Helga Liné
Actor
Biography
Helga Liné, was born July 14, 1932 as Helga Lina Stern in Berlin, Germany. When Hitler invaded the major part of Europe and extended his pursuit of Jews in their territories, Liné became one of many child refugees who made the dangerous exodus to Portugal for safety. There, she worked as a circus acrobat, contortionist and dancer and landed film roles as a teen and young adult after winning a beauty contest, though it wouldn't be until she relocated to Madrid in 1960 that her career really started taking off. Liné would go on to make over 100 appearances between 1960 and 2006 in films produced all over Europe. She acted in peplum, spaghetti westerns and Euro-spy potboilers, but her best known work would end up being a variety of horror pictures, which allowed her to act alongside such genre icons as Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Barbara Steele and Paul Naschy, as well as several notable roles in Pedro Almodovar films.
Filmography
Law of Desire
as Antonio’s Mother 1987
Torrente 3: The Protector
as Señorona 1 2005
Black Candles
as Fiona 1982
Labyrinth of Passion
as Toraya 1982
Nightmare Castle
as Solange 1965
Horror Rises from the Tomb
as Mabille De Lancré 1973
My Dear Killer
as Mrs. Paradisi 1972
So Sweet... So Perverse
as Helene Valmont 1969
The Loreley's Grasp
as Lorelei 1973
China 9, Liberty 37
as Cottrell's Wife 1978
Weekend, Italian Style
as Pucci 1965
Have a Good Funeral, My Friend… Sartana Will Pay
as Saloon Girl Mary 1970
The Blancheville Monster
as Miss Eleonore 1963
Hay que educar a papá
as Ani 1971
Rings of Fear
as Mrs. Russo 1978
Black Venus
as Madame Jean 1983