Lina Romay
1954-2012
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.
Movie Credits
Angel of Death 2: The Prison Island Massacre (2007)
Night Has a Thousand Desires (1984)
Cries of Pleasure (1983)
The House of Lost Women (1983)
The Night Of Open Sex (1983)
Apocalipsis sexual (1982)
Mansion of the Living Dead (1982)
Sex Is Crazy (1981)
Two Female Spies with Flowered Panties (1980)
Women Without Innocence (1978)
Barbed Wire Dolls (1976)
Doriana Grey (1976)
Midnight Party (1976)
Shining Sex (1976)
Exorcism (1975)
Female Vampire (1975)
Rolls-Royce Baby (1975)
Women Behind Bars (1975)
Celestine (1974)
Vampire Junction (2001)
Blind Target (2000)
Vampire Blues (1999)
Macumba Sexual (1983)
The Sadist of Notre Dame (1979)
Downtown (1975)
Incubus (2002)
Killer Barbys vs. Dracula (2002)
Greta, the Mad Butcher (1977)
Lorna, the Exorcist (1974)
Tender and Perverse Emmanuelle (1973)
Red Venice (2003)
White Cannibal Queen (1980)
The Hot Nights of Linda (1975)
Snakewoman (2005)
Cecilia (1983)
Jack the Ripper (1976)
Night of the Skull (1974)
The Perverse Countess (1974)
How to Seduce a Virgin (1974)
The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff (1973)
Revenge in the House of Usher (1983)
Diamonds of Kilimandjaro (1983)
Esmeralda Bay (1990)
The Other Side of the Mirror (1973)
Golden Temple Amazons (1986)
The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein (1973)
Jailhouse Wardress (1981)
