Maila Nurmi
Known for: Acting
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
Series
The Incredibly Strange Film Show
Self
1988
Film
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Vampire Girl
1957
Film
Romance on the High Seas
Ship Passenger (uncredited)
1948
Film
The Magic Sword
The Hag / Sorceress
1962
Film
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
Woman in Hotel Lobby
1998
Film
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
Self - (archive footage)
2022
Film
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Vampire Girl (archive footage)
1991
Film
Sex Kittens Go to College
Etta Toodie
1960
Film
The Big Operator
Gina
1959
Film
The Beat Generation
Poetess
1959
Film
I Passed for White
Girl Poet (uncredited)
1960
Film
The Many Faces of Dracula
Vampire Girl (archive footage)
2000
Film
James Dean: The First American Teenager
Self
1975
Film
Vampira: The Movie
Herself
2006
Film
Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies
Herself
2001
Series
The Vampira Show
Vampira
1954
Film
Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The 'Plan 9' Companion
Herself
1992
Film
The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr.
Herself
1996
The Jet-Propelled Couch
Vampira
1957
Film
Vampira: About Sex, Death and Taxes
Self
1995
Film
Vampira and Me
Self (archive footage)
2013
Film
Vampires: Thirst for the Truth
Self
1996
Film
American Scary
Herself / 'Vampira'
2006
Film
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Mother (uncredited)
1986
Film
Monsterama: A Tribute to Horror Hosts
Self
2004
Bungalow Invader
Vampira
1981