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{{short description|Spanish actress (b. 1932)}}
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{{Infobox person
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▲| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1932|7|14|df=y}}
▲| birth_place = [[Berlin]], [[Germany]]
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| occupation = Actor, circus acrobat
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| citizenship = Spain
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'''Helga Lina Stern''' (born 14 July 1932), known as '''Helga Liné''' ({{IPA|es|liˈne|pron}}), is a German-born Spanish [[film actress]], model, and former [[Vedette (cabaret)|vedette]]. She was a star of the [[Horror film|horror]] genre during the 1960's and '70s, and gained the reputation of a [[scream queen]].
==Early life==
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 also starred in the spaghetti westerns ''[[All'ombra di una colt|In a Colt's Shadow]]'' (1965) and ''[[Have a Good Funeral, My Friend... Sartana Will Pay]]'' (1970). Although she appeared in [[giallo]] films such as ''[[So Sweet... So Perverse]]'' (1969), ''[[My Dear Killer]]'' (1972), ''[[Doppia coppia con Regina|Alta tensión]]'' (1972) and ''[[Red Rings of Fear]]'' (1978), she is best known for her horror film work. She appeared opposite [[Barbara Steele]] in ''[[Nightmare Castle]]'' (1965), and then starred as the spy Natasha in the Gothic feature ''[[Horror Express]]'' (1972), in the title role in ''[[The Loreley's Grasp]]'' (1974), as a vampire countess in the erotic film ''[[The Vampires' Night Orgy]]'' (1974), and as the leader of a Satanic cult in ''Black Candles'' (1982). She also 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 (1974 film)|Open Season]]''.▼
Liné was born '''Helga Lina Stern''' on 14 July 1932 in [[Berlin]], into a [[circus]] family. When she was still very young, her family emigrated to [[Portugal]] to escape the [[Nazi Germany|Nazi regime]]. She began her performing arts career at the age of 8 in her family's circus acts, as an [[Acrobatics|acrobat]] and [[contortionist]].
== Career ==
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. She also took part in the popular Spanish TV series [[Verano azul]] in the early eighties, as a secondary character.▼
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). As a young adult she worked professionally as a model, showgirl, and [[Vedette (cabaret)|vedette]], working variously in Portugal, Spain, and Brazil.
▲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 also starred in the spaghetti westerns ''[[All'ombra di una colt|In a Colt's Shadow]]'' (1965) and ''[[Have a Good Funeral, My Friend... Sartana Will Pay]]'' (1970). Although she appeared in [[giallo]] films such as ''[[So Sweet... So Perverse]]'' (1969), ''[[My Dear Killer]]'' (1972), ''[[Doppia coppia con Regina|Alta tensión]]'' (1972) and ''[[Red Rings of Fear]]'' (1978), she is best known for her horror film work. She appeared opposite [[Barbara Steele]] in ''[[Nightmare Castle]]'' (1965), and then starred as the spy Natasha in the Gothic feature ''[[Horror Express]]'' (1972), in the title role in ''[[The Loreley's Grasp]]'', aka ''When the Screaming Stops'' (
▲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. She also took part in the popular Spanish TV series ''[[Verano azul]]'' in the early eighties, as a secondary character.
==Selected filmography==
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* ''[[Kill or Be Killed (1950 film)|Kill or Be Killed]]'' (1950)
* ''[[La trinca del aire]]'' (1951)
* ''[[The Great Galeoto]]'' (1951)
* ''[[The Twin Girls]]'' (1963)
*''[[Rocío from La Mancha]]'' (1963)
* ''[[Triumph of the Ten Gladiators]]'' (1964)
* ''[[Gladiators Seven]]'' (1964)
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*''[[Agent 077: Mission Bloody Mary]]'' (1965)
*''[[All'ombra di una colt|In a Colt's Shadow]]'' (1965)
*''[[The Murderer with the Silk Scarf]]'' (1966)
*''[[Weekend, Italian Style]]'' (1966)
*''[[Special Mission Lady Chaplin]]'' (1966)
*''[[Kriminal (film)|Kriminal]]'' (1966)
*''[[Password: Kill Agent Gordon]]'' (1966)
* ''[[Avenger X]]'' (1967)
* ''[[Il marchio di Kriminal]]'' (1967)
* ''[[Brutti di notte]]'' (1968)
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*''[[Churchill's Leopards]]'' (1970)
*''[[Have a Good Funeral, My Friend... Sartana Will Pay]]'' (1970)
*''[[My Dear Killer]]'' (1972)▼
*''[[Doppia coppia con Regina|Alta tensión]]'' (1972)
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▲*''[[My Dear Killer]]'' (1972)
*''[[Horror Express]]'' (1972)
*''[[Holy God, Here Comes the Passatore!]]'' (1973)
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*''[[Those Dirty Dogs]]'' (1973)
*''[[Horror Rises from the Tomb]]'' (1973)
*''[[War Goddess]]'' (1973)
*''The Mummy's Revenge'' (1973)
* ''[[No es bueno que el hombre esté solo]]'' (1973) as Mónica
▲*''[[The Loreley's Grasp]]'' (1974)
*''[[The Vampires Night Orgy]]'' (1973)
* ''[[Dick Turpin (1974 film)|Dick Turpin]]'' (1974)
*''[[Open Season (1974 film)|Open Season]]'' (1974)
▲*''[[The Vampires Night Orgy]]'' (1974)
*''Death Will Have Your Eyes'' (1974)
* ''[[Death's Newlyweds]]'' (1975)
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*''Stigma'' (1980)
*''Madame Olga's Pupils'' (1981)
*''[[Black Candles (film)|Black Candles]]'' (1982)
*''[[Labyrinth of Passion]]'' (1982)
*''[[Black Venus (1983 film)|Black Venus]]'' (1983)
* ''[[The Cheerful Colsada Girls]]'' (1984)
*''[[Pulsebeat]]'' (1985)
*''[[Law of Desire]]'' (1986)
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[[Category:German film actresses]]
[[Category:German child actresses]]
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