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.
Acting (117 movies)
The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein
1973
Lust for Frankenstein
1998
Sexy Erotic Job
1975
Vampire Blues
1999
Mari-Cookie and the Killer Tarantula
1998
Revenge in the House of Usher
1983
Journey into Perversion
2001
Blind Target
2000
Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell
1999
Vampire Junction
2001
Kiss Me Killer
1977
Barbed Wire Dolls
1976
Night of the Skull
1974
Female Vampire
1973
Alone Against Terror
1986
White Jungle Slave
1985
Mansion of the Living Dead
1982
Golden Temple Amazons
1986
Diamonds of Kilimandjaro
1983
Cries of Pleasure
1983
The Greedy Ones
1974
Jailhouse Wardress
1981
Tender Flesh
1997
Sex Is Crazy
1981
Lulu's Talking Ass
1986
Erotic Symphony
1980
Jack the Ripper
1976
Downtown
1975
Women Without Innocence
1978
Macumba Sexual
1983
Lilian, the Perverted Virgin
1984
Women Behind Bars
1975
Cecilia
1983
Exorcism
1975
Judoka Shadow versus Doctor Wong
1985
Midnight Party
1976
Incubus
2002
Lorna, the Exorcist
1974
Doriana Grey
1976
Paula-Paula
2010
Rolls-Royce Baby
1975
They Do Everything
1979
White Cannibal Queen
1980
The Perverse Countess
1975
Red Silk
1999
Broken Dolls
1999
Downtown Heat
1994
Celestine
1974
Helter Skelter
2000
Slaves
1977
Jess Franco's Perversion
2005
Killer Barbys vs. Dracula
2002
Sex Apocalypse
1982
Tender and Perverse Emmanuelle
1973
Queridos monstruos
2014
Fly Story
1986
The Hot Nights of Linda
1975
La última película de Jess Franco
2013
Jess Franco's Passion
2005
Two Female Spies with Flowered Panties
1980
The Lustful Amazons
1974
Call Him Jess
2000
Lovers of Devil's Island
1973
El fontanero, su mujer... y otras cosas de meter
1981
Falo Crest
1987
Thong Girls
1987
Sexual Perversions of a Married Woman
1981
The Girls of the Copacabana
1981
Wicked Memoirs of Eugenie
1980
Les chatouilleuses
1975
The Voyeur and the Exhibitionist
1986
Cocktail spécial
1978
A Crack for Two
1984
Phollastía
1987
The Hotel of Love Affairs
1983
Pick-Up Girls
1981
Les emmerdeuses
1976
The Blues of Pop Street
1983
Blood on My Shoes
1983
The House of Lost Women
1983
Girl with the Red Lips
1986
The Last from Philippines
1986
El abuelo, la condesa y Escarlata la traviesa
1992
Bangkok, City of the Dead
1985
Slave of Crime
1987
Black Boots, Leather Whip
1983
Intimate Confessions of an Exhibitionist
1983
The Night Of Open Sex
1983
Shining Sex
1976
Entre pitos anda el juego
1986
How to Seduce a Virgin
1974
The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
1973
How Much Does a Spy Make?
1984
Para las nenas, leche calentita
1986
Triple X Selects: The Best of Lezsploitation
2007
Red Venice
2003
Fury in the Tropics
1986
Night Has a Thousand Desires
1984
My Pussy is the Best
1982
Angel of Death 2: The Prison Island Massacre
2007
Directing (14 movies)
Blind Target
2000
Vampire Junction
2001
Cries of Pleasure
1983
The Voyeur and the Exhibitionist
1986
Falo Crest
1987
Thong Girls
1987
A Crack for Two
1984
Phollastía
1987
Intimate Confessions of an Exhibitionist
1983
Express Train
1982
El huésped de la niebla
1982
Entre pitos anda el juego
1986
Para las nenas, leche calentita
1986
Un pito para tres
1985
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| El huésped de la niebla | 1982 | Screenplay |
| A Crack for Two | 1984 | Screenplay |
| The Voyeur and the Exhibitionist | 1986 | Writer |
| Killer Barbys vs. Dracula | 2002 | Screenplay |
| Snakewoman | 2005 | Writer |