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Helga Liné

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Gorgeously svelte and classy redhead stunner Helga Line was born as Helga Lina Stern on July 14th, 1932 in Berlin, Germany. Helga began her career as a dancer and acrobat in circus performances in Portugal. She also later worked as a model. Line began acting in movies in the early 40s. Helga moved to Madrid, Spain in 1960. Line immediately established herself as a hugely popular and prolific actress in a large volume of horror pictures, spy films, thrillers and Westerns made throughout the 60s and 70s. Best known as the alluring spy Natasha in the terrific period Gothic fright feature treat Horror Express (1972), her other memorable roles include an enticing sea siren in the immensely enjoyable The Loreley's Grasp (1973), a predatory vampire countess in the terrifically trashy _The Vampires' Night Orgy (1972)_ *qv), and the seductive middle-aged leader of a Satanic cult in the steamy _Black Candles (1982)_. Line starred with Spanish horror icon Paul Naschy in two entertaining offerings: Horror Rises from the Tomb (1973) and The Mummy's Revenge (1975). Helga was especially impressive in the Pedro Almodovar pictures Labyrinth of Passion (1982) and Law of Desire (1987). More recently Helga Line has done guest spots on a couple of Spanish TV shows.
- IMDb mini biography by: woodyanders

One of many German children who took refuge in Portugal during World War 2, she starred in Porto de Abrigo (1941), then had a career as a circus acrobat and, later, a vaudeville artist until movies took her through Europe--Spain, France and ultimately her motherland, Germany.
Some web sites incorrectly state that her birth year is 1932, but according to a recent interview she gave on October 2018 to Spanish diary" La Vanguardia", she was born in 1931.
After winning a beauty contest, Liné made her film debut at the age of 13 in the Spanish-Portuguese co-production "La mantilla de Beatriz" (1946).
In the 1950s she made further film appearances, but her career took off after she moved to Madrid in 1960. From this point, the red-headed actress made many appearances in the 1960s, particularly in horror and action films.
She starred opposite Spanish horror actor Paul Naschy in "Horror Rises from the Tomb" and "The Mummy's Revenge" in 1973, and appeared in the 1974 Peter Fonda film "Open Season". Later she would go on to work under Pedro Almodóvar in films such as "Labyrinth of Passion" in 1982 and "Law of Desire" in 1986.

[on acting in movies in the 60s and 70s] At the time I was a single mother with two children. I would read a script and say okay.
[on The Loreley's Grasp (1973)] A horrible film! Amando de Ossorio was a weak director and an unpleasant person. I didn't like working for him.

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