Maila Nurmi
Maila Nurmi | |
|---|---|
 Nurmi as Vampira | |
| Born | Maila Elizabeth Syrjäniemi 11 December 1922 |
| Died | 10 January 2008 |
| Occupation(s) | Television actress Movie actress |
| Years active | 1952-1994 (movies and television) |
| Spouse | Dean Riesner |
Maila Nurmi (11 December 1922 – 10 January 2008) was an American actress of Finnish descent. She was born Maila Elizabeth Syrjäniemi 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]
Gallery
Maila Nurmi 2001.
Maila Nurmi 1947.
Poster for Plan nine from outer space.
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". LA Times. Retrieved 2010-08-24.
- ↑ Maltin, Leonard (1997), Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide 1998, Signet Books, p. 92, ISBN 0-451-19288-5
Other websites
- Maila Nurmi on IMDb
- Maila Nurmi at the Internet Broadway Database