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    Lina Romay

    1954-06-25 (70 years old) in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

    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. The majority of their films together were in the erotic film genre, but she was also featured in many horror, comedy and action/adventure films as well. 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.

    Movies

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    Queridos monstruos
    55 %|Oct 10, 2014
    Documentary
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    Call Me Jess Redux
    46 %|Sep 26, 2014
    Documentary
    actor
    Miss Lina und ihr Chauffeur
    0 %|Jun 10, 2014
    Documentary
    actor
    Falks Frauen
    0 %|Feb 25, 2014
    Documentary
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    La última película de Jess Franco
    60 %|Oct 11, 2013
    Documentary
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    Paula-Paula
    42 %|Feb 1, 2010
    Drama
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    Snakewoman
    23 %|Oct 7, 2005
    Horror
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    Jess Franco's Passion
    42 %|Sep 5, 2005
    Drama
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    Jess Franco's Perversion
    55 %|Sep 4, 2005
    Drama
    actor
    On the Threshold to Another World
    0 %|Sep 29, 2003
    Documentary
    poster
    Death Karate in Torremolinos
    53 %|Mar 14, 2003
    Action, Horror, Fantasy, Comedy
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    Red Venice
    46.879999999999995 %|Jan 1, 2003
    Horror
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    Killer Barbys vs. Dracula
    40 %|Nov 8, 2002
    Horror, Comedy
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    Incubus
    21 %|Sep 1, 2002
    Horror
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    Journey into Perversion
    0 %|Jul 17, 2001
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    Vampire Junction
    14 %|Jan 1, 2001
    Horror
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    Call Him Jess
    70 %|Jan 20, 2000
    Documentary
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    Blind Target
    33 %|Jan 1, 2000
    Thriller, Drama
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    Helter Skelter
    26 %|Jan 1, 2000
    Horror
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    Vampire Blues
    38 %|Jan 1, 1999
    Horror
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    Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell
    12 %|Jan 1, 1999
    Horror, Crime, Fantasy
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    Red Silk
    35 %|Jan 1, 1999
    Crime, Comedy
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    Broken Dolls
    22 %|Jan 1, 1999
    Drama
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    Lust for Frankenstein
    24 %|Jan 1, 1998
    Horror
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    Mari-Cookie and the Killer Tarantula
    38 %|Jan 1, 1998
    Horror, Comedy
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    Tender Flesh
    32 %|Jul 1, 1997
    Horror
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    Downtown Heat
    40 %|Jun 15, 1994
    Action, Thriller
    actor
    Jungle of Fear
    0 %|Jan 1, 1993
    Action
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    El abuelo, la condesa y Escarlata la traviesa
    60 %|Jan 1, 1992
    Action, Comedy
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    Esmeralda Bay
    44 %|May 18, 1989
    Drama, War, Action
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    Faceless
    57 %|Jun 22, 1988
    Horror
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    Slave of Crime
    20 %|Sep 7, 1987
    Action, Crime
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    Falo Crest
    53 %|Aug 10, 1987
    Comedy
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    Thong Girls
    36 %|Apr 9, 1987
    Comedy
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    Phollastía
    75 %|Jan 1, 1987
    Comedy
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    Golden Temple Amazons
    42 %|Oct 1, 1986
    Adventure
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    Para las nenas, leche calentita
    0 %|Aug 28, 1986
    Comedy
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    Alone Against Terror
    30 %|Jul 28, 1986
    Horror
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    Entre pitos anda el juego
    57 %|Jul 7, 1986
    Comedy
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    The Voyeur and the Exhibitionist
    48 %|Apr 28, 1986
    Drama
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    Lulu's Talking Ass
    46 %|Apr 14, 1986
    Comedy
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    Orgasmo perverso
    30 %|Mar 31, 1986
    Drama, Crime
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    Bragueta historia
    50 %|Jan 1, 1986
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    The Last from Philippines
    27 %|Jan 1, 1986
    Action, Adventure
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    Girl with the Red Lips
    0 %|Jan 1, 1986
    Action, Comedy
    actor
    Sida, la peste del siglo XX
    0 %|Jan 1, 1986
    Drama
    actor
    Un pito para tres
    0 %|Jul 8, 1985
    poster
    Dirty Game in Casablanca
    38 %|Jun 17, 1985
    Action, Thriller
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    White Jungle Slave
    31 %|Jan 1, 1985
    Horror, Thriller
    poster
    Judoka Shadow versus Doctor Wong
    30 %|Jan 1, 1985
    Action
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    Bangkok, City of the Dead
    0 %|Jan 1, 1985
    Action
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    A Crack for Two
    0 %|Aug 1, 1984
    Comedy
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    Lilian, the Perverted Virgin
    59 %|Jun 25, 1984
    Horror, Thriller
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    How Much for a Spy?
    50 %|May 28, 1984
    Crime, Comedy
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    Night Has a Thousand Desires
    43.75 %|Mar 5, 1984
    Thriller, Horror
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    Camino solitario
    39 %|Jan 23, 1984
    Thriller, Mystery
