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