Lina Romay
Date of birth: 1954-06-25
Place of birth: Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
Known for: Acting
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.
Movie Credits
The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein
1973-05-31
After the death of Victor Frankenstein, two figures vie for control of his monster and the radical t
Lust for Frankenstein
1998-01-01
Moira Frankenstein, the grand-daughter of noted mad scientist Dr. Frankenstein, has become obsessed
Sexy Erotic Job
1975-06-04
A wealthy ex-playboy, Count Roland tires of married life to the sex guide magnate Barbara and decide
Vampire Blues
1999-01-01
A pretty American teenager from New Jersey goes on vacation in the south of Spain where she is unkno
Mari-Cookie and the Killer Tarantula
1998-01-01
Down at the docks a very enterprising but dangerous element is making life miserable for Sheriff Mar
Revenge in the House of Usher
1983-03-23
Upon arriving at the dilapidated estate of his mentor, Dr. Harker finds his former professor, Dr. Us
Antena Criminal: Making a Jess Franco Movie
2002-01-15
A behind-the-scenes look at the creation of "Blind Target", Jesus Franco's story of a woman who beco
Journey into Perversion
2001-07-17
A short film about the production of Incubus by Jess Franco.
Falks Frauen
2014-02-25
Featurette starring actor Eric Falk and producer Erwin C. Dietrich about the making of Jess Franco's
Blind Target
2000-01-01
A popular American novelist, who has written her first non-fiction work about the political infideli
Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell
1999-01-01
Rachel Sheppard is a millionaire’s daughter, kidnapped for ransom and tortured in the weird and wond
Vampire Junction
2001-01-01
Mados, a Reporter in town for an interview gets more than she bargained for at the Vampire Junction.
Kiss Me Killer
1977-03-31
A deadly look into the savage world of gangsters. The aftermath of a holdup turns into a game of dec
Barbed Wire Dolls
1976-04-22
Maria, an unfortunate young woman, kills her rapist father in self-defense, and is later tried, sent
Night of the Skull
1974-09-29
After Lord Archibald Marion is brutally murdered by an unknown assailant, his bitter and feuding fam
Female Vampire
1973-06-05
A mute noblewoman's vampiric heritage compels her to drain the life force from all of her lovers.
Alone Against Terror
1986-07-28
Melissa is a paralysed woman who is being taken care of by her two sisters. Their father was mysteri
White Jungle Slave
1985-01-01
A young couple go an a safari for their honeymoon but they are captured by the guide and sold to a t
Mansion of the Living Dead
1982-11-18
Four strippers take a vacation and wind up at a Spanish resort complex that, despite the hotel recep
Golden Temple Amazons
1986-10-01
A woman, raised by an Amazon tribe after they killed her parents, seeks revenge on the tribe for the
Diamonds of Kilimandjaro
1983-06-03
A group of adventurers head to a primitive tribe in Africa to find a treasure of diamonds and a beau
Cries of Pleasure
1983-09-23
A man invites a woman to his house to live with him, just before the arrival of his wife who is comi
The Greedy Ones
1974-05-15
According to legend, a group of women escaped from Atlantis just before the destruction of the conti
Jailhouse Wardress
1981-08-05
After the fall of the Third Reich, all Nazi SS officers ran away in Latin American countries. There
Tender Flesh
1997-07-01
An exotic dancer is hired to perform for a wealthy couple on an island. And this takes for a turn fo
Sex Is Crazy
1981-01-01
Adult film actresses get abducted and impregnated by aliens after appearing in a sci-fi porno. Knock
Miss Lina und ihr Chauffeur
2014-06-10
Featurette about the making of "Rolls Royce Baby".
