Lina Romay
Born June 25, 1954 (Age: 71)
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Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
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.
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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Filmography
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Macumba sexual: Voodoo Jess
2010
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as Self
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Age: 56
Triple X Selects: The Best of Lezsploitation
2007
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as (archive footage)
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Age: 52
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See you later Cowabunga: La maldición del cenachero diabólico!
2004
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Age: 49
Killer Barbys vs. Dracula
2002
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as Irina von Karstein
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Age: 48
Incubus
2002
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as Rosa Harker
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Age: 48
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Antena Criminal: Making a Jess Franco Movie
2002
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as Herself
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Age: 47
Journey into Perversion
2001
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as Herself
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Age: 47
Call Him Jess
2000
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as Herself
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Age: 45
Helter Skelter
2000
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Age: 45
Blind Target
2000
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as Tora
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Age: 45
Lust for Frankenstein
1998
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as Moira Frankenstein
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Age: 43
Mari-Cookie and the Killer Tarantula
1998
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as Mari Cookie / Tarantula
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Age: 43
Tender Flesh
1997
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as Mrs. Radeck
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Age: 43
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Jungle of Fear
1993
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as
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Age: 38
El abuelo, la condesa y Escarlata la traviesa
1992
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as
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Age: 37
Esmeralda Bay
1989
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as Hotelier
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Age: 34
Faceless
1988
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as Mme Orloff
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Age: 33
Slave of Crime
1987
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as Tsai Chin
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Age: 33
Trapped Women
1987
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as Marga
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Age: 33
Thong Girls
1987
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as Lola Clavijo
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Age: 32
Dirty Game in Casablanca
1985
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as Woman Asking for Autograph
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Age: 30
Judoka Shadow versus Doctor Wong
1985
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as Maggie
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Age: 30
White Jungle Slave
1985
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as Karate Student
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Age: 30
Bangkok, City of the Dead
1985
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as Aminia
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Age: 30
The Hotel of Love Affairs
1983
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as Eva Bombón
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Age: 29
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The Bizarre World of Jess Franco
1983
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as Herself
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Age: 28
Pick-Up Girls
1981
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as Suzy
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Age: 27
El fontanero, su mujer... y otras cosas de meter
1981
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as Julia
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Age: 27
Jailhouse Wardress
1981
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as Maria
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Age: 27
Sexual Perversions of a Married Woman
1981
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as George's Mother
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Age: 26
The Girls of the Copacabana
1981
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as Lia
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Age: 26
Sex Is Crazy
1981
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as Mrs. Foncesca
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Age: 26
White Cannibal Queen
1980
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as Ana
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Age: 26
Wicked Memoirs of Eugenie
1980
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as Sultana
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Age: 26
Two Female Spies with Flowered Panties
1980
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as Cecile
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Age: 25
Erotic Symphony
1980
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as Martine de Bressac
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Age: 25
What a Honeymoon
1980
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as Yolanda
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Age: 25
Love Letters of a Nun
1978
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as María
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Age: 24
Women Without Innocence
1978
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as Margarita Martin
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Age: 23
Sexorcismes
1975
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as
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Age: 20
Lorna, the Exorcist
1974
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as Linda Mariel
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Age: 20
Celestine
1974
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as Célestine
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Age: 20
Night of the Skull
1974
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as Rita Derian
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Age: 20
How to Seduce a Virgin
1974
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as Adèle
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Age: 19
The Lustful Amazons
1974
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as Yuka
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Age: 19
The Greedy Ones
1974
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as Alba / Bianca
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Age: 19
Lovers of Devil's Island
1973
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Age: 19
The Other Side of the Mirror
1973
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as Marie Madeleine Whitman (French version only)
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Age: 19
The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein
1973
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as Esmeralda
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Age: 18
Tender and Perverse Emmanuelle
1973
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as Greta Douglas
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Age: 18
The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
1973
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as Sweet Davey Brown's Girlfriend
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Age: 18