Maila Nurmi

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actress horror host human television personality

Maila Nurmi was a Finnish-American actress and television personality best known for creating and portraying the iconic 1950s horror hostess character Vampira.

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instanceOf actress →
horror host →
human →
television personality →
activeYearsEnd 1990s →
activeYearsStart 1940s →
appearedIn I Passed for White →
Plan 9 from Outer Space →
The Beat Generation →
The Big Operator →
The Magic Sword →
Too Much, Too Soon →
birthName Maila Elizabeth Syrjäniemi →
burialPlace Hollywood Forever Cemetery →
causeOfDeath heart failure →
citizenshipStatus naturalized citizen of the United States of America →
countryOfCitizenship Finland →
United States of America →
createdCharacter Vampira →
dateOfBirth 1922-12-11 →
dateOfDeath 2008-01-10 →
employer KABC-TV →
ethnicGroup Finnish American →
eyeColor green →
gender female →
genre horror →
hairColor black →
influenced Elvira →
horror host tradition →
inspiredBy The Addams Family cartoons by Charles Addams →
language English →
Finnish →
movedTo United States of America →
name Maila Nurmi →
notableFor pioneering television horror hostess format →
notableWork Vampira →
occupation actress →
model →
television personality →
placeOfBirth Petsamo, Finland →
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States of America →
relative Onni Syrjäniemi →
Sofia Syrjäniemi →
religion Lutheranism →
residence Los Angeles, California, United States of America →
spouse Dean Riesner →
stageName Vampira →
style gothic fashion →
workedOn The Vampira Show →
Referenced by (10)
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Maila Nurmi ("Maila Elizabeth Syrjäniemi") →
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The Big Operator →
castMember
Vampira →
creator
Paavo Nurmi ("Nurmi") →
familyName
Hollywood Forever Cemetery →
hasBurial
Plan 9 from Outer Space →
hasCastMember
Maila Nurmi →
name
Vampira →
portrayedBy
Onni Syrjäniemi →
relative
The Magic Sword →
starring
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