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Acting
Lina Romay
Also known as: Candy Coster, Lulu Laverne, Rosa María Almirall, Rosa María Almirall Martínez
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. 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.
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 25, 1954
Day of Death
February 15, 2012
Age at Death
57 years old
Place of Birth
Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
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Filmography
Falks Frauen
(archive footage)
2014Movie
Miss Lina und ihr Chauffeur
Self (archive footage)
2014Movie
Queridos monstruos
Self
2014Movie
Call Me Jess Redux
Herself
2014Movie
La última película de Jess Franco
Self
2013Movie
La cripta de las condenadas
Production Manager
2012Movie
La cripta de las condenadas
Assistant Director
2012Movie
La cripta de las condenadas
Art Direction
2012Movie
La cripta de las condenadas: Parte II
Production Manager
2012Movie
La cripta de las condenadas: Parte II
Art Direction
2012Movie
La cripta de las condenadas: Parte II
Makeup Artist
2012Movie
La cripta de las condenadas: Parte II
Assistant Director
2012Movie
Paula-Paula
Alma Pereira
2010Movie
Macumba sexual: Voodoo Jess
Self
2010Movie
Paula-Paula
Makeup Artist
2010Movie
Paula-Paula
Wardrobe Supervisor
2010Movie
Take-Away Spirit
Set Decoration
2009Movie
Take-Away Spirit
Production Manager
2009Movie
Take-Away Spirit
Second Unit
2009Movie
Triple X Selects: The Best of Lezsploitation
(archive footage)
2007Movie
Angel of Death 2: The Prison Island Massacre
Mrs. Steele
2007Movie
Jess Franco's Perversion
Mme Villeblanche
2005Movie
Jess Franco's Passion
2005Movie
Snakewoman
Dr. Van Helsing
2005Movie
Snakewoman
Writer
2005Movie
See you later Cowabunga: La maldición del cenachero diabólico!
2004Movie
On the Threshold to Another World
Herself
2003Movie
Red Venice
2003Movie
Death Karate in Torremolinos
2003Movie
Antena Criminal: Making a Jess Franco Movie
Herself
2002Movie
Incubus
Rosa Harker
2002Movie
Killer Barbys vs. Dracula
Irina von Karstein
2002Movie
Antena Criminal: Making a Jess Franco Movie
Camera Operator
2002Movie
Killer Barbys vs. Dracula
Screenplay
2002Movie
Journey into Perversion
Herself
2001Movie
Vampire Junction
Mados
2001Movie
Vampire Junction
Director
2001Movie
Blind Target
Tora
2000Movie
Helter Skelter
2000Movie
Call Him Jess
Herself
2000Movie
Blind Target
Director
2000Movie
Blind Target
Assistant Director
2000Movie
Vampire Blues
Marga
1999Movie
Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell
Nelly Smith / Tsai Ming
1999Movie
Red Silk
Gina
1999Movie
Broken Dolls
Tona
1999Movie
Broken Dolls
Assistant Director
1999Movie
Lust for Frankenstein
Moira Frankenstein
1998Movie
Mari-Cookie and the Killer Tarantula
Mari Cookie / Tarantula
1998Movie
Lust for Frankenstein
Editor
1998Movie
Tender Flesh
Mrs. Radeck
1997Movie
Vampire Killer Barbys
Editor
1996Movie
Downtown Heat
Angela
1994Movie
Jungle of Fear
1993Movie
El abuelo, la condesa y Escarlata la traviesa
1992Movie
Don Quixote
Editor
1992Movie
Esmeralda Bay
Hotelier
1989Movie
Esmeralda Bay
Editor
1989Movie
Faceless
Mme Orloff
1988Movie
Falo Crest
Melissa
1987Movie
Thong Girls
Lola Clavijo
1987Movie
Phollastía
Barbara
1987Movie
Slave of Crime
Tsai Chin
1987Movie
Trapped Women
Marga
1987Movie
Falo Crest
Editor
1987Movie
Falo Crest
Director
1987Movie
Thong Girls
Director
1987Movie
Phollastía
Director
1987Movie
Alone Against Terror
Melissa
1986Movie
Golden Temple Amazons
Cameo
1986Movie
Lulu's Talking Ass
Lulú
1986Movie
Fly Story
1986Movie
The Voyeur and the Exhibitionist
The Exhibitionist
1986Movie
The Last from Philippines
Cecilia Muro
1986Movie
Girl with the Red Lips
Terry Morgan
1986Movie
Entre pitos anda el juego
Candy
1986Movie
Para las nenas, leche calentita
Chelo Cucufate
1986Movie
Sida, la peste del siglo XX
1986Movie
Fury in the Tropics
Marga Lopez
1986Movie
Las chuponas
Lulu Laverne
1986Movie
The Voyeur and the Exhibitionist
Director
1986Movie
The Voyeur and the Exhibitionist
Writer
1986Movie
Entre pitos anda el juego
Director
1986Movie
Para las nenas, leche calentita
Director
1986Movie
Sida, la peste del siglo XX
Editor
1986Movie
White Jungle Slave
Karate Student
1985Movie
Judoka Shadow versus Doctor Wong
Maggie
1985Movie
Bangkok, City of the Dead
Aminia
1985Movie
Dirty Game in Casablanca
Woman Asking for Autograph
1985Movie
Un pito para tres
1985Movie
Trip to Bangkok, Coffin Included
Editor
1985Movie
Trip to Bangkok, Coffin Included
Assistant Director
1985Movie
Dirty Game in Casablanca
Assistant Director
1985Movie
White Jungle Slave
Assistant Director
1985Movie
Un pito para tres
Director
1985Movie
Lilian, the Perverted Virgin
Irina
1984Movie
A Crack for Two
Agent 69
1984Movie
How Much Does a Spy Make?
