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