Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Female

Birthday

1922-12-11

Deathday

2008-01-10 (85 years old)

Place of Birth

Petsamo, Finland

Also Known As

Vampira

Maila Nurmi

Biography

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

4.2%

Plan 9 from Outer Space

Jul 22, 1959

7.9%

Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th

Sep 13, 2013

4.2%

The Magic Sword

Apr 1, 1962

6.7%

Romance on the High Seas

Jun 25, 1948

5.6%

I Woke Up Early the Day I Died

Sep 13, 1998

7.0%

Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies

Apr 2, 2001

3.4%

Sex Kittens Go to College

Aug 24, 1960

6.9%

Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The 'Plan 9' Companion

Jan 1, 1992

7.6%

The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr.

May 1, 1996

5.8%

The Big Operator

Aug 1, 1959

5.2%

The Beat Generation

Jul 3, 1959

7.4%

Vampira and Me

Oct 8, 2013

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Acting

2013		Vampira and Me as Self (archive footage)
2013		Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2006		Vampira: The Movie as Herself
2006		American Scary as Herself / 'Vampira'

2004

Monsterama: A Tribute to Horror Hosts as Self

2001

Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies as Herself

2000

The Many Faces of Dracula as Vampire Girl (archive footage)

1998

I Woke Up Early the Day I Died as Woman in Hotel Lobby

1996		The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr. as Herself
1996		Vampires: Thirst for the Truth as Self

1995

Vampira: About Sex, Death and Taxes as Self

1992

Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The 'Plan 9' Companion as Herself

1991

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook as Vampire Girl (archive footage)

1988

The Incredibly Strange Film Show as Self

1986

Population: 1 as Mother (uncredited)

1981

Bungalow Invader as Vampira

1975

James Dean: The First American Teenager as Self

1962

The Magic Sword as The Hag / Sorceress

1960		Sex Kittens Go to College as Etta Toodie
1960		I Passed for White as Girl Poet (uncredited)

1959		The Big Operator as Gina
1959		Plan 9 from Outer Space as Vampire Girl
1959		The Beat Generation as Poetess

1954

The Vampira Show as Vampira

1948

Romance on the High Seas as Ship Passenger (uncredited)