Re: RIP

Tura Satana, cult actress and Cramps muse, is dead.

[www.nytimes.com]

"After playing a supporting part in the 1963 Billy Wilder comedy “Irma la Douce,” Ms. Satana found her breakthrough role in “Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!,” a Meyer exploitation film that, in stark opposition to the director’s later works, featured no nudity."

Is that a typo? I gotta go back to my VHS copy taped off TCM (off all places) and see if that's true. Considering Vampira's passing a year or two ago was barely acknowledged, it's a little unfair that all the female legends passings are still footnoted in 6-point font, if that.

Sucks.



Post Edited (02-07-11 20:50)

Donning the official mask would be a nice tribute.
[www.nikkismonstershop.com]

It's true. There's no nudity in Pussycat. It's such a breathless movie there's no time for it.

May Ms. Satana rest in peace.

Met her at a convention once. Nice, nice woman. Big, strong woman, too.