Lina Romay

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…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Greta, the Mad Butcher (1977) — Juana
2. The Hot Nights of Linda (1975) — Olivia Steiner
3. Female Vampire (1975) — Countess Irina Karlstein
4. Barbed Wire Dolls (1976) — Maria da Guerra
5. Faceless (1988) — Mme Orloff
6. Jack the Ripper (1976) — Marika Stevenson
7. Countess Perverse (1975) — Silvia Aguado
8. Macumba Sexual (1983) — Alice Brooks
9. Mansion of the Living Dead (1982) — Candy
10. Downtown (1975) — Cynthia
11. Doriana Grey (1976) — Doriana Gray/Doriana's Twin Sister
12. White Cannibal Queen (1980) — Ana
13. Diamonds of Kilimandjaro (1983) — Hermine
14. The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein (1973) — Esmeralda
15. Erotic Symphony (1980) — Martine de Bressac
16. Exorcism (1975) — Anne
17. Golden Temple Amazons (1986) — Cameo
18. Cecilia (1983) — Cabaret Owner/Performer
19. Lorna, the Exorcist (1974) — Linda Mariel
20. Two Female Spies with Flowered Panties (1980) — Cecile
21. Women Behind Bars (1975) — Shirley Fields
22. Celestine (1974) — Célestine
23. Shining Sex (1976) — Cynthia
24. The Other Side of the Mirror (1973) — Marie Madeleine Whitman (French version only)
25. Sex Is Crazy (1981) — Mrs. Foncesca
26. Night of the Skull (1974) — Rita Derian
27. Slaves (1977) — Madame Arminda
28. Women Without Innocence (1978) — Margarita Martin
29. How to Seduce a Virgin (1974) — Adèle
30. Night Has a Thousand Desires (1984) — Irina
31. Lust for Frankenstein (1998) — Moira Frankenstein
32. Rolls-Royce Baby (1975) — Rolls-Royce Baby
33. Bahia Blanca (1984) — María
34. The House of Lost Women (1983) — Desdémona
35. The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff (1973) — Sweet Davey Brown's Girlfriend
36. Cries of Pleasure (1983) — Julia
37. Midnight Party (1976) — Sylvia
38. Thong Girls (1987) — Lola Clavijo
39. Wicked Memoirs of Eugenie (1980) — Sultana
40. Tender and Perverse Emmanuelle (1973) — Greta Douglas

Directed

1. Cries of Pleasure (1983) — Director
2. Thong Girls (1987) — Director
3. Blind Target (2000) — Director
4. Vampire Junction (2001) — Director
5. The Voyeur and the Exhibitionist (1986) — Director
6. Intimate Confessions of an Exhibitionist (1983) — Director
7. Falo Crest (1987) — Director
8. Entre pitos anda el juego (1986) — Director
9. Phollastía (1987) — Director
10. El huésped de la niebla (1982) — Director
11. A Crack for Two (1984) — Director
12. Para las nenas, leche calentita (1986) — Director
13. Un pito para tres (1985) — Director
14. Express Train (1982) — Director