▁commercial ▁success . ▁Many ▁of ▁his ▁films ▁were ▁only ▁distributed ▁in ▁Europe , ▁and ▁most ▁of ▁them ▁were ▁never ▁dub bed ▁into ▁English . ▁After ▁discover ing ▁So led ad ▁Mir anda ▁( he ▁first ▁used ▁her ▁in ▁his ▁Count ▁D rac ula ), ▁Franco ▁moved ▁from ▁Spain ▁to ▁France ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 9 ▁so ▁that ▁he ▁could ▁make ▁more ▁violent ▁and ▁er otic ▁films ▁free ▁of ▁the ▁strict ▁c ensor ship ▁in ▁Spain , ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁at ▁this ▁point ▁that ▁his ▁career ▁began ▁to ▁go ▁down hill ▁commer cially ▁as ▁he ▁turned ▁to ▁low - bud get ▁film making ▁with ▁an ▁acc ent ▁on ▁adult ▁material . ▁So led ad ▁Mir anda ▁star red ▁in ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁six ▁er otic ▁thr ill ers ▁for ▁Franco , ▁all ▁made ▁within ▁a ▁one - year ▁period ▁( including ▁V amp y ros ▁Les bos ), ▁after ▁which ▁she ▁was ▁killed ▁in ▁a ▁trag ic ▁autom obile ▁accident ▁in ▁Portugal ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 0 , ▁just ▁as ▁her ▁career ▁was ▁taking ▁off . ▁ ▁A ▁year ▁or ▁two ▁after ▁So led ad ▁Mir anda ▁died , ▁a ▁gr ieving ▁Franco ▁discovered ▁a ▁new ▁leading ▁lady ▁in ▁actress ▁L ina ▁Rom ay . ▁At ▁the ▁time , ▁the ▁te en age ▁Rom ay ▁was ▁married ▁to ▁a ▁young ▁actor / ph ot ograph er ▁named ▁Ram on ▁Ar did , ▁but ▁as ▁she ▁and ▁Franco ▁became ▁more ▁involved ▁in ▁their ▁film ▁projects ▁together ▁over ▁the ▁years , ▁her ▁marriage ▁to