Cast & creator
Lina Romay
Best known for White Cannibal Queen, My Pussy is the Best, Female Vampire
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.
Also known as: Candy Coster, Lulu Laverne, Rosa María Almirall, Rosa María Almirall Martínez
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105
1973–2014 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (154)
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White Cannibal Queen
Ana
1980
My Pussy is the Best
Elisa
1982
Female Vampire
Countess Irina Karlstein
1975
Sadomania
Assistant Director
1981Sadomania
Assistant Editor
1981
Cecilia
Cabaret Owner/Performer
1983
Diamonds of Kilimandjaro
Hermine
1983
Erotic Symphony
Martine de Bressac
1980
Celestine
Célestine
1974
Greta, the Mad Butcher
Juana
1977
Pick-Up Girls
Suzy
1981
Devil Hunter
Assistant Director
1980
Lorna, the Exorcist
Linda Mariel
1974
Golden Temple Amazons
Cameo
1986
Countess Perverse
Silvia Aguado
1975
Downtown Heat
Angela
1994
Two Female Spies with Flowered Panties
Cecile
1980
Sex Is Crazy
Mrs. Foncesca
1981
Bloody Moon
Assistant Director
1981
Jailhouse Wardress
Maria
1981
Midnight Party
Sylvia
1976
The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein
Esmeralda
1973
Call Him Jess
Herself
2000
The Other Side of the Mirror
Marie Madeleine Whitman (French version only)
1973
Jack the Ripper
Marika Stevenson
1976
Downtown
Cynthia
1976
The Story of Linda
Assistant Director
1981
Blind Target
Tora
2000Blind Target
Director
2000Blind Target
Assistant Director
2000
The Sexual Story of O
Editor
1984
Fury in the Tropics
Marga Lopez
1986
Night of the Skull
Rita Derian
1974
The Girls of the Copacabana
Lia
1981
Trapped Women
Marga
1987
Slaves
Madame Arminda
1977
La última película de Jess Franco
Self
2013
Red Silk
Gina
1999
Broken Dolls
Tona
1999Broken Dolls
Assistant Director
1999
Barbed Wire Dolls
Maria da Guerra
1976
The Erotic Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
1976
Kiss Me Killer
Moira Ray
1977
Vampire Junction
Mados
2001Vampire Junction
Director
2001
Exorcism
Anne
1975
Faceless
Mme Orloff
1988
Thong Girls
Lola Clavijo
1987Thong Girls
Director
1987
Don Quixote
Editor
1992
Sexual Perversions of a Married Woman
George's Mother
1981
The Ticklish Ones
Loulou
1975
Women Behind Bars
Shirley Fields
1975
Tender and Perverse Emmanuelle
Greta Douglas
1973
Wicked Memoirs of Eugenie
Sultana
1980
Black Boots, Leather Whip
Lina
1983See you later Cowabunga: La maldición del cenachero diabólico!
2004
Killer Barbys vs. Dracula
Irina von Karstein
2002Killer Barbys vs. Dracula
Screenplay
2002
The Sadist of Notre Dame
Anne
1979
Mansion of the Living Dead
Candy
1982
The Inconfessable Orgies of Emmanuelle
Editor
1982The Inconfessable Orgies of Emmanuelle
Assistant Director
1982
Cries of Pleasure
Julia
1983Cries of Pleasure
Director
1983Cries of Pleasure
Editor
1983
Mari-Cookie and the Killer Tarantula
Mari Cookie / Tarantula
1998
Love Letters of a Nun
María
1978
Women Without Innocence
Margarita Martin
1978
The Lustful Amazons
Yuka
1974
The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
Sweet Davey Brown's Girlfriend
1973
Dirty Game in Casablanca
Woman Asking for Autograph
1985Dirty Game in Casablanca
Assistant Director
1985
What a Honeymoon
Yolanda
1980
Triple X Selects: The Best of Lezsploitation
(archive footage)
2007
Call Me Jess Redux
Herself
2014
The House of Lost Women
Desdémona
1983
The Hotel of Love Affairs
Eva Bombón
1983The Hotel of Love Affairs
Assistant Editor
1983The Hotel of Love Affairs
Assistant Director
1983
Helter Skelter
2000
Incubus
Rosa Harker
2002
How Much Does a Spy Make?
