Tura Satana

Tura Satana

Born: July 10, 1938
Died: February 4, 2011
in Hokkaido, Japan
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Tura Satana (July 10, 1938 – February 4, 2011) was a Japanese-born American actress and former exotic dancer. She was best known for her role as "Varla" in Russ Meyer's 1965 cult film, Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!.

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Let’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest Groupies
Title: Let’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest Groupies
Released: December 13, 2010
Type: Movie
A documentary about the groupie scene in the 1970s.
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Astro-Zombies M3: Cloned
Title: Astro-Zombies M3: Cloned
Character: Malvina
Released: June 19, 2010
Type: Movie
An ultra-secret government weapons project is headed up by a mad scientist's grand-daughter. Her mission: recreate the demented killing machines known as Astro Zombies. It doesn't take long before the deadly mutant clones escape from Area 51 and all hell breaks loose! Elite teams of Men In Black attempt extreme damage control measures, while government officials, master criminals, and the famed Doll Squad spring into action -- creating a mess of epic proportions!
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The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
Title: The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
Character: Varla (voice)
Released: September 12, 2009
Type: Movie
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto is an animated comedy that also combines elements of a horror and thriller film. It is based upon the comic book series created by Rob Zombie that follows the character of El Superbeasto and his sexy sidekick sister, Suzi-X, voiced by Sheri Moon, as they confront an evil villain by the name of Dr. Satan.
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Sugar Boxx
Title: Sugar Boxx
Character: Judge #1
Released: September 5, 2009
Type: Movie
Sugar State Women’s Prison. An Everglades hellhole where innocent girls are forced to slave in the swamps by day then turn tricks for the warden by night. A prison camp where corruption, brutality, and sexual abuse are all part of the daily routine. But when reporter Valerie March goes undercover inside Sugar State, that’s when the powder keg really explodes! Follow Valerie through prison life - catfights, knife fights, rape, whippings, prostitution, and the “hot box” - before she and her fellow inmates take bloody, unforgettable revenge on their captors. Inspired by the great women-in-prison films of the past, SUGAR BOXX takes everything one step further. SUGAR BOXX has it all.
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The Wild World of Ted V. Mikels
Title: The Wild World of Ted V. Mikels
Character: Herself
Released: October 31, 2008
Type: Movie
THE WILD WORLD OF TED V. MIKELS, a new documentary by Kevin Sean Michaels (no blood relation to Ted, but the same spirit), is a rollicking look at the independent cinema and film pioneering of Ted V. Mikels, who has been producing films for over 60 years. Way before limited-budget action films became termed as "grindhouse," Ted was wowing audiences with his own special brand of guts, gore, humor, violence and most of all -- style. THE CORPSE GRINDERS 1 + 2, THE ASTRO-ZOMBIES, 10 VIOLENT WOMEN, MISSION: KILLFAST, THE BLACK KLANSMAN, THE DOLL SQUAD, THE WORM EATERS and GIRL IN GOLD BOOTS are some of Ted's films that have made their cinematic mark.
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Phone Sex
Title: Phone Sex
Character: Caller
Released: December 5, 2006
Type: Movie
Celebrities and artists discuss the meaning of "What is sexy?" with award-winning director and artist Steve Balderson.
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Go, Pussycat, Go!
Title: Go, Pussycat, Go!
Character: Herself
Released: March 28, 2005
Type: Movie
The making of Russ Meyer's cult classic FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL!
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Striptease: The Greatest Exotic Dancers of All Time
Title: Striptease: The Greatest Exotic Dancers of All Time
Character: Herself (archive footage)
Released: November 9, 2004
Type: Movie
Performances of the greatest exotic dancers are collected here for the first time, from Little Egypt in 1893 to the great striptease headliners of the golden age of Burlesque.
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Mark of the Astro-Zombies
Title: Mark of the Astro-Zombies
Character: Malvira Satana
Released: October 26, 2004
Type: Movie
The existence of mankind hangs in the balance as two warring factions of aliens do battle in Mark of the Astro Zombies. The film begins with an invasion of Earth by aliens who plan to turn human beings into zombies. They gather high-level government officials and attempt to get from them certain knowledge and information they will need. A kind race of aliens lands on Earth and decides to try and stop the evil ones from succeeding with their plans.
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The Incredibly Strange Film Show: Ted V. Mikels
Title: The Incredibly Strange Film Show: Ted V. Mikels
Character: Self
Released: August 26, 1988
Type: Movie
The eccentric Las Vegas-based filmmaker behind The Corpse Grinders, The Astro-Zombies, and The Doll Squad frolics around the desert playing an accordion and performing a ventriloquist act while regaling Jonathan Ross with stories of cinematic courage and communal living in a Los Angeles "castle" full of exotic women.
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Title: The Incredibly Strange Film Show
Character: Self
Released: August 5, 1988
Type: TV
A series of documentaries focusing on the world of psychotronic movies; focusing on the lives of filmakers such as Hershell Gordon Lewis, Saim Raimi, Doris Wishman, Ed Wood Jr, and Tsui Hark. Covers weird movie genres, like Mexican wrestling movies and Hong Kong horror films.
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The Doll Squad
Title: The Doll Squad
Character: Lavelle Sumara
Released: September 19, 1973
Type: Movie
After a terrorist plot to sabotage a Cape Canaveral space mission is discovered, a squad of attractive and lethal spies have to locate the culprits. On their mission, they use a wide range of secret weapons.
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The Astro-Zombies
Title: The Astro-Zombies
Character: Satana
Released: May 19, 1968
Type: Movie
For devilishly mad "astro-scientist" Dr. DeMarco (John Carradine), a typical day involves run-ins with reanimated corpses, bloodthirsty solar-powered killer robot zombies, Chinese communist spies and vicious Mexican secret agents. But when a bloody trail of young female murder victims leads an intrepid CIA agent to his door, things get really interesting. Ted V. Mikels directs this unique B horror-thriller.
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Title: The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Released: September 13, 1966
Type: TV
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. is an American spy-fi TV series that aired on NBC for one season from September 16, 1966 to April 11, 1967. The series was a spin-off from The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and used the same theme music composed by Jerry Goldsmith, which was rearranged into a slightly different, harder-edged arrangement by Dave Grusin.
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Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
Title: Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
Character: Varla
Released: August 6, 1965
Type: Movie
Three strippers seeking thrills encounter a young couple in the desert. After dispatching the boyfriend, they take the girl hostage and begin scheming on a crippled old man living with his two sons in the desert, reputedly hiding a tidy sum of cash. They become house guests of the old man and try and seduce the sons in an attempt to locate the money, not realizing that the old man has a few sinister intentions of his own.
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Title: Burke's Law
Character: Peach Petal
Released: September 20, 1963
Type: TV
Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police homicide division, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II.
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Irma la Douce
Title: Irma la Douce
Character: Suzette Wong
Released: June 5, 1963
Type: Movie
When a naive policeman falls in love with a prostitute, he doesn’t want her seeing other men and creates an alter ego who’s to be her only customer.
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TURA!
Title: TURA!
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Incredible True Life Story of the Russ Meyer & Burlesque Superstar, Asian American Cinema Pioneer and Ultimate Self-Empowered Female. A loving look at one of the big screen's most dynamic and exciting talents, the late, great Tura Satana.