka
as Alba / Bianca
as Marie Madeleine Whitman (French version only)
as Countess Irina Karlstein
as Esmeralda
as Sweet Davey Brown's Girlfriend
as Greta Douglas