Tura Satana, born Tura Luna Pascual Yamaguchi July 10, 1938 in HokkaidÅ, Japan, is a Japanese-born American actress and former exotic dancer. She is mostly remembered for her role as "Varla" in Russ Meyer's 1965 cult film, Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!. Tura is of Japanese and Filipino descent as well as Irish and American Indian.
She had to learn martial arts of karate and aikido when she was raped. She moved to Los Angeles and started modeling and eventually acting. Because of her dancing, face and figure, she was ultimately voted one of the 10 Best Undressed Burlesque Dancers of the 20th Century by Bill Hanna of Hanna-Barbera.
TURA! TURA! TURA!
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