Lulu's Talking Ass
1986-04-14
Lulu's talking ass is unhappy because his pal, Lulu's vagina, is the only one getting all the action
Erotic Symphony
1980-03-31
Jess Franco film about a woman returning home from an insane asylum only to discover her husband is
Jack the Ripper
1976-09-23
A serial killer whose mother was a prostitute starts killing streetwalkers as a way of paying back h
Downtown
1975-08-28
A private eye who's over his head in debt takes on a job snapping photos of his client's rich husban
Women Without Innocence
1978-02-09
Margarita is found, naked and bloody in a luxurious house and is promptly taken to a mental institut
Macumba Sexual
1983-10-20
Princess Obongo, the Goddess of Unspeakable Lust, uses dark powers to ensnare a hapless couple of yu
Lilian, the Perverted Virgin
1984-06-25
A runaway girl is kidnapped by a gang of wealthy sadists and turned into their drug-addicted sex sla
Women Behind Bars
1975-01-01
A small-time hood brings the attention of the law with an insurance scam and diamond theft, but thin
Cecilia
1983-05-18
After repeatedly flaunting her peerless body to her servants, snobbish aristocrat Cecilia becomes th
Exorcism
1975-08-25
A disturbed priest, who witness an occult ritual, thinks the people are possessed and start a privat
Judoka Shadow versus Doctor Wong
1985-01-01
Dr. Wong (Jess Franco) sends his gangsters to eliminate Mr. Jung. The "shadow of the judoka" of Bruc
Midnight Party
1976-01-23
Sylvia, a stripper, attends a party where the theme is a mock spy adventure. Unfortunately, she soon
Incubus
2002-09-01
Lady Luck comes in many disguises. For ill-fated artist Johan Harker she took the form of Lorna, a b
Lorna, the Exorcist
1974-12-18
Twenty years after seducing a businessman, a demonic temptress lays claim to the man's daughter.
Doriana Grey
1976-01-01
A mysterious aristocrat and her mentally challenged sister are the subject of public curiosity aimed
Paula-Paula
2010-02-01
A vicious maniac has claimed the life of gorgeous exotic dancer Paula and it isn't likely before pol
Rolls-Royce Baby
1975-12-28
A woman gets her chauffeur to driver her around in her Rolls-Royce where she picks up hitchhikers an
They Do Everything
1979-01-31
Three couples are staying at a hotel and all are having sexual issues. One day a professional porn s
White Cannibal Queen
1980-09-15
A man is on safari in the jungle with his wife and daughter when the wife gets eaten and the daughte
Countess Perverse
1975-12-10
Two rich aristocrats lure a virgin to a remote Spanish island for a night of sex, death and cannibal
Red Silk
1999-01-01
Gina and Tina, besides being two libidinous striptease dancers, also work as private detectives. Hir
Broken Dolls
1999-01-01
A former European actor Don Martin has retired with his disjointed "family" to his own private islan
Downtown Heat
1994-06-15
A young jazz-composer turns vengeful commando against local drug Mafia Capos when his wife is killed
Celestine
1974-10-16
The story opens with Celestine eluding arrest with a friend as the police raid a brothel. While hidi
Helter Skelter
2000-01-01
Another de Sade hommage by Jess Franco. It was original credited as "Helter Skelter Part One: Pleasu
Slaves
1977-04-15
A brothel owner is questioned in the disappearance of the daughter of a wealthy man after she is st
Jess Franco's Perversion
2005-09-04
Augustina runs a luxury prostitution empire located in an office tower somewhere in Spain. She spend
Killer Barbys vs. Dracula
2002-11-08
The Killer Barbies are playing at Tivoli World, a Wild West park in Spain. Komrade Irina and Komrade
Sex Apocalypse
1982-02-25
A band of kinky perverts kidnap a young heiress and teach her the joys of sexual decadence.
Tender and Perverse Emmanuelle
1973-01-01
After his wife, a concert pianist, is found murdered a wealthy man is suspected of her murder. But a
Queridos monstruos
2014-10-10
Fly Story
1986-01-01
A doctor, working in a hospital, tries to seduce any patient or nurse that he can.
The Hot Nights of Linda
1975-07-16
A young woman is hired to care for an elderly man who lives on an island off the Greek coast. When s
La última película de Jess Franco
2013-10-11
Jess Franco's Passion
2005-09-05
A lesbian couple lives through an intense sexual romance where they submit to the most torrid fantas
Two Female Spies with Flowered Panties
1980-05-01
Two pretty chorus girls, Cecile and Brigitte, who have been sentenced to prison terms, agree to unde
The Lustful Amazons
1974-05-15
In medieval France, traveler Pygar tells he-man Karzan (Maciste in the French version) of his recent
Call Him Jess
2000-01-20
On the Threshold to Another World
2003-09-29
A documentary shot on the set of "Killer Barbys vs. Dracula" directed by Viktor Seastrom.
