Maila Nurmi
Maila Elizabeth Syrjäniemi (December 11, 1922 – January 10, 2008), known professionally as Maila Nurmi, was an American actress best known for creating the camp 1950s character Vampira. She was of Finnish descent.
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Acting Credits
Acting
Movie
Plan 9 from Outer Space
as Vampire Girl
1957
Movie
The Magic Sword
as The Hag / Sorceress
1962
Movie
Romance on the High Seas
as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
1948
Movie
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
as Woman in Hotel Lobby
1998
Movie
Sex Kittens Go to College
as Etta Toodie
1960
Movie
Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies
as Herself
2001
Movie
Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The 'Plan 9' Companion
as Herself
1992
Movie
The Beat Generation
as Poetess
1959
Movie
The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr.
as Herself
1996
Movie
The Big Operator
as Gina
1959
Movie
Vampira and Me
as Self (archive footage)
2013
Movie
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as Mother (uncredited)
1986
Movie
American Scary
as Herself / 'Vampira'
2006
Movie
I Passed for White
as Girl Poet (uncredited)
1960
Movie
Vampira: The Movie
as Herself
2006
Movie
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Vampire Girl (archive footage)
1991
Movie
The Many Faces of Dracula
as Vampire Girl (archive footage)
2000
Movie
Vampira: About Sex, Death and Taxes
as Self
1995
Movie
James Dean: The First American Teenager
as Self
1975
TV
The Incredibly Strange Film Show
as Self
1988
Movie
Vampires: Thirst for the Truth
as Self
1996
Movie
Monsterama: A Tribute to Horror Hosts
as Self
2004
TV
The Vampira Show
as Vampira
1954
Movie
Bungalow Invader
as Vampira
1981