JA from MNPP here, directing y'all over to a brief interview with the legendary cult-lady Tura Santana (thanks to Aaron for the heads-up). She's best known for playing Varla in Russ Meyer's classic Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, but just take a gander at this introductory paragraph to her life beyond that film:
"Having survived Japanese internment camps, a horrific rape, reform school, a gunshot to the stomach and a brutal car wreck that left her hospitalized for years, Satana has also managed to squeeze in being a gang member, martial artist, burlesque dancer, stunt woman, nurse, police radio operator, bodyguard, wife and mother. Not to mention a couple of legendary off-screen love affairs, with such American luminaries as Elvis Presley and Joe DiMaggio."
They just don't make 'em like this any more.
Check out the interview for more; she talks pretty extensively about Meyer, Presley and DiMaggio. Classic.
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