Birthday: 1954-06-25
Deathday: 2012-02-15
Birthplace: Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
Gender: Female
Owned By: Unowned
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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2010-02-01 | Paula-Paula | Alma Pereira |
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2007-06-01 | Triple X Selects: The Best of Lezsploitation | (archive) |
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2007-01-15 | Angel of Death 2: The Prison Island Massacre | Mrs. Steele |
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2005-10-07 | Snakewoman | Dr. Van Helsing |
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2005-09-05 | Jess Franco's Passion | |
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2005-09-04 | Jess Franco's Perversion | Mme Villeblanche |
2004-03-06 | See you later Cowabunga: La maldición del cenachero diabólico! | ||
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2003-03-14 | Death Karate in Torremolinos | |
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2003-01-01 | Red Venice | |
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2002-11-08 | Killer Barbys vs. Dracula | Irina von Karstein |
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2002-09-01 | Incubus | Rosa Harker |
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2001-01-01 | Vampire Junction | Mados |
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2000-01-01 | Blind Target | Tora |
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2000-01-01 | Helter Skelter | |
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1999-01-01 | Vampire Blues | Marga |
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1999-01-01 | Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell | Nelly Smith / Tsai Ming |
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1999-01-01 | Red Silk | Gina |
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1999-01-01 | Broken Dolls | Tona |
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1998-01-01 | Lust for Frankenstein | Moira Frankenstein |
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1998-01-01 | Mari-Cookie and the Killer Tarantula | Mari Cookie / Tarantula |
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1997-07-01 | Tender Flesh | Mrs. Radeck |
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1994-06-15 | Downtown Heat | Angela |
1993-01-01 | Jungle of Fear | ||
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1992-01-01 | El abuelo, la condesa y Escarlata la traviesa | |
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1989-05-18 | Esmeralda Bay | Hotelier |
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1988-06-22 | Faceless | Mrs. Orloff |
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1987-09-07 | Slave of Crime | Tsai Chin |
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1987-08-10 | Falo Crest | Melissa |
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1987-04-09 | Thong Girls | Lola Clavijo |
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1987-01-01 | Phollastía | Barbara |
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1986-10-01 | Golden Temple Amazons | Cameo |
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1986-08-28 | Para las nenas, leche calentita | Chelo Cucufate |
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1986-07-28 | Alone Against Terror | Melissa |
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1986-07-07 | Entre pitos anda el juego | Candy |
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1986-04-28 | The Voyeur and the Exhibitionist | The Exhibitionist |
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1986-04-14 | Lulu's Talking Ass | Lulú |
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1986-03-31 | Orgasmo perverso | Marga Lopez |
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1986-01-01 | Bragueta historia | |
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1986-01-01 | The Last from Philippines | Cecilia Muro |
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1986-01-01 | Girl with the Red Lips | Terry Morgan |
1986-01-01 | Sida, la peste del siglo XX | ||
1985-07-08 | Un pito para tres | ||
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1985-06-17 | Dirty Game in Casablanca | Woman Asking for Autograph |
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1985-01-01 | White Jungle Slave | Karate Student |
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1985-01-01 | Judoka Shadow versus Doctor Wong | Maggie |
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1985-01-01 | Bangkok, City of the Dead | Aminia |
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1984-08-01 | A Crack for Two | Agent 69 |
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1984-06-25 | Lilian, the Perverted Virgin | Irina |
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1984-05-28 | How Much for a Spy? | Ana |
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1984-03-05 | Night Has a Thousand Desires | Irina |
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1984-01-23 | Camino solitario | Eva / Adriana |
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1984-01-01 | Bahia Blanca | María |
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1983-10-20 | Macumba Sexual | Alice Brooks |
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1983-10-06 | The Hotel of Love Affairs | Eva Bombón |
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1983-09-23 | Cries of Pleasure | Julia |
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1983-06-30 | The House of Lost Women | Desdémona |
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1983-06-06 | Intimate Confessions of an Exhibitionist | Candy |
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1983-06-03 | Diamonds of Kilimandjaro | Hermine |