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    Bahia Blanca
    54 %|Jan 1, 1984
    Thriller, Drama
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    Macumba Sexual
    52 %|Oct 20, 1983
    Horror
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    The Hotel of Love Affairs
    46 %|Oct 6, 1983
    Comedy
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    Cries of Pleasure
    36 %|Sep 23, 1983
    Thriller
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    The House of Lost Women
    52 %|Jun 30, 1983
    Drama
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    Diamonds of Kilimandjaro
    33 %|Jun 3, 1983
    Action, Adventure, Horror
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    Cecilia
    38 %|May 18, 1983
    Drama, Romance
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    Revenge in the House of Usher
    34 %|Mar 23, 1983
    Horror
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    The Night Of Open Sex
    40 %|Feb 23, 1983
    Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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    Black Boots, Leather Whip
    51 %|Jan 24, 1983
    Drama, Mystery
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    Blood on My Shoes
    58 %|Jan 1, 1983
    Action, Comedy, Thriller
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    The Blues of Pop Street
    49 %|Jan 1, 1983
    Adventure, Crime, Comedy
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    Mansion of the Living Dead
    46 %|Nov 18, 1982
    Horror
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    My Pussy is the Best
    49 %|Oct 10, 1982
    Comedy, Drama
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    Sex Apocalypse
    53 %|Feb 25, 1982
    Crime, Drama
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    Pick-Up Girls
    38 %|Sep 27, 1981
    Comedy, Action
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    Jailhouse Wardress
    37 %|Aug 5, 1981
    Drama
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    Sexual Perversions of a Married Woman
    52 %|May 18, 1981
    Romance, Drama
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    The Girls of the Copacabana
    42 %|Apr 1, 1981
    Comedy
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    Sex Is Crazy
    57.35 %|Jan 1, 1981
    Science Fiction, Comedy
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    White Cannibal Queen
    44 %|Sep 15, 1980
    Drama, Horror
    poster
    Wicked Memoirs of Eugenie
    48 %|Jul 1, 1980
    Drama
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    Erotic Symphony
    53 %|Mar 31, 1980
    Drama, Romance
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    What a Honeymoon
    57 %|Jan 1, 1980
    Comedy, Adventure
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    Justine and the Whip
    49 %|Sep 13, 1979
    Drama
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    The Sadist of Notre Dame
    53 %|Jun 15, 1979
    Horror, Thriller
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    They Do Everything
    35 %|Jan 31, 1979
    Comedy
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    Love Letters of a Nun
    10 %|Sep 29, 1978
    Drama
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    Cocktail spécial
    40 %|Jul 5, 1978
    Drama
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    Women Without Innocence
    45 %|Feb 9, 1978
    Mystery, Thriller
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    Slaves
    51 %|Apr 15, 1977
    Action, Thriller, Mystery
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    Kiss Me Killer
    43 %|Mar 31, 1977
    Thriller
    poster
    Greta, the Mad Butcher
    47.47 %|Jan 21, 1977
    Horror
    poster
    Jack the Ripper
    57.830000000000005 %|Sep 23, 1976
    Drama, Thriller
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    Shining Sex
    40 %|Aug 21, 1976
    Science Fiction, Thriller
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    Les emmerdeuses
    35 %|Jul 22, 1976
    Action, Adventure, Comedy
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    Barbed Wire Dolls
    48 %|Apr 22, 1976
    Crime, Drama, Horror
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    Midnight Party
    52 %|Jan 23, 1976
    Drama, Comedy, Crime
    poster
    Doriana Gray
    53 %|Jan 1, 1976
    Horror
    poster
    Rolls-Royce Baby
    51 %|Dec 28, 1975
    Comedy
    poster
    The Perverse Countess
    43 %|Dec 10, 1975
    Thriller, Horror
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    Downtown
    58 %|Aug 28, 1975
    Comedy, Crime
    poster
    Exorcism
    46 %|Aug 25, 1975
    Horror
    poster
    Les chatouilleuses
    34 %|Jul 29, 1975
    Western, Comedy
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    The Hot Nights of Linda
    31 %|Jul 16, 1975
    Drama
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    Sexy Erotic Job
    27 %|Jun 4, 1975
    Comedy
    poster
    Women Behind Bars
    45 %|Jan 1, 1975
    Thriller, Crime
    poster
    Lorna, the Exorcist
    50 %|Dec 18, 1974
    Horror
    poster
    Celestine
    57 %|Oct 16, 1974
    Comedy
    poster
    Night of the Skull
    62 %|Sep 29, 1974
    Horror, Thriller, Mystery
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    How to Seduce a Virgin
    46 %|Jun 19, 1974
    Drama, Horror, Thriller
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    Les Gloutonnes
    28 %|May 15, 1974
    Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
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    The Lustful Amazons
    30 %|May 15, 1974
    Adventure
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    Lovers of Devil's Island
    51 %|Oct 25, 1973
    Horror
    poster
    The Other Side of the Mirror
    51 %|Sep 24, 1973
    Mystery, Drama, Horror
    poster
    The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein
    53 %|May 31, 1973
    Horror
    poster
    Female Vampire
    44 %|Apr 7, 1973
    Horror
    poster
    Tender and Perverse Emmanuelle
    44 %|Jan 1, 1973
    Mystery, Thriller
    poster
    The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
    46 %|Jan 1, 1973
    Horror, Drama
    actor
    El misterio del castillo rojo
    20 %|Jan 1, 1973
    Science Fiction, Adventure

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