Maila Nurmi

Born: 1922-12-11, Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA

Died: 2008-01-10

Biography

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.

Filmography

• Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957)
• Romance on the High Seas (1948)
• Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies (2001)
• Sex Kittens Go to College (1960)
• The Beat Generation (1959)
• I Woke Up Early the Day I Died (1998)
• The Big Operator (1959)
• The Many Faces of Dracula (2000)
• Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)
• American Scary (2006)
• Vampira: The Movie (2006)
• I Passed for White (1960)
• Population: 1 (1986)
• Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The 'Plan 9' Companion (1992)
• The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr. (1996)