Tura Satana RIP

The great Tura Satana died on 4 February. She was the star of Russ Meyer's masterpiece Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! as well as hilariously dreadful camp classics such as Ted V. Mikel's The Astro Zombies and The Doll Squad. When Meyer discovered her she was working as a stripper and also a pin up girl in magazines. After her film career died down she became a nurse.

Tura was the only performer to ever force Russ Meyer to make an exception to his "no sex for the actors until the movie is in the can" rule. She insisted that going without sex was not an option for her and took full advantage of one of the members of the crew during the shoot.

For 75 years she lived life on her own terms. She will be missed.

Here is a rare photo layout from the first issue of Sizzle magazine in 1959, several years before she would star in Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!