Helga Liné

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birthname = Helga Lina Stern
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location = Berlin, Germany
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yearsactive = 1941 -
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Helga Lina Stern known as Helga Liné (July 14 1932 - ) is a German born Portuguese - Spanish film actress and circus acrobat best known for her work in the horror genre of film. She made 132 appearances mostly in film between 1941 and 2006 but most of her work has been in Spanish cinema.

Biography

Helga Line was born as Helga Lina Stern on July 14th, 1932 in Berlin, Germany. At a young age her family fled Germany during the Nazi regime and took refuge in Portugal. At the age of just 9 years old she made her first film appearance there in the film "Porto de Abrigo". Helga began her career as a dancer and acrobat in circus performances in Portugal throughout the 1940s and later became a model.

In the 1950s she made further appearances in film 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 films, action or spy thrillers and westerns. Although she appeared in James Bond spoof films such as "Agent 077 - Mission Bloody Mary" (1965) alongside Ken Clark, she is well noted for her horror film work in particular, starring as the spy Natasha in the Gothic feature "Horror Express", "The Lorelei's Grasp", a predatory vampire countess in the erotic film "The Vampires' Night Orgy", and the leader of a Satanic cult in the "Black Candles". She starred alongside Spanish horror actor Paul Naschy in two notable films "Horror Rises from the Tomb" and "The Mummy's Revenge".

Later she would go on to work under Pedro Almodovar in films such as "Labyrinth of Passion" (1982) and "Law of Desire" (1986).

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