Lina Romay (actress)
Lina Romay (actually Rosa Maria Almirall Martínez , born June 25, 1954 in Barcelona , † February 15, 2012 in Málaga ) was a Spanish actress and porn actress .
Life
Romay, who initially played in Catalan on amateur stages , met the Spanish film director Jess Franco in 1972 and appeared in almost all of his films from then on. Mostly she played sexually aggressive and self-confident women in numerous sex and horror films , but also in adventurous materials . Romay also did hardcore scenes. In the mid-1980s she staged a number of works herself.
She lived with Franco in Torremolinos . Her pseudonym refers to the jazz singer and actress of the same name. She also used numerous other noms-de-film, including Candy Coster and Lulu Laverne . Her first marriage was to the actor and cameraman Ramón Ardid.
Romay died of cancer on February 15, 2012.
Filmography (selection)
- 1972: Relax Baby (unpublished)
- 1974: In the shadow of the murderer (La noche de lo asesinos)
- 1974: Desire Unleashed (La comtesse noire)
- 1974: Exorcism (Exorcisme)
- 1975: Rolls-Royce Baby ( Erwin C. Dietrich )
- 1975: Women's prison 3 (Des diamants pour l'enfer)
- 1976: women's prison
- 1976: The portrait of Doriana Gray
- 1976: Jack the Ripper - the harlot murderer of London
- 1977: The slaves
- 1977: Greta - house without men
- 1977: women without innocence
- 1980: Sinfonía erótica
- 1980: Mondo Cannibale 3 - The blonde goddess of cannibals (Mondo cannibale)
- 1983: Diamonds of Kilimandjaro (El tesoro de la diosa blanca)
- 1983: Oasis of the Zombies (La tumba de los muertos vivientes)
- 1985: The Resurrection of the Riding Corpses (La mansión de los muertos vivientes)
- 1988: Faceless (Les prédateurs de la nuit)
- 1999: Vampire Sex - Lady Dracula 3 (Vampire blues)
- 2007: Angel of Death II
Web links
- Lina Romay in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Lina Romay at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Franco's Muse: Lina Romay (1954-2012)
- ↑ http://buscabiografias.com/bios/biografia/verDetalle/3526/Lina%20Romay
- ↑ The IMDb lists this person as Raymond Hardy , see http://www.imdb.de/name/nm0362730/
- ^ Fallce a los 57 años la actriz Lina Romay , La Opinión de Málaga, February 24, 2012. Accessed February 24, 2012.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Romay, Lina |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Almirall Martínez, Rosa Maria (real name); Coster, Candy (pseudonym); Laverne, Lulu (pseudonym) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish actress |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 25, 1954 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Barcelona |
DATE OF DEATH | February 15, 2012 |
Place of death | Málaga |