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Lina Romay
Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalunya, 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 197…
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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.
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2014
Queridos monstruos
Movie Self
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2014
Call Me Jess Redux
Movie Herself
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2014
Miss Lina und ihr Chauffeur
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2014
Falks Frauen
Movie (archive footage)
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2013
La última película de Jess Franco
Movie Self
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2012
La cripta de las condenadas: Parte II
Movie Art Direction
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2012
La cripta de las condenadas
Movie Art Direction
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2010
Macumba sexual: Voodoo Jess
Movie Self
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2010
Paula-Paula
Movie Alma Pereira
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2009
Take-Away Spirit
Movie Set Decoration
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2007
Triple X Selects: The Best of Lezsploitation
Movie (archive footage)
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2007
Angel of Death 2: The Prison Island Massacre
Movie Mrs. Steele
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2005
Snakewoman
Movie Dr. Van Helsing
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2005
Jess Franco's Passion
Movie
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2005
Jess Franco's Perversion
Movie Mme Villeblanche
- 2004
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2003
On the Threshold to Another World
Movie Herself
- 2003
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2003
Red Venice
Movie
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2002
Killer Barbys vs. Dracula
Movie Irina von Karstein
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2002
Incubus
Movie Rosa Harker
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2002
Antena Criminal: Making a Jess Franco Movie
Movie Herself
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2001
Journey into Perversion
Movie Herself
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2001
Vampire Junction
Movie Mados
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2000
Call Him Jess
Movie Herself
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2000
Helter Skelter
Movie
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2000
Blind Target
Movie Tora
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1999
Broken Dolls
Movie Tona
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1999
Red Silk
Movie Gina
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1999
Vampire Blues
Movie Marga
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1999
Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell
Movie Nelly Smith / Tsai Ming
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1998
Lust for Frankenstein
Movie Moira Frankenstein
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1998
Mari-Cookie and the Killer Tarantula
Movie Mari Cookie / Tarantula
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1997
Tender Flesh
Movie Mrs. Radeck
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1996
Vampire Killer Barbys
Movie Editor
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1994
Downtown Heat
Movie Angela
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1993
Jungle of Fear
Movie
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1992
Don Quixote
Movie Editor
- 1992
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1989
Esmeralda Bay
Movie Hotelier
