Maila Nurmi
Maila Nurmi (11 December 1922 – 10 January 2008) was an American actress. She was born Maila Elizabeth Syrjaniemi in Gloucester, Massachusetts. She created the character Vampira in the 1950s. She played Vampira in Ed Wood's Plan 9 from Outer Space.[1] She also played Vampira in the 1959 movie The Beat Generation.[2]
Maila Nurmi | |
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| File:PlanNine 07.jpg Nurmi as Vampira | |
| Born | Maila Elizabeth Syrjaniemi 11 December 1922 |
| Died | 10 January 2008 |
| Occupation | Television actress Movie actress |
| Years active | 1952-1994 (movies and television) |
| Spouse(s) | Dean Riesner |
Gallery
- Vampira in docu SCHLOCK!.jpg
Maila Nurmi 2001.
- Maila Nurmi 1947.jpg
Maila Nurmi 1947.
- Plan nine from outer space.jpg
Poster for Plan nine from outer space.
Maila Nurmi Media
- Vampira TV Guide 01.jpg
Nurmi in her Vampira costume
- Vampira Grave.JPG
Grave of Vampira at Hollywood Forever
Notes
- ↑ According to W. Scott Poole, Nurmi was in fact born in Gloucester, Massachusetts despite her claims of being born in Petsamo, Finland. Poole states the claim was made in order to "strengthen" her purported relation to Finnish Olympian runner Paavo Nurmi, a claim he also says is false (see Poole 2014, pp. 32–33).
References
- ↑ Stewart, Jocelyn Y. (January 16, 2008). Actress, TV horror film hostess Vampira. http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jan/16/local/me-nurmi16. Retrieved 2010-08-24.
- ↑ Maltin, Leonard (1997), Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide 1998, Signet Books, p. 92, ISBN 0-451-19288-5
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