Biography
Helga Liné, was born July 14, 1932 as Helga Lina Stern in Berlin, Germany. When Hitler invaded the major part of Europe and extended his pursuit of Jews in their territories, Liné became one of many child refugees who made the dangerous exodus to Portugal for safety. There, she worked as a circus acrobat, contortionist and dancer and landed film roles as a teen and young adult after winning a beauty contest, though it wouldn't be until she relocated to Madrid in 1960 that her career really started taking off. Liné would go on to make over 100 appearances between 1960 and 2006 in films produced all over Europe. She acted in peplum, spaghetti westerns and Euro-spy potboilers, but her best known work would end up being a variety of horror pictures, which allowed her to act alongside such genre icons as Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Barbara Steele and Paul Naschy, as well as several notable roles in Pedro Almodovar films.
Movies & TV Shows
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Horror Express (1972) — Natasha
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Law of Desire (1987) — Antonio’s Mother
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Torrente 3: The Protector (2005) — Señorona 1
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Black Candles (1982) — Fiona
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Labyrinth of Passion (1982) — Toraya
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Nightmare Castle (1965) — Solange
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Horror Rises from the Tomb (1973) — Mabille De Lancré
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My Dear Killer (1972) — Mrs. Paradisi
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So Sweet... So Perverse (1969) — Helene Valmont
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The Loreley's Grasp (1973) — Lorelei
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China 9, Liberty 37 (1978) — Cottrell's Wife
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Have a Good Funeral, My Friend… Sartana Will Pay (1970) — Saloon Girl Mary
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Weekend, Italian Style (1965) — Pucci
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Rings of Fear (1978) — Mrs. Russo
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The Blancheville Monster (1963) — Miss Eleonore
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Hay que educar a papá (1971) — Ani
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The Vampires' Night Orgy (1973) — The Countess
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Black Venus (1983) — Madame Jean
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The Mummy's Revenge (1975) — Zenifer
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War Goddess (1973) — High Priestess
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Naked Weekend (1974) — Lucía
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Open Season (1974) — Sue
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Hercules and the Tyrants of Babylon (1964) — Taneal / Tanit
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Long Live Robin Hood (1971) — Matilde
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Song of Youth (1962) — Elisabeth
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Rocío de la Mancha (1963) — María Luisa Vargas
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Stigma (1980) — Sebastian's Mother
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Santo vs. Doctor Death (1973) — Sara, Mann's Assistant
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The Killer of Dolls (1975) — Condesa Olivia
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Special Mission Lady Chaplin (1966) — Hilde
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Kriminal (1966) — Inge / Trude
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Churchill's Leopards (1970) — Marlene Schulman
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It's Not Good for a Man to Be Alone (1973) — Monica
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High Voltage (1972) — Choni
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Death Will Have Your Eyes (1974) — Yvonne
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Hands Up, Dead Man! You're Under Arrest (1971) — Maybelle
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In a Colt's Shadow (1965) — Fabienne
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A Prewar Grandmother (1974) — Marta
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Mission Bloody Mary (1965) — Dr. Elsa Freeman
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The Dracula Saga (1973) — Munia