Ana
1984
Night Has a Thousand Desires
Irina
1984
The Night Of Open Sex
Moira
1983
Alone Against Terror
Melissa
1986Macumba sexual: Voodoo Jess
Self
2010
How to Seduce a Virgin
Adèle
1974
Blood on My Shoes
Paquita la Fina
1983
Macumba Sexual
Alice Brooks
1983Macumba Sexual
Assistant Director
1983
El fontanero, su mujer... y otras cosas de meter
Julia
1981
Vampire Killer Barbys
Editor
1996El misterio del castillo rojo
Trip to Bangkok, Coffin Included
Editor
1985Trip to Bangkok, Coffin Included
Assistant Director
1985
Bangkok, City of the Dead
Aminia
1985
The Hot Nights of Linda
Olivia Steiner
1975
Esmeralda Bay
Hotelier
1989Esmeralda Bay
Editor
1989
Lovers of Devil's Island
1973
Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell
Nelly Smith / Tsai Ming
1999
El abuelo, la condesa y Escarlata la traviesa
1992Sida, la peste del siglo XX
1986Sida, la peste del siglo XX
Editor
1986
La cripta de las condenadas: Parte II
Production Manager
2012La cripta de las condenadas: Parte II
Art Direction
2012La cripta de las condenadas: Parte II
Makeup Artist
2012La cripta de las condenadas: Parte II
Assistant Director
2012
Tender Flesh
Mrs. Radeck
1997
Girl with the Red Lips
Terry Morgan
1986
Slave of Crime
Tsai Chin
1987
Death Karate in Torremolinos
2003
The Last from Philippines
Cecilia Muro
1986
The Blues of Pop Street
Genara Johnny Walker 'Butterfly'
1983
Paula-Paula
Alma Pereira
2010Paula-Paula
Makeup Artist
2010Paula-Paula
Wardrobe Supervisor
2010Take-Away Spirit
Set Decoration
2009Take-Away Spirit
Production Manager
2009Take-Away Spirit
Second Unit
2009
La cripta de las condenadas
Production Manager
2012La cripta de las condenadas
Assistant Director
2012La cripta de las condenadas
Art Direction
2012
Bahia Blanca
María
1984Bahia Blanca
Assistant Editor
1984Bahia Blanca
Assistant Director
1984The Bizarre World of Jess Franco
Herself
1983
Lust for Frankenstein
Moira Frankenstein
1998Lust for Frankenstein
Editor
1998
Sexy Erotic Job
Loulou Laverne
1975On the Threshold to Another World
Herself
2003
Judoka Shadow versus Doctor Wong
Maggie
1985
Revenge in the House of Usher
Helen
1983
Queridos monstruos
Self
2014
The Greedy Ones
Alba / Bianca
1974Antena Criminal: Making a Jess Franco Movie
Herself
2002Antena Criminal: Making a Jess Franco Movie
Camera Operator
2002
White Jungle Slave
Karate Student
1985White Jungle Slave
Assistant Director
1985
The Troublemakers
Pina
1976
Vampire Blues
Marga
1999El huésped de la niebla
Director
1982El huésped de la niebla
Screenplay
1982Miss Lina und ihr Chauffeur
Self (archive footage)
2014
Lonely Road
Eva / Adriana
1984Lonely Road
Assistant Director
1984Express Train
Director
1982Express Train
Editor
1982Jungle of Fear
1993Falks Frauen
(archive footage)
2014
Journey into Perversion
Herself
2001
Snakewoman
Dr. Van Helsing
2005Snakewoman
Writer
2005