Ana
1984Movie
Night Has a Thousand Desires
Irina
1984Movie
Lonely Road
Eva / Adriana
1984Movie
Bahia Blanca
María
1984Movie
The Sexual Story of O
Editor
1984Movie
A Crack for Two
Director
1984Movie
A Crack for Two
Screenplay
1984Movie
Lonely Road
Assistant Director
1984Movie
Bahia Blanca
Assistant Editor
1984Movie
Bahia Blanca
Assistant Director
1984Movie
Revenge in the House of Usher
Helen
1983Movie
Diamonds of Kilimandjaro
Hermine
1983Movie
Cries of Pleasure
Julia
1983Movie
Macumba Sexual
Alice Brooks
1983Movie
Cecilia
Cabaret Owner/Performer
1983Movie
The Blues of Pop Street
Genara Johnny Walker 'Butterfly'
1983Movie
The House of Lost Women
Desdémona
1983Movie
The Hotel of Love Affairs
Eva Bombón
1983Movie
Blood on My Shoes
Paquita la Fina
1983Movie
Black Boots, Leather Whip
Lina
1983Movie
Intimate Confessions of an Exhibitionist
Candy
1983Movie
The Night Of Open Sex
Moira
1983Movie
The Bizarre World of Jess Franco
Herself
1983Movie
Cries of Pleasure
Director
1983Movie
Cries of Pleasure
Editor
1983Movie
Intimate Confessions of an Exhibitionist
Director
1983Movie
Macumba Sexual
Assistant Director
1983Movie
Intimate Confessions of an Exhibitionist
Assistant Editor
1983Movie
The Hotel of Love Affairs
Assistant Editor
1983Movie
The Hotel of Love Affairs
Assistant Director
1983Movie
Mansion of the Living Dead
Candy
1982Movie
Sex Apocalypse
Ruth
1982Movie
My Pussy is the Best
Elisa
1982Movie
The Inconfessable Orgies of Emmanuelle
Editor
1982Movie
Express Train
Director
1982Movie
Express Train
Editor
1982Movie
El huésped de la niebla
Director
1982Movie
El huésped de la niebla
Screenplay
1982Movie
The Inconfessable Orgies of Emmanuelle
Assistant Director
1982Movie
Jailhouse Wardress
Maria
1981Movie
Sex Is Crazy
Mrs. Foncesca
1981Movie
El fontanero, su mujer... y otras cosas de meter
Julia
1981Movie
Sexual Perversions of a Married Woman
George's Mother
1981Movie
The Girls of the Copacabana
Lia
1981Movie
Pick-Up Girls
Suzy
1981Movie
Bloody Moon
Assistant Director
1981Movie
Sadomania
Assistant Director
1981Movie
Sadomania
Assistant Editor
1981Movie
The Story of Linda
Assistant Director
1981Movie
Erotic Symphony
Martine de Bressac
1980Movie
White Cannibal Queen
Ana
1980Movie
Two Female Spies with Flowered Panties
Cecile
1980Movie
Wicked Memoirs of Eugenie
Sultana
1980Movie
What a Honeymoon
Yolanda
1980Movie
Devil Hunter
Assistant Director
1980Movie
They Do Everything
Nini
1979Movie
Justine and the Whip
Justine
1979Movie
The Sadist of Notre Dame
Anne
1979Movie
Women Without Innocence
Margarita Martin
1978Movie
Cocktail spécial
Martine
1978Movie
Love Letters of a Nun
María
1978Movie
Kiss Me Killer
Moira Ray
1977Movie
Slaves
Madame Arminda
1977Movie
Greta, the Mad Butcher
Juana
1977Movie
Barbed Wire Dolls
Maria da Guerra
1976Movie
Jack the Ripper
Marika Stevenson
1976Movie
Midnight Party
Sylvia
1976Movie
Doriana Grey
Doriana Gray/Doriana's Twin Sister
1976Movie
The Troublemakers
Pina
1976Movie
Shining Sex
Cynthia
1976Movie
The Erotic Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
1976Movie
Sexy Erotic Job
Loulou Laverne
1975Movie
Female Vampire
Countess Irina Karlstein
1975Movie
Downtown
Cynthia
1975Movie
Women Behind Bars
Shirley Fields
1975Movie
Exorcism
Anne
1975Movie
Rolls-Royce Baby
Rolls-Royce Baby
1975Movie
Countess Perverse
Silvia Aguado
1975Movie
The Hot Nights of Linda
Olivia Steiner
1975Movie
The Ticklish Ones
Loulou
1975Movie
Sexorcismes
1975Movie
Night of the Skull
Rita Derian
1974Movie
The Greedy Ones
Alba / Bianca
1974Movie
Lorna, the Exorcist
Linda Mariel
1974Movie
Celestine
Célestine
1974Movie
The Lustful Amazons
Yuka
1974Movie
How to Seduce a Virgin
Adèle
1974Movie
The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein
Esmeralda
1973Movie
Tender and Perverse Emmanuelle
Greta Douglas
1973Movie
Lovers of Devil's Island
1973Movie
The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
Sweet Davey Brown's Girlfriend
1973Movie
The Other Side of the Mirror
Marie Madeleine Whitman (French version only)
1973Movie
El misterio del castillo rojo
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