Lina Romay
Acting
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.
Queridos monstruos
Self
Call Me Jess Redux
Herself
Miss Lina und ihr Chauffeur
Self (archive footage)
Falks Frauen
(archive footage)
La última película de Jess Franco
Self
Macumba sexual: Voodoo Jess
Self
Paula-Paula
Alma Pereira
Triple X Selects: The Best of Lezsploitation
(archive footage)
Angel of Death 2: The Prison Island Massacre
Mrs. Steele
Snakewoman
Dr. Van Helsing
Jess Franco's Passion
Jess Franco's Perversion
Mme Villeblanche
See you later Cowabunga: La maldición del cenachero diabólico!
On the Threshold to Another World
Herself
Death Karate in Torremolinos
Red Venice
Killer Barbys vs. Dracula
Irina von Karstein
Incubus
Rosa Harker
Antena Criminal: Making a Jess Franco Movie
Herself
Journey into Perversion
Herself
Vampire Junction
Mados
Call Him Jess
Herself
Helter Skelter
Blind Target
Tora
Broken Dolls
Tona
Red Silk
Gina
Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell
Nelly Smith / Tsai Ming
Vampire Blues
Marga
Mari-Cookie and the Killer Tarantula
Mari Cookie / Tarantula
Lust for Frankenstein
Moira Frankenstein
Tender Flesh
Mrs. Radeck
Downtown Heat
Angela
Jungle of Fear
El abuelo, la condesa y Escarlata la traviesa
Esmeralda Bay
Hotelier
Faceless
Mme Orloff
Slave of Crime
Tsai Chin
Falo Crest
Melissa
Trapped Women
Marga
Thong Girls
Lola Clavijo
Phollastía
Barbara
Golden Temple Amazons
Cameo
Para las nenas, leche calentita
Chelo Cucufate
Alone Against Terror
Melissa
Entre pitos anda el juego
Candy
The Voyeur and the Exhibitionist
The Exhibitionist
Lulu's Talking Ass
Lulú
Las chuponas
Lulu Laverne
Fury in the Tropics
Marga Lopez
Sida, la peste del siglo XX
The Last from Philippines
Cecilia Muro
Girl with the Red Lips
Terry Morgan
Fly Story
Un pito para tres
Dirty Game in Casablanca
Woman Asking for Autograph
Bangkok, City of the Dead
Aminia
Judoka Shadow versus Doctor Wong
Maggie
White Jungle Slave
Karate Student
A Crack for Two
Agent 69
Lilian, the Perverted Virgin
Irina
How Much Does a Spy Make?
Ana
Night Has a Thousand Desires
Irina
Lonely Road
Eva / Adriana
Bahia Blanca
María
Macumba Sexual
Alice Brooks
The Hotel of Love Affairs
Eva Bombón
Cries of Pleasure
Julia
The House of Lost Women
Desdémona
Intimate Confessions of an Exhibitionist
Candy
Diamonds of Kilimandjaro
Hermine
Cecilia
Cabaret Owner/Performer
Revenge in the House of Usher
Helen
The Night Of Open Sex
Moira
Black Boots, Leather Whip
Lina
The Bizarre World of Jess Franco
Herself
Blood on My Shoes
Paquita la Fina
The Blues of Pop Street
Genara Johnny Walker 'Butterfly'
Mansion of the Living Dead
Candy
My Pussy is the Best
Elisa
Sex Apocalypse
Ruth
Pick-Up Girls
Suzy
El fontanero, su mujer... y otras cosas de meter
Julia
Jailhouse Wardress
Maria
Sexual Perversions of a Married Woman
George's Mother
The Girls of the Copacabana
Lia
Sex Is Crazy
Mrs. Foncesca
White Cannibal Queen
Ana
Wicked Memoirs of Eugenie
Sultana
Two Female Spies with Flowered Panties
Cecile
Erotic Symphony
Martine de Bressac
What a Honeymoon
Yolanda
Justine and the Whip
Justine
The Sadist of Notre Dame
Anne
They Do Everything
Nini
Love Letters of a Nun
María
Cocktail spécial
Martine
Women Without Innocence
Margarita Martin
Slaves
Madame Arminda
Kiss Me Killer
Moira Ray
Greta, the Mad Butcher
Juana
Jack the Ripper
Marika Stevenson
Shining Sex
Cynthia
The Troublemakers
Pina
Barbed Wire Dolls
Maria da Guerra
Midnight Party
Sylvia
The Erotic Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
Doriana Grey
Doriana Gray/Doriana's Twin Sister
Rolls-Royce Baby
Rolls-Royce Baby
Countess Perverse
Silvia Aguado
Downtown
Cynthia
Exorcism
Anne
The Ticklish Ones
Loulou
The Hot Nights of Linda
Olivia Steiner
Sexy Erotic Job
Loulou Laverne
Female Vampire
Countess Irina Karlstein
Sexorcismes
Women Behind Bars
Shirley Fields
Lorna, the Exorcist
Linda Mariel
Celestine
Célestine
Night of the Skull
Rita Derian
How to Seduce a Virgin
Adèle
The Lustful Amazons
Yuka
The Greedy Ones
Alba / Bianca
Lovers of Devil's Island
The Other Side of the Mirror
Marie Madeleine Whitman (French version only)
The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein
Esmeralda
The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
Sweet Davey Brown's Girlfriend
Tender and Perverse Emmanuelle
Greta Douglas