▁Ram on ▁ended ▁in ▁divor ce ▁around ▁ 1 9 7 5 . ▁ ▁Franco ▁was ▁married ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁to ▁N icole ▁Gu ett ard ▁( the ir ▁marriage ▁running ▁approximately ▁from ▁ 1 9 6 2 ▁through ▁ 1 9 8 0 ), ▁M s . ▁Gu ett ard ▁being ▁gradually ▁replaced ▁in ▁Franco ' s ▁life ▁by ▁L ina ▁Rom ay ▁( N icole ▁worked ▁as ▁a ▁script ▁consult ant ▁on ▁many ▁of ▁Franco ' s ▁films ▁while ▁they ▁were ▁married , ▁and ▁even ▁acted ▁in ▁a ▁few ▁of ▁them . ▁Her ▁daughter ▁from ▁an ▁earlier ▁marriage , ▁Caroline ▁R ivi ere , ▁also ▁appeared ▁in ▁a ▁few ▁Franco ▁films ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁( including ▁the ▁ris que ▁Ex or cis me ▁and ▁The ▁Per verse ▁Count ess )). ▁ ▁Franco ▁and ▁L ina ▁Rom ay ▁worked ▁together ▁for ▁ 4 0 ▁years , ▁and ▁lived ▁together ▁from ▁ 1 9 8 0 ▁on ward , ▁although ▁they ▁were ▁only ▁officially ▁married ▁on ▁ 2 5 ▁April ▁ 2 0 0 8 . ▁Until ▁her ▁death ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁( from ▁cancer ▁at ▁age ▁ 5 7 ), ▁Rom ay ▁was ▁his ▁most ▁regular ▁actress , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁his ▁life ▁companion ▁and ▁muse . ▁Although ▁Rom ay ▁was ▁listed ▁in ▁the ▁cred its ▁of ▁several ▁films ▁as ▁a ▁co - direct or , ▁actor ▁Antonio ▁May ans ▁stated ▁in ▁a ▁recent ▁interview ▁that ▁Franco ▁used ▁to ▁credit ▁her ▁in ▁that