Lina Romay

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.

Cast

The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein

Lust for Frankenstein

Moira Frankenstein

Sexy Erotic Job

Mari-Cookie and the Killer Tarantula

Mari Cookie / Tarantula

Revenge in the House of Usher

Antena Criminal: Making a Jess Franco Movie

Journey into Perversion

(archive footage)

Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell

Nelly Smith / Tsai Ming

Vampire Junction

Barbed Wire Dolls

Maria da Guerra

Night of the Skull

Countess Irina Karlstein

Alone Against Terror

White Jungle Slave

Mansion of the Living Dead

Golden Temple Amazons

Diamonds of Kilimandjaro

Cries of Pleasure

The Greedy Ones

Jailhouse Wardress

Miss Lina und ihr Chauffeur

Self (archive footage)

Lulu's Talking Ass

Erotic Symphony

Martine de Bressac

Jack the Ripper

Marika Stevenson

Women Without Innocence

Margarita Martin

Lilian, the Perverted Virgin

Women Behind Bars

Cabaret Owner/Performer

Judoka Shadow versus Doctor Wong

Lorna, the Exorcist

Doriana Gray/Doriana's Twin Sister

Rolls-Royce Baby

Rolls-Royce Baby

They Do Everything

White Cannibal Queen

Countess Perverse

Jess Franco's Perversion

Mme Villeblanche

Killer Barbys vs. Dracula

Irina von Karstein

Tender and Perverse Emmanuelle

Queridos monstruos

The Hot Nights of Linda

La última película de Jess Franco

Jess Franco's Passion

Two Female Spies with Flowered Panties

The Lustful Amazons

On the Threshold to Another World

Lovers of Devil's Island

El fontanero, su mujer... y otras cosas de meter

Sexual Perversions of a Married Woman

George's Mother

The Girls of the Copacabana

Wicked Memoirs of Eugenie

Les chatouilleuses

The Voyeur and the Exhibitionist

The Exhibitionist

Cocktail spécial

A Crack for Two

The Hotel of Love Affairs

Les emmerdeuses

The Blues of Pop Street

Genara Johnny Walker 'Butterfly'

Blood on My Shoes

Paquita la Fina

The House of Lost Women

Girl with the Red Lips

The Last from Philippines

El abuelo, la condesa y Escarlata la traviesa

Bangkok, City of the Dead

Black Boots, Leather Whip

Intimate Confessions of an Exhibitionist

The Night Of Open Sex

Entre pitos anda el juego

How to Seduce a Virgin

The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff

Sweet Davey Brown's Girlfriend

How Much Does a Spy Make?

Para las nenas, leche calentita

Sida, la peste del siglo XX

Triple X Selects: The Best of Lezsploitation

(archive footage)

Fury in the Tropics

Night Has a Thousand Desires

My Pussy is the Best

Angel of Death 2: The Prison Island Massacre

Justine and the Whip

The Sadist of Notre Dame

See you later Cowabunga: La maldición del cenachero diabólico!

Death Karate in Torremolinos

Camino solitario

Dirty Game in Casablanca

Woman Asking for Autograph

Love Letters of a Nun

The Erotic Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

Call Me Jess Redux

Un pito para tres

The Other Side of the Mirror

Marie Madeleine Whitman (French version only)

What a Honeymoon

El misterio del castillo rojo

Greta, the Mad Butcher

Dr. Van Helsing

Macumba sexual: Voodoo Jess

The Bizarre World of Jess Franco

Crew

Lust for Frankenstein

Antena Criminal: Making a Jess Franco Movie

Camera Operator

Director, Assistant Director

Vampire Junction

Cries of Pleasure

Editor, Director

Take-Away Spirit

Production Manager, Set Decoration, Second Unit

The Sexual Story of O

The Inconfessable Orgies of Emmanuelle

Editor, Assistant Director

The Voyeur and the Exhibitionist

Director, Writer

Assistant Director

Editor, Director

A Crack for Two

Director, Screenplay

La cripta de las condenadas

Art Direction, Assistant Director, Production Manager

La cripta de las condenadas: Parte II

Makeup Artist, Art Direction, Production Manager, Assistant Director

Intimate Confessions of an Exhibitionist

Director, Assistant Editor

Director, Editor

Makeup Artist, Wardrobe Supervisor

El huésped de la niebla

Screenplay, Director

Entre pitos anda el juego

Para las nenas, leche calentita

Sida, la peste del siglo XX

Vampire Killer Barbys

Trip to Bangkok, Coffin included

Editor, Assistant Director

Dirty Game in Casablanca

Assistant Director

Camino solitario

Assistant Director

Assistant Director

Assistant Director

Assistant Editor, Assistant Director

White Jungle Slave

Assistant Director

Assistant Director, Assistant Editor

Un pito para tres

The Hotel of Love Affairs

Assistant Editor, Assistant Director

The Story of Linda

Assistant Director

Assistant Director

Killer Barbys vs. Dracula