Lina Romay
Biography
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
Esmeralda
La maldición de Frankenstein
Moira Frankenstein
Lust for Frankenstein
Loulou Laverne
Le jouisseur
Marga
Vampire Blues
Mari Cookie / Tarantula
Mari-Cookie and the Killer Tarantula
Helen
El hundimiento
Herself
Antena Criminal: Making a Jess Franco Movie
Herself
Journey into Perversion
(archive footage)
Falks Frauen
Tora
Blind Target
Nelly Smith / Tsai Ming
Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell
Mados
Vampire Junction
Maria da Guerra
Frauengefängnis
Rita Derian
La noche de los asesinos
Moira Ray
Embrasse-moi
Countess Irina Karlstein
La Comtesse noire
Melissa
Sola ante el terror
Candy
La mansión de los muertos vivientes
Karate Student
La esclava blanca
Cameo
Les amazones du temple d'or
Hermine
El tesoro de la diosa blanca
Julia
Gemidos de placer
Alba / Bianca
Les Gloutonnes
Maria
Les gardiennes du pénitencier
Mrs. Radeck
Tender Flesh
Mrs. Foncesca
El sexo está loco
Self (archive footage)
Miss Lina und ihr Chauffeur
Lulú
El ojete de Lulú
Martine de Bressac
Sinfonía erótica
Marika Stevenson
Jack the Ripper
Cynthia
Downtown - Die nackten Puppen der Unterwelt
Margarita Martin
Frauen ohne Unschuld
Irina
Lilian (la virgen pervertida)
Alice Brooks
Macumba sexual
Shirley Fields
Des diamants pour l'enfer
Cabaret Owner/Performer
Cecilia
Anne
L'Éventreur de Notre-Dame
Maggie
La Sombra del Judoka contra el Doctor Wong
Sylvia
Midnight Party
Rosa Harker
Incubus
Linda Mariel
Les Possédées du diable
Doriana Gray/Doriana's Twin Sister
Die Marquise von Sade
Alma Pereira
Paula-Paula
Rolls-Royce Baby
Rolls-Royce Baby
Nini
Elles Font Tout
Ana
Mondo cannibale
Silvia Aguado
La comtesse perverse
Gina
Red Silk
Tona
Broken Dolls
Angela
Ciudad Baja
Célestine
Célestine... bonne à tout faire
Helter Skelter
Madame Arminda
Die Sklavinnen
Mme Villeblanche
Flores de perversión
Irina von Karstein
Killer Barbys vs. Dracula
Ruth
Apocalipsis sexual
Greta Douglas
Tendre et perverse Emanuelle
Self
Queridos monstruos
Bragueta historia
Olivia Steiner
Les nuits brûlantes de Linda
Self
La última película de Jess Franco
Flores de la pasión
Cecile
Ópalo de fuego (Mercaderes del sexo)
Yuka
Maciste contre la reine des Amazones
Herself
Llámale Jess
Herself
On the Threshold to Another World
Quartier de femmes
Julia
El fontanero, su mujer... y otras cosas de meter
Melissa
Falo Crest
Lola Clavijo
Las chicas del tanga
George's Mother
Aberraciones sexuales de una mujer casada
Lia
Les filles de Copacabana
Sultana
Eugenie (Historia de una perversión)
Loulou
Les chatouilleuses
The Exhibitionist
El mirón y la exhibicionista
Martine
Cocktail spécial
Agent 69
Una rajita para dos
Barbara
Phollastía
Pina
Les emmerdeuses
Suzy
La chica de las bragas transparentes
Paquita la Fina
Sangre en mis zapatos
Genara Johnny Walker 'Butterfly'
Los blues de la calle Pop (Aventuras de Felipe Malboro, volumen 8)
Desdémona
La casa de las mujeres perdidas
Eva Bombón
El hotel de los ligues
Aminia
Bangkok, cita con la muerte
Cecilia Muro
Las últimas de Filipinas
Terry Morgan
La chica de los labios rojos
El abuelo, la condesa y Escarlata la traviesa
Jungle of Fear
Tsai Chin
Esclavas del crimen
Lina
Botas negras, látigo de cuero
Candy
Confesiones íntimas de una exhibicionista
Moira
La noche de los sexos abiertos
Cynthia
La fille au sexe brillant
Candy
Entre pitos anda el juego
Sweet Davey Brown's Girlfriend
Los ojos del doctor Orloff
Adèle
Plaisir à trois
Ana
¿Cuánto cobra un espía?
Chelo Cucufate
Para las nenas, leche calentita
Sida, la peste del siglo XX
(archive)
Triple X Selects: The Best of Lezsploitation
Rossa Venezia
Marga Lopez
Orgasmo perverso
Irina
Mil sexos tiene la noche
Elisa
Mi conejo es el mejor
Mrs. Steele
Angel of Death 2: The Prison Island Massacre
Kárate a muerte en Torremolinos
See you later Cowabunga: La maldición del cenachero diabólico!
Anne
El sádico de Notre-Dame
Justine
Justine
Woman Asking for Autograph
Juego Sucio en Casablanca
Eva / Adriana
Camino solitario
María
Cartas de amor de una monja
The Erotic Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
Herself
Llámale Jess Redux
Un pito para tres
Marie Madeleine Whitman (French version only)
Al otro lado del espejo
Yolanda
Vaya luna de miel
El misterio del castillo rojo
Hotelier
La bahía esmeralda
Juana
Greta - Haus ohne Männer
María
Bahía blanca
Dr. Van Helsing
Snakewoman
Self
Macumba sexual: Voodoo Jess
Demoniac
Herself
The Bizarre World of Jess Franco
Mme Orloff
Faceless
Lulu Laverne
LAS CHUPONAS
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
128
Gender
Female
Birthday
1954-06-25
Place of Birth
Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
Also Known As
Candy Coster