Lina Romay
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1954-06-25 (58 years old)
Deathday
2012-02-15
Place of Birth
Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
Also known As
Candy Coster
Lulu Laverne
Rosa María Almirall
Rosa María Almirall Martínez
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. 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...
Acting
1973
as Esmeralda
1998
as Moira Frankenstein
1975
as Loulou Laverne
1999
as Marga
1998
as Mari Cookie / Tarantula
1983
as Helen
2002
2001
as Herself
2014
as (archive footage)
2000
as Tora
1999
as Nelly Smith / Tsai Ming
2001
as Mados
1976
as Maria da Guerra
1974
as Rita Derian
1977
as Moira Ray
1973
as Countess Irina Karlstein
1986
as Melissa
1982
as Candy
1985
as Karate Student
1986
as Cameo
1983
as Hermine
1983
as Julia
1974
as Alba / Bianca
1981
as Maria
1997
as Mrs. Radeck
1981
as Mrs. Foncesca
2014
as Self (archive footage)
1986
as Lulú
1980
as Martine de Bressac
1976
as Marika Stevenson
1975
as Cynthia
1978
as Margarita Martin
1984
as Irina
1983
as Alice Brooks
1975
as Shirley Fields
1983
as Cabaret Owner/Performer
1975
as Anne
1985
as Maggie
1976
as Sylvia
2002
as Rosa Harker
1974
as Linda Mariel
1976
as Doriana Gray/Doriana's Twin Sister
2010
as Alma Pereira
1975
as Rolls-Royce Baby
1979
as Nini
1980
as Ana
1975
as Silvia Aguado
1999
as Gina
1999
as Tona
1994
as Angela
1974
as Célestine
2000
1977
as Madame Arminda
2005
as Mme Villeblanche
2002
as Irina von Karstein
1982
as Ruth
1973
as Greta Douglas
2014
as Self
1975
as Olivia Steiner
2013
1980
1974
as Yuka
2000
as Herself
2003
as Herself
1981
1987
as Melissa
1987
as Lola Clavijo
1981
as George's Mother
1981
1980
as Sultana
1975
as Loulou
1986
as The Exhibitionist
1978
as Martine
1984
as Agent 69
1987
as Barbara
1976
as Pina
1981
as Suzy
1983
as Paquita la Fina
1983
as Genara Johnny Walker 'Butterfly'
1983
as Desdémona
1983
as Eva Bombón
1985
as Aminia
1986
as Cecilia Muro
1986
as Terry Morgan
1993
1987
as Tsai Chin
1983
as Lina
1983
1983
as Moira
1976
as Cynthia
1986
as Candy
1973
as Sweet Davey Brown's Girlfriend
1974
as Adèle
1984
as Ana
1986
as Chelo Cucufate
2007
as (archive footage)
2003
1986
as Marga Lopez
1984
as Irina
1982
as Elisa
2007
as Mrs. Steele
1979
as Anne
1979
as Justine
1985
as Woman Asking for Autograph
1984
as Eva / Adriana
1978
as María
2014
as Herself
1973
as Marie Madeleine Whitman (French version only)
1980
as Yolanda
1989
as Hotelier
1977
as Juana
1984
as María
2005
as Dr. Van Helsing
2010
as Self
1975
1983
as Herself
1988
as Mme Orloff
1986
as Lulu Laverne
Production
1998
as Editor
2002
as Camera Operator
2000
as Director
2001
as Director
1983
as Editor
1983
as Director
2009
as Set Decoration
2009
as Production Manager
2009
as Second Unit
1984
as Editor
1982
as Editor
1986
as Director
1989
as Editor
1981
as Assistant Director
1987
as Director
1987
as Editor
1987
as Director
1986
as Writer
1984
as Director
1984
as Screenplay
1987
as Director
2012
as Art Direction
2012
as Production Manager
2012
as Assistant Director
2012
as Art Direction
2012
as Makeup Artist
2012
as Production Manager
2012
as Assistant Director
1983
as Director
1982
as Director
1982
as Editor
2010
as Makeup Artist
1982
as Director
1982
as Screenplay
1986
as Director
1986
as Director
1986
as Editor
1996
as Editor
1985
as Editor
1985
as Assistant Director
1985
as Assistant Director
1984
as Assistant Director
2000
as Assistant Director
1983
as Assistant Director
1999
as Assistant Director
1984
as Assistant Director
1984
as Assistant Editor
1985
as Assistant Director
1983
as Assistant Editor
1981
as Assistant Director
1981
as Assistant Editor
1985
as Director
1983
as Assistant Director
1983
as Assistant Editor
1981
as Assistant Director
1982
as Assistant Director
1980
as Assistant Director
2010
as Wardrobe Supervisor
2002
as Screenplay
2005
as Writer
1992
as Editor
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