Lovers of Devil's Island
1973-10-25
A lawyer finds out that a young couple convicted of murder was in fact framed for the crime and goes
El fontanero, su mujer... y otras cosas de meter
1981-08-27
A plumber rejects many sexual propositions from his clients for the love of his wife. But one day, w
Falo Crest
1987-08-10
Heiress, Angela Channing, invites her family to her villa to unveil a new product in the family’s wi
Thong Girls
1987-04-09
A comedy set mostly on the beach, where countless men are trying to impress various women.
Sexual Perversions of a Married Woman
1981-05-18
Emmanuelle is a haughty aristocrat who likes to humiliate her servants. One day, her life changes co
The Girls of the Copacabana
1981-04-01
Three students Juanita, Jean and Hans bored with their life in Paris go to Brazil in search of sexua
Wicked Memoirs of Eugenie
1980-07-01
Eugenie is the capricious daughter of a rich diplomat, living in a seaside resort in Spain. She exhi
Les chatouilleuses
1975-07-29
Central America in 1915. It is the age of revolutions, tyranny, captains and colonels in a small pro
The Voyeur and the Exhibitionist
1986-04-28
A man, obsessed with sex, is dedicated to spying on women as they make love. 'The Voyeur and the Exh
Cocktail spécial
1978-07-05
Jesus Franco's adult film revisit of Marquis de Sade's Eugenie character.
A Crack for Two
1984-08-01
Secret agents against spies who hide microfilm up their behinds.
Phollastía
1987-01-01
An adult film parody of the TV show 'Dynasty'.
The Hotel of Love Affairs
1983-10-06
Three couples are having sexual problems until a porn star shows up and teaches them a few lessons.
Pick-Up Girls
1981-09-27
Private eye Al Crosby is paid by millionaire Harry Feldman to take his place at a meeting with Emili
Les emmerdeuses
1976-07-22
Pina and Tina, two cabaret artists with a passion for espionage and theft, discover that a carpet se
The Blues of Pop Street
1983-01-01
Mary Ocky, a beautiful girl from Mondonedo, Ohio, comes to seek the help of the famous PI Philip Mar
Blood on My Shoes
1983-01-01
Agents across the globe take turns spying on and double-crossing one another in an attempt to locate
The House of Lost Women
1983-06-30
Desdemona lives on an isolated island with her strange family: her father Mario, her stepmother Dulc
Girl with the Red Lips
1986-01-01
A couple of female detectives investigates the robbery of a valuable diamond. A comedy directed by
The Last from Philippines
1986-01-01
Two women and a girl of about ten find themselves shipwrecked and living on a not-so-deserted island
El abuelo, la condesa y Escarlata la traviesa
1992-01-01
An action movie directed by Jess Franco.
Bangkok, City of the Dead
1985-01-01
During a cruise, a gang of oriental pirates abducts Marta, the daughter of billionaire Flanagan, who
Jungle of Fear
1993-01-01
The mountains of the South Asian country are covered with dense rainforest. A cobra, scorpions and o
Slave of Crime
1987-09-07
Tsai Chin, the daughter of the infamous Fu Manchu, controls a large empire of vice in her part of th
Black Boots, Leather Whip
1983-01-24
Al Pereira is hired by Lina, the wife of a wealthy man, to recover some compromising photos. She has
Intimate Confessions of an Exhibitionist
1983-06-06
Candy tells the story of her life, her dissatisfaction with her male lovers, her desire for her girl
The Night Of Open Sex
1983-02-23
Moira, a beautiful cabaret dancer, is hired to impersonate another woman — who turns out to be a sec
Shining Sex
1976-08-21
Cynthia, an exotic dancer in a upscale resort in Southern France, is seduced by a strange couple, Al
Entre pitos anda el juego
1986-07-07
Candy's husband seems completely disinterested in satisfying her sexual desires, so she must seek el
How to Seduce a Virgin
1974-06-19
Martine Bressac is released from a psychiatric clinic after a year's treatment and is driven home by
The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
1973-01-01
Amid the craggy, dusty hills of southern France, a woman screams in the night. Gorgeous Melissa Comf
How Much Does a Spy Make?
