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Maila Elizabeth Syrjäniemi (December 11, 1922 – January 10, 2008), known professionally as Maila Nurmi, was an American-Finn actress who created the campy 1950s character Vampira. She was raised in Astoria, Oregon , where she worked in tuna and salmon canneries.
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).
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- Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA
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- Los Angeles, California, USA
Jan 12, 2021 · In "Glamour Ghoul," a niece of Maila Nurmi — better known as Vampira — documents the exciting, fraught Hollywood life of a bygone horror camp icon.
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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).
- Actress, Producer, Writer
- January 10, 2008
- December 11, 1922
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. She must have cut quite a profile because months later another ...
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Oct 11, 2023 · The Crazy Real-Life Story Of The Woman Who Created Vampira. United Archives/Getty Images. By William J. Wright / Updated: Oct. 10, 2023 7:58 pm EST. In May 1954, insomniacs, TV junkies, and horror movie fans in Southern California would see something unlike anything else on the tube.
Sep 18, 2020 · Who was Vampira? You may know she was in one of the most notoriously bad movies of all time, Plan 9 from Outer Space, or that she was the basis for Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. But the story of Maila Nurmi, an American-Finnish actor who wanted to be a star, has more twists and turns than any B-movie could ever contain.
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