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    Finnish American actress

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  1. Maila Nurmi. Actress: Vampira Returns. The original glamour ghoul herself, "Vampira", of late night 1950s television, was actually born Maila Syrjäniemi (later changed to the easier surname Nurmi) on December 11, 1922 in Gloucester, Massachusetts (not Finland as she often claimed).

  2. Oct 11, 2023 · However, Maila Nurmi, the quick-witted woman in the skin-tight black dress, remained a mystery. As Vampira's creator, Nurmi was consumed by the role, rarely appearing in public out of character. In the years after Vampira's initial fame, Nurmi came to regard her alter ego as a blessing and a curse.

  3. Jan 12, 2021 · Maila Nurmi hanging from her feet as Vampira in a photo from the biography “Glamour Ghoul.”. She was “the first Goth,” says Sandra Niemi, Nurmis niece and now her biographer. But the ...

  4. The Incredible But True Story of MailaVampiraNurmi. In 1954, a 31-year old former model, nightclub coat-check attendant and necktie painter named Maila Nurmi attended a Hollywood party with her husband, actor-writer Dean Riesner. She made her own vampire costume, inspired by the cartoons of Charles Addams, out of fabric scraps.

  5. Jan 16, 2008 · Maila Nurmi, whose “Vampira” TV persona pioneered the spooky-yet-sexy Goth aesthetic, has died, coroner’s officials said. She was 85. Nurmi died Thursday afternoon at her Hollywood home, Los ...

  6. Nov 3, 2019 · USA. 1954. © Dennis Stock | Magnum Photos. To mark the Halloween season, film and culture writer Sabina Stent looks back on Dennis Stock’s photographs of one of America’s first horror heroines – Maila Nurmi, aka Vampira. As a child, Maila Nurmi was not invited to Halloween parties.

  7. Apr 15, 2021 · Maila Nurmis Oregon upbringing led to sexy horror icon Vampira; new book captures her intense, tragic life. Updated: Apr. 15, 2021, 8:27 a.m. |. Published: Apr. 15, 2021, 8:02 a.m. Maila Nurmi ...

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