Tura Satana
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Tura Satana (born Tura Luna Pascual Yamaguchi on July 10, 1938) was a Japanese-American actress, showgirl, and exotic dancer. From 13 film and television credits, some of her work includes the exploitation film "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" (1965), and the science fiction horror film "The Astro-Zombies" (1968). Satana died of heart failure on February 4, 2011, in Reno, Nevada.
Known For
Filmography
TURA!
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Famous T&A 2
2022
as Varla (archive footage) (uncredited)
Exotic World and the Burlesque Revival
2012
as self
Let’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest Groupies
2010
as self
Astro-Zombies M3: Cloned
2010
as Malvina
Sugar Boxx
2009
as Judge #1
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
2009
as Varla (voice)
The Wild World of Ted V. Mikels
2008
as Herself
Bump & Grind: The Making of a Burlesque Diva
2008
Phone Sex
2006
as Caller
Go, Pussycat, Go!
2005
as Herself
Mark of the Astro-Zombies
2004
as Malvira Satana
Russ Meyer: King of Sexploitation
2004
Cleavage
2002
The Incredibly Strange Film Show
1988
as Self
Zombiethon
1986
as Self - Satana (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Doll Squad
1973
as Lavelle Sumara
The Astro-Zombies
1968
as Satana
Our Man Flint
1966
as Stripper (uncredited)
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966
as Rabbit
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
1965
as Varla
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Tomo
Irma la Douce
1963
as Suzette Wong
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
1963
as Stripper(uncredited)
Burke's Law
1963
as Peach Petal