Acting · Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain · Born June 25, 1954
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.
MovieQueridos monstruos
2014
as Self
MovieCall Me Jess Redux
2014
as Herself
Miss Lina und ihr Chauffeur
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Falks Frauen
2014
as (archive footage)
MovieLa última película de Jess Franco
2013
as Self
Macumba sexual: Voodoo Jess
2010
as Self
MoviePaula-Paula
2010
as Alma Pereira
MovieTriple X Selects: The Best of Lezsploitation
2007
as (archive footage)
MovieAngel of Death 2: The Prison Island Massacre
2007
as Mrs. Steele
MovieSnakewoman
2005
as Dr. Van Helsing
MovieJess Franco's Passion
2005
MovieJess Franco's Perversion
2005
as Mme Villeblanche
See you later Cowabunga: La maldición del cenachero diabólico!
2004
On the Threshold to Another World
2003
as Herself
MovieDeath Karate in Torremolinos
2003
MovieRed Venice
2003
MovieKiller Barbys vs. Dracula
2002
as Irina von Karstein
MovieIncubus
2002
as Rosa Harker
Antena Criminal: Making a Jess Franco Movie
2002
as Herself
MovieJourney into Perversion
2001
as Herself
MovieVampire Junction
2001
as Mados
MovieCall Him Jess
2000
as Herself
MovieBlind Target
2000
as Tora
MovieHelter Skelter
2000
MovieVampire Blues
1999
as Marga
MovieDr. Wong's Virtual Hell
1999
as Nelly Smith / Tsai Ming
MovieRed Silk
1999
as Gina
MovieBroken Dolls
1999
as Tona
MovieLust for Frankenstein
1998
as Moira Frankenstein
MovieMari-Cookie and the Killer Tarantula
1998
as Mari Cookie / Tarantula
MovieTender Flesh
1997
as Mrs. Radeck
MovieDowntown Heat
1994
as Angela
Jungle of Fear
1993
MovieEl abuelo, la condesa y Escarlata la traviesa
1992
MovieEsmeralda Bay
1989
as Hotelier
MovieFaceless
1988
as Mme Orloff
MovieSlave of Crime
1987
as Tsai Chin
MovieFalo Crest
1987
as Melissa
MovieTrapped Women
1987
as Marga
MovieThong Girls
1987
as Lola Clavijo
MoviePhollastía
1987
as Barbara
MovieGolden Temple Amazons
1986
as Cameo
MoviePara las nenas, leche calentita
1986
as Chelo Cucufate
MovieAlone Against Terror
1986
as Melissa
MovieEntre pitos anda el juego
1986
as Candy
MovieThe Voyeur and the Exhibitionist
1986
as The Exhibitionist
MovieLulu's Talking Ass
1986
as Lulú
Las chuponas
1986
as Lulu Laverne
MovieFury in the Tropics
1986
as Marga Lopez
MovieFly Story
1986
MovieThe Last from Philippines
1986
as Cecilia Muro
MovieGirl with the Red Lips
1986
as Terry Morgan
Sida, la peste del siglo XX
1986
Un pito para tres
1985
MovieDirty Game in Casablanca
1985
as Woman Asking for Autograph
MovieWhite Jungle Slave
1985
as Karate Student
MovieJudoka Shadow versus Doctor Wong
1985
as Maggie
MovieBangkok, City of the Dead
1985
as Aminia
MovieA Crack for Two
1984
as Agent 69
MovieLilian, the Perverted Virgin
1984
as Irina
MovieHow Much Does a Spy Make?
1984
as Ana
MovieNight Has a Thousand Desires
1984
as Irina
MovieLonely Road
1984
as Eva / Adriana
MovieBahia Blanca
1984
as María
MovieMacumba Sexual
1983
as Alice Brooks
MovieThe Hotel of Love Affairs
1983
as Eva Bombón
MovieCries of Pleasure
1983
as Julia
MovieThe House of Lost Women
1983
as Desdémona
MovieIntimate Confessions of an Exhibitionist
1983
as Candy
MovieDiamonds of Kilimandjaro
1983
as Hermine
MovieCecilia
1983
as Cabaret Owner/Performer
MovieRevenge in the House of Usher
1983
as Helen
MovieThe Night Of Open Sex
1983
as Moira
MovieBlack Boots, Leather Whip
1983
as Lina
MovieThe Blues of Pop Street
1983
as Genara Johnny Walker 'Butterfly'
MovieBlood on My Shoes
1983
as Paquita la Fina
The Bizarre World of Jess Franco
1983
as Herself
MovieMansion of the Living Dead
1982
as Candy
MovieMy Pussy is the Best
1982
as Elisa
MovieSex Apocalypse
1982
as Ruth
MoviePick-Up Girls
1981
as Suzy
MovieEl fontanero, su mujer... y otras cosas de meter
1981
as Julia
MovieJailhouse Wardress
1981
as Maria
MovieSexual Perversions of a Married Woman
1981
as George's Mother
MovieThe Girls of the Copacabana
1981
as Lia
MovieSex Is Crazy
1981
as Mrs. Foncesca
MovieWhite Cannibal Queen
1980
as Ana
MovieWicked Memoirs of Eugenie
1980
as Sultana
MovieTwo Female Spies with Flowered Panties
1980
as Cecile
MovieErotic Symphony
1980
as Martine de Bressac
MovieWhat a Honeymoon
1980
as Yolanda
MovieJustine and the Whip
1979
as Justine
MovieThe Sadist of Notre Dame
1979
as Anne
MovieThey Do Everything
1979
as Nini
MovieLove Letters of a Nun
1978
as María
MovieCocktail spécial
1978
as Martine
MovieWomen Without Innocence
1978
as Margarita Martin
MovieSlaves
1977
as Madame Arminda
MovieKiss Me Killer
1977
as Moira Ray
MovieGreta, the Mad Butcher
1977
as Juana
MovieJack the Ripper
1976
as Marika Stevenson
MovieShining Sex
1976
as Cynthia
MovieThe Troublemakers
1976
as Pina
MovieBarbed Wire Dolls
1976
as Maria da Guerra
MovieMidnight Party
1976
as Sylvia
MovieDoriana Grey
1976
as Doriana Gray/Doriana's Twin Sister
MovieThe Erotic Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
1976
MovieRolls-Royce Baby
1975
as Rolls-Royce Baby
MovieCountess Perverse
1975
as Silvia Aguado
MovieDowntown
1975
as Cynthia
MovieExorcism
1975
as Anne
MovieThe Ticklish Ones
1975
as Loulou
MovieThe Hot Nights of Linda
1975
as Olivia Steiner
MovieSexy Erotic Job
1975
as Loulou Laverne
MovieFemale Vampire
1975
as Countess Irina Karlstein
MovieWomen Behind Bars
1975
as Shirley Fields
MovieSexorcismes
1975
MovieLorna, the Exorcist
1974
as Linda Mariel
MovieCelestine
1974
as Célestine
MovieNight of the Skull
1974
as Rita Derian
MovieHow to Seduce a Virgin
1974
as Adèle
MovieThe Greedy Ones
1974
as Alba / Bianca
MovieThe Lustful Amazons
1974
as Yuka
MovieLovers of Devil's Island
1973
MovieThe Other Side of the Mirror
1973
as Marie Madeleine Whitman (French version only)
MovieThe Erotic Rites of Frankenstein
1973
as Esmeralda
MovieTender and Perverse Emmanuelle
1973
as Greta Douglas
MovieThe Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
1973
as Sweet Davey Brown's Girlfriend
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