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Maila Nurmi

Maila Elizabeth Syrjäniemi known professionally as Maila Nurmi, was a Finnish-American actress and television personality who created the campy 1950s character Vampira.

Known For: Acting

Born: Petsamo, Finland, 1922-12-11

Died: 2008-01-10

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	Romance on the High Seas	Ship Passenger (uncredited)	68
2	1959	The Beat Generation	Poetess	52
3	1959	Plan 9 from Outer Space	Vampire Girl	42
4	1959	The Big Operator	Gina	58
5	1960	I Passed for White	Girl Poet (uncredited)	60
6	1960	Sex Kittens Go to College	Etta Toodie	32
7	1962	The Magic Sword	The Hag / Sorceress	42
8	1975	James Dean: The First American Teenager	Self	60
9	1981	Bungalow Invader	Vampira	0
10	1986	Population: 1	Mother (uncredited)	53
11	1991	Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook	Vampire Girl (archive footage)	100
12	1992	Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The 'Plan 9' Companion	Herself	69
13	1995	Vampira: About Sex, Death and Taxes	Self	80
14	1996	Vampires: Thirst for the Truth	Self	100
15	1996	The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr.	Herself	76
16	1998	I Woke Up Early the Day I Died	Woman in Hotel Lobby	51
17	2000	The Many Faces of Dracula	Vampire Girl (archive footage)	35
18	2001	Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies	Herself	70
19	2004	Monsterama: A Tribute to Horror Hosts	Self	0
20	2006	American Scary	Herself / 'Vampira'	76
21	2006	Vampira: The Movie	Herself	80
22	2013	Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	79
23	2013	Vampira and Me	Self (archive footage)	74

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1954	The Vampira Show	Vampira	0
2	1988	The Incredibly Strange Film Show	Self	100