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1983-05-18 | Cecilia | Cabaret Owner/Performer |
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1983-03-23 | Revenge in the House of Usher | Helen |
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1983-02-23 | The Night Of Open Sex | Moira |
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1983-01-24 | Black Boots, Leather Whip | Lina |
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1983-01-01 | Blood on My Shoes | Paquita la Fina |
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1983-01-01 | The Blues of Pop Street | Genara Johnny Walker 'Butterfly' |
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1982-11-18 | Mansion of the Living Dead | Candy |
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1982-10-10 | My Pussy is the Best | Elisa |
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1982-02-25 | Sex Apocalypse | Ruth |
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1981-09-27 | Pick-Up Girls | Suzy |
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1981-08-27 | El fontanero, su mujer... y otras cosas de meter | Julia |
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1981-08-05 | Jailhouse Wardress | Maria |
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1981-05-18 | Sexual Perversions of a Married Woman | George's Mother |
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1981-04-01 | The Girls of the Copacabana | Lia |
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1981-01-01 | Sex Is Crazy | Mrs. Foncesca |
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1980-09-15 | White Cannibal Queen | Ana |
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1980-07-01 | Wicked Memoirs of Eugenie | Sultana |
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1980-05-01 | Two Female Spies with Flowered Panties | Cecile |
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1980-03-31 | Erotic Symphony | Martine de Bressac |
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1980-01-01 | What a Honeymoon | Yolanda |
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1979-09-13 | Justine and the Whip | Justine |
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1979-06-15 | The Sadist of Notre Dame | Anne |
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1979-01-31 | They Do Everything | Nini |
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1978-09-29 | Love Letters of a Nun | María |
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1978-07-05 | Cocktail spécial | Martine |
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1978-02-09 | Women Without Innocence | Margarita Martin |
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1977-04-15 | Slaves | Madame Arminda |
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1977-03-31 | Kiss Me Killer | Moira Ray |
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1977-01-21 | Greta, the Mad Butcher | Juana |
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1976-09-23 | Jack the Ripper | Marika Stevenson |
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1976-08-21 | Shining Sex | Cynthia |
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1976-07-22 | Les emmerdeuses | Pina |
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1976-04-22 | Barbed Wire Dolls | Maria da Guerra |
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1976-01-23 | Midnight Party | Sylvia |
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1976-01-01 | Doriana Gray | Doriana Gray/Doriana's Twin Sister |
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1976-01-01 | The Erotic Adventures of Robinson Crusoe | |
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1975-12-28 | Rolls-Royce Baby | Rolls-Royce Baby |
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1975-12-10 | The Perverse Countess | Silvia Aguado |
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1975-08-28 | Downtown | Cynthia |
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1975-08-25 | Exorcism | Anne |
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1975-08-20 | Demoniac | |
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1975-07-29 | Les chatouilleuses | Loulou |
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1975-07-16 | The Hot Nights of Linda | Olivia Steiner |
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1975-06-04 | Sexy Erotic Job | Loulou Laverne |
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1975-01-01 | Women Behind Bars | Shirley Fields |
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1974-12-18 | Lorna, the Exorcist | Linda Mariel |
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1974-10-16 | Celestine | Célestine |
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1974-09-29 | Night of the Skull | Rita Derian |
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1974-06-19 | How to Seduce a Virgin | Adèle |
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1974-05-15 | Les Gloutonnes | Alba / Bianca |
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1974-05-15 | The Lustful Amazons | Yuka |
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1973-10-25 | Lovers of Devil's Island | |
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1973-09-24 | The Other Side of the Mirror | Marie Madeleine Whitman (French version only) |
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1973-06-05 | Female Vampire | Countess Irina Karlstein |
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1973-05-31 | The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein | Esmeralda |
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1973-01-01 | Tender and Perverse Emmanuelle | Greta Douglas |
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1973-01-01 | The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff | Sweet Davey Brown's Girlfriend |
1973-01-01 | El misterio del castillo rojo |