Acting
Lina Romay
- Born
- Jun 25, 1954 · Aged 57
- Died
- Feb 15, 2012
- Place of birth
- Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
- Gender
- Female
- Movie credits
- 129
- TV credits
- 0
- Directing credits
- 14
Also known as (4)
- 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…
