Post #632702 by JOHN-O on Tue, Apr 17, 2012 12:28 PM

Here's some more fun Tiki-related spy factoids. Also it's my big 2000th post !!...

Tiki Revival art icon, Tura Satana…

Was a Spy !!

Or rather she made numerous appearances in 1960’s Spy TV shows and movies. :)

In two rare TV roles she was a guest star in “The Finney Foot Affair" episode of “The Man from UNCLE” (below left image), and in “The Moulin Ruse Affair" episode of “The Girl from UNCLE (she’s in the foreground in the below right image)…

She also put her burlesque skills to use in an uncredited role in “Our Man Flint”...

And in a more major role as a CIA operative in “The Doll Squad"...

And Revival “revisionism” aside, Tura (and Burlesque) had a direct HISTORICAL connection to TIKI as shown here…

(Thanks Dustycajun for the above content)

Tiki + Burlesque + Spy = Tura Satana !! :D

And on an unrelated note, I found out that Tura spent her childhood years in Manzanar Internment Camp during WWII. Same as my Mom !! But I don't think they knew each other.