Portrait of Helga Liné

Helga Liné

Acting

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.

Born: July 14, 1932

Place of Birth: Berlin, Germany

Filmography

2017
Under the Sky

as Herself

2005
1987
Law of Desire

as Antonio’s Mother

1985
1985
Pulsebeat

as Marlene

1984
1983
Los caraduros

as Elvira

1983
Black Venus

as Madame Jean

1982
Femenino singular

as Viuda de Antonio

1982
1982
Blue Beach

as Norma Strauss

1981
Dos y dos, cinco

as Juanjo's Mother

1981
Madame Olga's Pupils

as Olga Gheorghieva

1980
Stigma

as Sebastian's Mother

1980
Consensus

as Asunción

1979
Father Cami's Wedding

as Mujer del 'Marqués'

1978
Rings of Fear

as Mrs. Russo

1978
China 9, Liberty 37

as Cottrell's Wife

1978
1977
Makarras Conexion

as Tía de Paco (as Elga Liné)

1977
Cuentos de las sábanas blancas

as La Duquesa de Sacedón

1977
1977
Las alimañas

as Sofía

1976
1976
The House

as Rosse

1976
The Stash

as Mirna

1975
1975
Un lujo a su alcance

as Una clienta de 'Beautiful'

1975
The Killer of Dolls

as Condesa Olivia

1974
1974
Naked Weekend

as Lucía

1974
1974
El chulo

as Doña Mercedes

1974
Una chica y un señor

as Mujer del médico

1973
Santo vs. Doctor Death

as Sara, Mann's Assistant

1973
War Goddess

as High Priestess

1973
1973
1973
Horror Rises from the Tomb

as Mabille De Lancré

1973
1973
1972
Horror Express

as Natasha

1972
High Voltage

as Choni

1972
My Dear Killer

as Mrs. Paradisi

1971
Los días de Cabirio

as Mia de Onassis

1971
1971
The Beasts

as Fachiro's Wife

1971
1971
1970
A Lady Called Andrew

as Frau Screicher

1970
Churchill's Leopards

as Marlene Schulman

1970
Un caso di coscienza

as Lola, la moglie del farmacista

1969
So Sweet... So Perverse

as Helene Valmont

1968
1968
1968
Ugly at Night

as Ursula

1967
Avenger X

as Gloria

1966
Kriminal

as Inge / Trude

1965
Operation Poker

as Glenn's girlfriend

1965
1965
1965
Mission Bloody Mary

as Dr. Elsa Freeman

1964
Rueda de sospechosos

as Elena Colomer

1964
1963
The Secret Seven

as Lydia (as Helga Line)

1963
The Blancheville Monster

as Miss Eleonore

1963
Rocío de la Mancha

as María Luisa Vargas

1963
Sign of Zorro

as Mercedes

1962
Song of Youth

as Elisabeth

1961
1961
Conqueror of Maracaibo

as Moira / El Valiente

1954
O Cerro dos Enforcados

as D. Leonor de Lara

1952
Nazaré

as Maria da Nazaré

1952
Two Causes

as Maria

1952
Madragoa

as Clara

1951
The Circus

as Delmirinha

1951
1951
Air Lashings

as Nati (como Helga Lina Stern)

1951
The Black Man Who Had a White Soul

as French Actress (as Elga Lina Stern)

1950