Tura Satana
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Burke's Law
Peach Petal
1963
Series
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Tomo
1964
Series
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Rabbit
1966
Series
The Incredibly Strange Film Show
Self
1988
Film
Irma la Douce
Suzette Wong
1963
Film
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
Varla
1965
Film
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
Varla (voice)
2009
Film
Our Man Flint
Stripper (uncredited)
1966
Film
Famous T&A 2
Varla (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022
Film
The Doll Squad
Lavelle Sumara
1973
Film
TURA!
Self (archive footage)
2025
Film
Cleavage
2002
Film
The Astro-Zombies
Satana
1968
Film
Phone Sex
Caller
2006
Film
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
Stripper(uncredited)
1963
Film
Russ Meyer: King of Sexploitation
2004
Film
Sugar Boxx
Judge #1
2009
Film
Mark of the Astro-Zombies
Malvira Satana
2004
Film
Let’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest Groupies
self
2010
Film
Astro-Zombies M3: Cloned
Malvina
2010
Film
Zombiethon
Self - Satana (archive footage) (uncredited)
1986
Film
The Wild World of Ted V. Mikels
Herself
2008
Bump & Grind: The Making of a Burlesque Diva
2008
Film
Exotic World and the Burlesque Revival
self
2012
Film
Go, Pussycat, Go!
Herself
2005