Lina Romay
from Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
from Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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. The majority of their films together were in the erotic film genre, but she was also featured in many horror, comedy and action/adventure films as well. 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.
Falks Frauen
(archive footage)
Miss Lina und ihr Chauffeur
Self (archive footage)
Herself
Self
Self
Assistant Director
Assistant Director
Alma Pereira
Macumba sexual: Voodoo Jess
Self
Take-Away Spirit
Second Unit
Mrs. Steele
(archive footage)
Mme Villeblanche
(Unknown)
Dr. Van Helsing
(Unknown)
(Unknown)
On the Threshold to Another World
Herself
Antena Criminal: Making a Jess Franco Movie
Herself
Rosa Harker
Irina von Karstein
Mados
Herself
Tora
(Unknown)
Herself
Marga
Gina
Nelly Smith / Tsai Ming
Tona
Moira Frankenstein
Mari Cookie / Tarantula
Mrs. Radeck
Editor
Angela
Jungle of Fear
(Unknown)
(Unknown)
Editor
Hotelier
Mme Orloff
Barbara
Lola Clavijo
Marga
Melissa
Tsai Chin
Sida, la peste del siglo XX
Editor
Cecilia Muro
Terry Morgan
(Unknown)
Marga Lopez
Las chuponas
Lulu Laverne
Lulú
The Exhibitionist
Candy
Melissa
Chelo Cucufate
Cameo
Karate Student
Maggie
Aminia
Woman Asking for Autograph
Un pito para tres
Director
Assistant Director
María
Eva / Adriana
Irina
Ana
Irina
Agent 69
Editor
The Bizarre World of Jess Franco
Herself
Genara Johnny Walker 'Butterfly'
Paquita la Fina
Lina
Moira
Helen
Cabaret Owner/Performer
Hermine
Candy
Desdémona
Julia
Eva Bombón
Alice Brooks
Ruth
Elisa
Candy
Express Train
Editor
El huésped de la niebla
Screenplay
Assistant Director
Mrs. Foncesca
Lia
George's Mother
Maria
Julia
Suzy
Assistant Director
Assistant Editor
Assistant Director
Yolanda
Martine de Bressac
Cecile
Sultana
Ana
Assistant Director
Nini
Anne
Justine
Margarita Martin
Martine
María
Juana
Moira Ray
Madame Arminda
(Unknown)
Doriana Gray/Doriana's Twin Sister
Sylvia
Maria da Guerra
Pina
Cynthia
Marika Stevenson
(Unknown)
Shirley Fields
Countess Irina Karlstein
Loulou Laverne
Olivia Steiner
Loulou
Anne
Cynthia
Silvia Aguado
Rolls-Royce Baby
Alba / Bianca
Yuka
Adèle
Rita Derian
Célestine
Linda Mariel
Sweet Davey Brown's Girlfriend
Greta Douglas
Esmeralda
Marie Madeleine Whitman (French version only)
(Unknown)
El misterio del castillo rojo
(Unknown)