R.I.P. Tura Satana
Meant to post this, but I've been a little occupied.
Tura Satana died on Friday. The cult film actress made a huge mark on pop culture, particularly in Russ Meyer's 1965 film, Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!. She was 72.
Satana wasn't your typical Hollywood siren: The buxom actress and former burlesque star was known for playing strong, sexual and unforgiving women. In Faster, Pussycat, she starred as a go-go dancer gone bad; she also did all of her own stunts. Satana's upbringing was tough: As a child, she spent part of her life in a Japanese-American internment camp and survived a brutal rape at age 9. By the time she was a teenager, she had been trained in martial arts, led a gang and (briefly) married.
Her influence can be seen all over pop culture, and she'll be missed, though her spirit will forever kick ass.
Tura Satana died on Friday. The cult film actress made a huge mark on pop culture, particularly in Russ Meyer's 1965 film, Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!. She was 72.
Satana wasn't your typical Hollywood siren: The buxom actress and former burlesque star was known for playing strong, sexual and unforgiving women. In Faster, Pussycat, she starred as a go-go dancer gone bad; she also did all of her own stunts. Satana's upbringing was tough: As a child, she spent part of her life in a Japanese-American internment camp and survived a brutal rape at age 9. By the time she was a teenager, she had been trained in martial arts, led a gang and (briefly) married.
Her influence can be seen all over pop culture, and she'll be missed, though her spirit will forever kick ass.