Helga Liné
Known for Acting
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
Torrente 3: The Protector
2005
as Señorona 1
Law of Desire
1987
as Antonio’s Mother
Horror Express
1972
as Natasha
Labyrinth of Passion
1982
as Toraya
Black Candles
1982
as Fiona
Long Live Robin Hood
1971
as Matilde
Open Season
1974
as Sue
China 9, Liberty 37
1978
as Cottrell's Wife
Black Venus
1983
as Madame Jean
So Sweet... So Perverse
1969
as Helene Valmont
Hercules and the Tyrants of Babylon
1964
as Taneal / Tanit
War Goddess
1973
as High Priestess
Horror Rises from the Tomb
1973
as Mabille De Lancré
My Dear Killer
1972
as Mrs. Paradisi
The Blancheville Monster
1963
as Miss Eleonore
Nightmare Castle
1965
as Solange
The Vampires' Night Orgy
1973
as The Countess
The Loreley's Grasp
1973
as Lorelei
The Adventures of Scaramouche
1963
as (uncredited)
High Voltage
1972
as Choni