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.
Known For
Black Candles
(1982)
Fiona
Horror Express
(1972)
Natasha
Law of Desire
(1987)
Antonio’s Mother
Torrente 3: The Protector
(2005)
Señorona 1
Labyrinth of Passion
(1982)
Toraya
Have a Good Funeral, My Friend… Sartana Will Pay
(1970)
Saloon Girl Mary
Full Filmography
Acting
La mantilla de Beatriz
(1946)
Clara
Kill or Be Killed
(1950)
Dancer
The Black Man Who Had a White Soul
(1951)
French Actress (as Elga Lina Stern)
The Great Galeoto
(1951)
Adelina
Air Lashings
(1951)
Nati (as Helga Lina Stern)
The Circus
(1951)
Delmirinha
Two Causes
(1952)
Maria
Madragoa
(1952)
Clara
Nazaré
(1952)
Maria da Nazaré
O Cerro dos Enforcados
(1954)
D. Leonor de Lara
Conqueror of Maracaibo
(1961)
Moira / El Valiente
Alerta en el cielo
(1961)
Betty
Song of Youth
(1962)
Elisabeth
The Blancheville Monster
(1963)
Miss Eleonore
The Twins
(1963)
Sign of Zorro
(1963)
Mercedes
Rocío de la Mancha
(1963)
María Luisa Vargas
The Secret Seven
(1963)
Lydia (as Helga Line)
The Adventures of Scaramouche
(1963)
(uncredited)
Wherever You Are
(1964)
Nicole
The Revolt of the Seven
(1964)
Aspasia
Rueda de sospechosos
(1964)
Elena Colomer
Triumph of the Ten Gladiators
(1964)
Queen Moluya
Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators
(1964)
Daliah
Hercules and the Tyrants of Babylon
(1964)
Taneal / Tanit
Nightmare Castle
(1965)
Solange
Goliath at the Conquest of Damascus
(1965)
Fatma
Weekend, Italian Style
(1965)
Pucci
Mission Bloody Mary
(1965)
Dr. Elsa Freeman
In a Colt's Shadow
(1965)
Fabienne
Operation Poker
(1965)
Glenn's girlfriend
Cifrato speciale
(1966)
Luana
The Murderer with the Silk Scarf
(1966)
Special Mission Lady Chaplin
(1966)
Hilde
Missione sabbie roventi
(1966)
Password: Kill Agent Gordon
(1966)
Karin
Kriminal
(1966)
Inge / Trude
Avenger X
(1967)
Gloria
Colpo sensazionale al servizio del Sifar
(1968)
Elizabeth Antinori
One Step to Hell
(1968)
Deborah
The Mark of Kriminal
(1968)
Mara Gitan
Brutti di notte
(1968)
Ursula
So Sweet... So Perverse
(1969)
Helene Valmont
A Lady Called Andrew
(1970)
Frau Screicher
Have a Good Funeral, My Friend… Sartana Will Pay
(1970)
Saloon Girl Mary
Un caso di coscienza
(1970)
Lola, la moglie del farmacista
Churchill's Leopards
(1970)
Marlene Schulman
Si Fulano fuese Mengano
(1971)
Sara
Raise Your Hands, Dead Man! You're Under Arrest
(1971)
Maybelle
Los días de Cabirio
(1971)
Mia de Onassis
Exorcism's Daughter
(1971)
Carlotta
El apartamento de la tentación
(1971)
Baronesa Rosaura
The Beasts
(1971)
Fachiro's Wife
Long Live Robin Hood
(1971)
Matilde
Hay que educar a papá
(1971)
Ani
Simón, contamos contigo
(1971)
Soledad
My Wife's Boyfriends
(1972)
Aurora
My Dear Killer
(1972)
Mrs. Paradisi
Horror Express
(1972)
Natasha
High Voltage
(1972)
Choni
Experiencia prematrimonial
(1972)
The Vampires' Night Orgy
(1973)
The Countess
Those Dirty Dogs!
(1973)
Maria
The War Goddess
(1973)
High Priestess
It's Not Good for a Man to Be Alone
(1973)
Monica
Santo vs. Doctor Death
(1973)
Sara, Mann's Assistant
Holy God, Here Comes the Passatore!
(1973)
Zaira
Horror Rises from the Tomb
(1973)
Mabille De Lancré
The Dracula Saga
(1973)
Munia
The Loreley's Grasp
(1973)
Lorelei
Love Starts at Midnight
(1974)
Luisa
Death Will Have Your Eyes
(1974)
Yvonne
Dick Turpin
(1974)
Anna
Una chica y un señor
(1974)
Mujer del médico
Open Season
(1974)
Sue
Naked Weekend
(1974)
Lucía
The Protector
(1974)
Las correrías del Vizconde Arnau
(1974)
Esther
¿... Y el prójimo?
(1974)
A Prewar Grandmother
(1974)
Marta
El chulo
(1974)
Doña Mercedes
The Killer of Dolls
(1975)
Condesa Olivia
Novios de la muerte
(1975)
The Mummy's Revenge
(1975)
Zenifer
Vida íntima de un seductor cínico
(1975)
Doctora
Un lujo a su alcance
(1975)
Una clienta de 'Beautiful'
Three Swedes for Three Rodríguez's
(1975)
Ingrid
The House
(1976)
Rosse
Call girl: la vida privada de una señorita bien
(1976)
Victoria
The Stash
(1976)
Mirna
The Perfect Lover
(1976)
Irene
Curse of the Black Cat
(1977)
Gabriela
Makarras Conexion
(1977)
Tía de Paco (as Elga Liné)
Las alimañas
(1977)
Sofía
Tales of the White Sheets
(1977)
La Duquesa de Sacedón
Plus ça va, moins ça va
(1977)
Annie
Till Divorce Us Do Part
(1977)
Rose
Las locuras de Jane
(1978)
China 9, Liberty 37
(1978)
Cottrell's Wife
Rings of Fear
(1978)
Mrs. Russo
Pepito Piscinas
(1978)
Nené
Father Cami's Wedding
(1979)
Mujer del 'Marqués'
Consensus
(1980)
Asunción
The Song of the Cicada
(1980)
Stigma
(1980)
Sebastian's Mother
Memorias de un Visitador Médico
(1980)
Elvira Coro
Memorias de Leticia Valle
(1980)
Margarita
Dos y dos, cinco
(1981)
Juanjo's Mother
Madame Olga's Pupils
(1981)
Olga Gheorghieva
Blue Beach
(1982)
Norma Strauss
Femenino singular
(1982)
Viuda de Antonio
Black Candles
(1982)
Fiona
Labyrinth of Passion
(1982)
Toraya
Los caraduros
(1983)
Elvira
Black Venus
(1983)
Madame Jean
A Rose in the Wind
(1984)
Berta
Las alegres chicas de Colsada
(1984)
Una y sonada...
(1985)
Concha
Pulsebeat
(1985)
Marlene
Law of Desire
(1987)
Antonio’s Mother
Maddened Couple Seeks Surrogate Mother
(1990)
Dña. Dolores
The Devil's Breath
(1993)
Torrente 3: The Protector
(2005)
Señorona 1
Under the Sky
(2017)
Herself
Doses of Horror
(2018)
La Señora ("A Dose of Peeping Toms & Vampires" segment) (archive footage) (uncredited)
La Dama del Fantaterror
(2020)
Herself
Marauders from the Mediterranean: The Macabre Magic of the Spanish Zombie Film
(2022)
Self