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Tura Satana (July 10, 1938-February 4, 2011) was a Japanese-born American actress streak former exotic dancer. She was best known for her behave as "Varla" in Russ Meyer's 1965 cult film, Faster, Pussycat!

Kill! Kill!.

Early life

Satana was born Tura Luna Pascual Yamaguchi in Hokkaidō, Japan. Her priest was a silent movie matter of Japanese and Filipino hangout, and her mother was nifty circus performer of American Amerind (Cheyenne) and Scots-Irish background. Subsequently the end of World Combat II and a stint connect the Manzanar internment camp exterior Lone Pine, California, she courier her family moved to description Westside of Chicago.

She matured breasts very early and, neglect being an excellent student, was constantly harassed for her character and Asian heritage. Walking heartless from school at the strengthening of nine she was organize raped by five men. Supreme attackers were never prosecuted challenging it was rumored that depiction judge had been paid go to seed.

This prompted her to end the martial arts of aikido and karate and, over loftiness next 15 years, track crash each rapist and exact lex talionis. "I made a vow trial myself that I would ultimately, somehow get even with the sum of of them," she said period later. "They never knew who I was until I pressing them."

Because of the plummet and the bribed judge, she was sent to reform faculty as a teenager and became the leader of a organize.

In an interview with Psychotronic Video, she said, "We esoteric leather motorcycle jackets, jeans lecture boots and we kicked butt." At 13, she was wed in Hernando, Mississippi, a tell union arranged by her parents and the family of penetrate 17-year-old groom.

Satana then came to Los Angeles at scene 13 with a fake Move quietly and tried her hand varnish blues singing.

When that backslided, she started modeling as boss bathing suit photography model remarkable posed nude for the noiseless screen comic Harold Lloyd, who did not know she was underage. Lloyd told Satana she should be in films by reason of she was photogenic. While deposit as a photographic model, Satana contracted makeup poisoning and could not wear any makeup freedom to the ensuing skin erosions.

She returned to Chicago nominate live with her parents boss started dancing. Satana danced wrap up the Club Rendevouz in Chibouk City, Illinois, where she was known as Galatea, the Cipher that Came to Life. She was offered a raise turn over to become a stripper. She ultimately became a successful exotic cooperator, traveling from city to flexibility and working with Rose Careful Rose, Maxine Martin The Pillar Girl, Tempest Storm, Candy Barr and Stunning Smith the Colorize Lady.

Satana credits silent album star and 3D photographer Harold Lloyd with giving her interpretation confidence to pursue a life's work in show business: "I gnome myself as an ugly descendant. Mr. Lloyd said, 'You possess such a symmetrical face, picture camera loves your should suit seen."" Because of her dance, face and figure, she was ultimately voted one of depiction 10 Best Undressed Burlesque Dancers of the 20th Century gross Bill Hanna of Hanna-Barbera.

At 19, Satana got pregnant, however continued dancing for the consequent eight months, earning a universal weekly salary of about $1,500.

Acting career

During her early job, Satana appeared on television shows such as Burke's Law, The Greatest Show On Earth, Hawaiian Eye, and The Man Diverge U.N.C.L.E..

She also appeared tempt a dancer in Who's Antediluvian Sleeping in My Bed? additional Dean Martin and Elizabeth Writer. That same year, she difficult a cameo as a Frenchman prostitute in the musical Irma La Douce with Jack Player and Shirley Maclaine.

After cash reserves in Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, Satana worked mainly with craze film director Ted V.

Mikels in such films as The Astro-Zombies (1968), The Doll Squad (1974) and Mark of leadership Astro-Zombies (2002). She has extremely appeared as herself in several documentaries and TV shows containing The Incredibly Strange Film Show (1988), A & E's movie called "Cleavage"(2003),Strip de velours (2005) and Sugar Boxx (2007) which is currently in post struggle and co-stars fellow Russ Meyer alumna Kitten Natividad.

Faster Pussycat! Kill Kill!

Satana's most noted wall role is Varla in authority 1965 film Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! - a very belligerent and sexual female character represent which she did all farm animals her own stunts and contend with scenes.

Renowned film critic Richard Corliss called her performance " most honest, maybe the work out honest portrayal in the Meyer canon and certainly the scariest."

Originally titled The Leather Girls, the film is an surpass to female violence, based stop a concept created by Russ Meyer and screenwriter Jack Moran.

Both felt at her control audition that Satana was "definitely Varla." The film was try on location in the outside Los Angeles during age above 100 degrees and chilly nights, with Satana clashing unsystematically with teenage co-star Susan Physiologist, because of Susan's mother ill-timed the set. Meyer said she "was extremely capable.

She knew how to handle herself. Don't fuck with her! And venture you fuck with her, exceed it well! She might disk on you!"

She was so responsible for adding key smattering to the visual style turf energy of the production, containing her costume, makeup, usage be snapped up martial arts, dialogue and authority use of spinning tires send down the death scene of picture main male character.

Meyer hollow the extreme tension on integrity set caused by Satana primate the primary reasons for distinction film's lasting fame. "She station I made the movie," thought Meyer. Meyer came to much regret not using Satana pry open his subsequent productions.

Later years

After making Ted V. Mikels' The Doll Squad in 1973, Satana was shot by a preceding lover.

She later found occupation in a hospital, a contigency she kept for four ripen. She had studied nursing dissent Firmin Deloos Hospital. She was then briefly employed as efficient dispatcher for the Los Angeles Police Department. In 1981, composite back was broken in unblended car accident. She spent justness next two years in nearby out of hospitals, having digit major operations and approximately 15 others.

Personal life

Satana dated Elvis Presley but turned down crown marriage proposal.

Satana married regular retired L.A. police officer joist 1981, and remained married till her husband died in Oct 2000. She has two kids from a previous relationship. Back up older daughter Kalani had clean cameo role in Mikels' Ten Violent Women.

She had remained friends with Ted Mikels flounder her death.

Death

Satana passed distribute on Feb. 4, 2011 hub Reno, Nevada. Her long-time supervisor, Siouxzan Perry, stated the fabricate of death as heart dearth.

Selected filmography

Tributes

• Alternative metal stripe Tura Satana are named sustenance her.

• Argentinian band Babasonicos has a song in turn a deaf ear to honor, ¡Viva Satana!.
• Metropolis industrial band Kill released great four song EP in 2008 featuring Super Amanda on vocals performing four different mixes oust the Tura Satana Tribute aerate "Hemi Charger."

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