1984-05-28
A struggling composer named Juan and his bride Ana become targets of spies while on their honeymoon.
Para las nenas, leche calentita
1986-08-28
A wacky couple runs 'Hotel Venus' in which lots of sexual activity takes place and many comic misadv
Sida, la peste del siglo XX
1986-01-01
A finished, but never released drama directed by Jess Franco.
Triple X Selects: The Best of Lezsploitation
2007-06-01
Swedish Wildcats, Italian Lesbionic Nuns, Frisky Inmates in South American Prisons, Euro Lesbo Vampi
Red Venice
2003-01-01
After Nathalie Baldassar has murdered her husband so she is sentenced to ten years imprisonment. She
Fury in the Tropics
1986-03-31
Two prostitutes in a small corrupt South American town, falls in love with a freedom fighter, posing
Night Has a Thousand Desires
1984-03-05
A telepathic nightclub act becomes the backdrop for murder.
My Pussy is the Best
1982-10-10
A young girl interned in reformatory lives the lesbian relationship with another partner, which make
Angel of Death 2: The Prison Island Massacre
2007-01-15
A young girl is wrongfully arrested and sent to an isolated prison located on a small island. She cl
Justine and the Whip
1979-09-13
A prostitute tries to explain why she's involved in an S&M relationship with a hippie poet.
The Sadist of Notre Dame
1979-06-15
Jesus Franco directs and stars in this cut-copy-and-paste-version of one of his own movies. Here, he
See you later Cowabunga: La maldición del cenachero diabólico!
2004-03-06
Ultra low budget horror-comedy involving a demonic cenachero (dancing fisherman).
Death Karate in Torremolinos
2003-03-14
Dr. Malvedades intends to bring back Jocántaro, a Beast of the Apocalypse. To do this, he uses under
Camino solitario
1984-01-23
Private detective Alfredo Pereira is hired by eccentric couple Raden and Eve to find their missing s
Dirty Game in Casablanca
1985-06-17
Dean, a failed American writer, receives some unexpected news: his wife, who belongs to a wealthy fa
Love Letters of a Nun
1978-09-29
Spain 1640, the reverend superior nun Mariana, attends the death of her younger sister, Isabel's hus
The Erotic Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
1976-01-01
Call Me Jess Redux
2014-09-26
Jesus Franco, also known as Jess Franco, was one of the most important names in "B" cinema worldwide
Un pito para tres
1985-07-08
Adult movie directed by Jesús Franco.
The Other Side of the Mirror
1973-09-24
A nightclub singer is haunted by the ghost of her late father. The dead man summons her through a mi
What a Honeymoon
1980-01-01
Two newlyweds, Yolanda, an adventurer, and Simón, a young bookworm, travel to Banana Island, where t
El misterio del castillo rojo
1973-01-01
Mad mastermind lives in the Red Castle and plans to dominate the world by turning people into robots
Esmeralda Bay
1989-05-18
A priest secretly leads rebels in their struggle against the corrupt military dictatorship of the Ce
Greta, the Mad Butcher
1977-01-21
A young woman feigns illness in order to infiltrate a mental hospital, where she investigates the di
Bahia Blanca
1984-01-01
Pocho Martin's body is found dead on the shore of a fishing village. According to the forensic Rami
Snakewoman
2005-10-07
A company is interested in acquiring the rights to a cult movie icon Oriana Balasz's estate, so they
Macumba sexual: Voodoo Jess
2010-12-09
Jess Franco and Lina Romay recall the making of Macumba Sexual.
Exorciseme
1975-08-20
A depraved religious fanatic uses medieval torture practices to exorcise the members of a satanic cu
The Bizarre World of Jess Franco
1983-01-01
A lengthy sit-down video interview with Jess Franco and Lina Romay (the cutest couple in showbiz) th
Faceless
1988-01-31
A detective investigating a missing model in Paris uncovers a plastic surgeon’s horrifying secret in
Las chuponas
1986-04-02
Lulu Laverne takes you behind the scenes of the sex club where she works.
Sexorcismes
1975-01-01
The hardcore XXX version of L'éventreur de Notre-Dame (1975) and The Sadist of Notre Dame (1979).