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Episode: GLOW- the Intense and Tragic Story of Post-Modern Icon Lady Shiva/Irene Staub
Description: Irene Staub emerged from Zurich's underground scene in the 70s and 80s. With a mystique that rivaled Marilyn Monroe's, her iconic magnetism also carried Monroe's predestination for tragedy. Straub's looks, talent and alure charmed the likes of Mick Jagger, David Bowie, Felini, Deneuve and more.
Felini, in fact, remarked of her, “Someone who burns that bright, dies young.”
She was a model, a singer and the muse of designers and artists. To that end, possibly her most recent impression as a muse was on director and writer Gabriel Bauer, who used never-before-seen archival footage and interviews with prominent contemporaries to create...