On September 23, 1976, the premiere of the German-Swiss horror film Jack the Ripper took place, the script of which was based on a real story about the mysterious London killer, whose identity has not been revealed to date.
Director Jesus Franco suggested that the real name of Jack the Ripper is still known. This is Dennis Orloff - apparently a cultured, responsible and completely unsuspecting doctor. However, he has several bloody murders on his conscience that are being investigated by Inspector Selfie.
One of the main roles in this picture was played by the Spanish actress Lina Romei. Jack the Ripper was the most famous project of her career. However, the list of Lina Romei's works does not end on this film.
Biography
The future actress, whose real name is Rosa Maria Almiral Martinez, was born on June 25, 1954 in Spain, the city of Barcelona.
The career of Lina Romei, also known by such pseudonyms as Rosa Almiral, Lulu Laverne, Gene Collins, Candy Coster and others, began in 1973. It was then that the girl played her first role in the movie. Countess Irina Karlshtein from the movie “The Vampire” became this character.
Two years later, Lina Romei took part in the filming of "Dolls behind the Barbed Wire", in which she played the role of Maria de Guerra.
In the year of the premiere of Jack the Ripper, another film was released with the name of the actress in the credits - "Portrait of Doriana Gray."
After that, in the acting career of Lina Romei, a period of "lull" began, which lasted until 1988, when the actress reappeared on the screens in the films "Faceless" and "Revenge in the House of Escher".
As for his personal life, it is known that Romei was married twice. Her first husband is Ramon Ardid, whom the actress married, while still very young. The marriage did not last long, and soon the couple divorced.
Later, Lina Romei met Jesus Franco, and took part in the filming of more than a hundred of his films. For about 40 years, Romei and Franco were in a romantic relationship, but only got married in 2008. The couple did not have children.
last years of life
The last picture, which starred Lina Romei, was “Paula-Paula” (premiered in 2010).
The actress died of cancer on February 15, 2012 at the age of 57 in Malaga (a city in southern Spain). A year later, her husband died, and Franco became a cause of death.
Filmography
In addition to Jack the Ripper, another movie starring Lina Romei is the Vampire horror, also shot by director Jesus Franco.
When several men and women die in a mysterious manner practically one after another, medical examiners Roberts and Orloff at first fall into bewilderment. However, later, having studied all the evidence and bodies of the dead, they conclude the following: a cruel killer is none other than a vampire.
Forensic doctors are right. The culprit of these crimes Countess Irina Karlstein is a beautiful and forever young vampire woman. She feeds on the vital juices of ordinary people, thanks to which she remains immortal.
Lina Romei also appeared in the horror film “Puppets Behind the Barbed Wire”. The main character is Maria, who is serving a sentence in prison for the murder of her father. In prison, prisoners are bullied and tortured in every possible way.