Lina Romay

Actor | Producer

Romay was born in Barcelona in 1954. Following graduation from high school, she studied the arts, married actor/photo...

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Faceless

Faceless

... 1988

Barbed Wire Dolls

Barbed Wire Dolls

... 1976

Cecilia

Cecilia

... 1983

Fullname:

Lina Romay

Date of Birth:

1954-06-25

Country:

Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Biography of

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. 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.

Biography of

Lina Romay

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Biography of

Lina Romay

Found movies in total

Broken English

Broken English

... 2007

The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid

... 2018

Love and Monsters

Love and Monsters

... 2020

Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind

... 1939

The Cider House Rules

The Cider House Rules

... 1999

Hanging Heart

Hanging Heart

... 1989

Somewhere

Somewhere

... 2010

Incoming

Incoming

... 2024

The Prestige

The Prestige

... 2006