Lina Romay

For the singer of the same name, see Lina Romay (singer)

Lina Romay (born Rosa María Almirall Martínez; 25 June 1954 – 15 February 2012) was a Spanish actress who often appeared in films directed by her long-time companion (and later husband) Jesús Franco. She died in 2012, at age 57, from cancer in Málaga, Spain. Her husband Franco died months later, in 2013.

Movie career

Romay was born in Barcelona. Following graduation from high school, she studied the arts, married actor/photographer Raymond Hardy (they later divorced), and began acting in stage productions. She began appearing in Jesús Franco's films from the time that they met in 1971. She appeared in more than a hundred feature films, most of them directed by Franco. The majority of their films together were in the adult film genre, but she has also starred in many horror, comedy and action/adventure films as well. Among the most famous of her cult horror movies are The Bare Breasted Countess (aka Female Vampire), Jack the Ripper, Exorcisms and Black Masses, and Barbed Wire Dolls.^[1]

Romay admitted to being an exhibitionist in interviews and many of her X-rated films involved oral sex and lesbianism. She took the name Lina Romay from the actress and jazz artist from the 1940s.^[2]

Lina Romay and Jesús Franco were partners for decades, and they were officially married on April 25, 2008.^[3] She died on February 15, 2012, at age 57, from cancer in Málaga, Spain. Her husband Franco died soon after, in 2013.

Selected filmography

• Daughter of Dracula (1972)
• The Erotic Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1972)
• The Curse of Frankenstein (1972)
• The Bare Breasted Countess (aka Female Vampire; 1973)
• Women Behind Bars (1975)
• Caged Women (1975)
• Barbed Wire Dolls (1975)
• Rolls-Royce Baby (1975)
• Exorcism and Black Masses (1975)
• Jack the Ripper (1976)
• Doriana Grey (1976)
• Night of the Skull (1976 – aka Night of the Killers)
• Ilsa, the Wicked Warden (1977)
• Man Hunter (1980)
• Macumba Sexual (1981)
• Mondo Cannibale (1981)
• Revenge in the House of Usher (1982)
• Mansion Of The Living Dead (1982)
• The Treasure of the White Goddess (1983)
• Faceless (1988)
• Tender Flesh (1997)
• Eight Legs To Love You (1998)
• Lust for Frankenstein (1998)
• Mari-Cookie and the Killer Tarantula (1998)
• Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell (1999)
• Broken Dolls (1999)
• Blind Target (2000)
• Helter Skelter (2001)
• Vampire Blues (2001)
• Vampire Junction (2001)
• Incubus (2002)
• Snakewoman (2005)
• Angel of Death 2 (2007)
• Paula-Paula (2010)

References

External links

• Lina Romay at the Internet Movie Database
• Mexican horror film index