Lina Romay
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Female
Birthday 1954-06-25
Deathday 2012-02-15 (57 years old)
Place of Birth Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Also Known As Candy Coster, Lulu Laverne, Rosa María Almirall, Rosa Almirall, Betty Carter, Sonia Colbert, Jean Collins, Candice Coster, Lola Falana, Lennie Hayden, Jane Morgan
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. 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.
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Actor
as Self
as Herself
as Self (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
as Alma Pereira
as (archive)
as Mrs. Steele
as Dr. Van Helsing
as Mme Villeblanche
as Herself
as Irina von Karstein
as Rosa Harker
as Herself
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as Mados
as Herself
as Tora
as Marga
as Nelly Smith / Tsai Ming
as Gina
as Tona
as Moira Frankenstein
as Mari Cookie / Tarantula
as Mrs. Radeck
as Angela
as Hotelier
as Mrs. Orloff
as Tsai Chin
as Melissa
as Lola Clavijo
as Barbara
as Cameo
as Chelo Cucufate
as Melissa
as Candy
as The Exhibitionist
as Lulú
as Marga Lopez
as Terry Morgan
as Cecilia Muro
as Woman Asking for Autograph
as Karate Student
as Maggie
as Aminia
as Agent 69
as Irina
as Ana
as Irina
as Eva / Adriana
as María
as Alice Brooks
as Eva Bombón
as Julia
as Desdémona
as Hermine
as Cabaret Owner/Performer
as Helen
as Moira
as Lina
as Genara Johnny Walker 'Butterfly'
as Paquita la Fina
as Candy
as Elisa
as Ruth
as Suzy
as Maria
as George's Mother
as Lia
as Mrs. Foncesca
as Ana
as Sultana
as Cecile
as Martine de Bressac
as Yolanda
as Justine
as Anne
as Nini
as María
as Martine
as Margarita Martin
as Madame Arminda
as Moira Ray
as Juana
as Marika Stevenson
as Cynthia
as Pina
as Maria da Guerra
as Sylvia
as Doriana Gray/Doriana's Twin Sister
as Rolls-Royce Baby
as Silvia Aguado
as Cynthia
as Anne
as Loulou
as Olivia Steiner
as Loulou Laverne
as Shirley Fields
as Linda Mariel
as Célestine
as Rita Derian
as Adèle
as Alba / Bianca
as Yuka
as Marie Madeleine Whitman (French version only)
as Esmeralda
as Countess Irina Karlstein
as Greta Douglas
as Sweet Davey Brown's Girlfriend
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Editor
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Writer
as Writer
as Screenplay
as Writer
as Screenplay
as Screenplay
Producer
as Production Manager
as Production Manager
as Production Manager
Art
as Art Direction
as Art Direction
as Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up
as Makeup Artist
as Makeup Artist
as Wardrobe Supervisor
Camera
as Camera Operator
Crew
as Second Unit