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Maila Nurmi

Acting Born Dec 11, 1922 Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA 24 credits

Biography

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.

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Known for

Film

Plan 9 from Outer Space

as Vampire Girl
Film

The Magic Sword

as The Hag / Sorceress

Torchy the Battery Boy

as Woman in Hotel Lobby

Full filmography

  • The Vampira Show (1954) as Vampira
  • The Incredibly Strange Film Show (1988) as Self
  • Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies (2022) as Self - (archive footage)
  • Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) as Vampire Girl
  • The Magic Sword (1962) as The Hag / Sorceress
  • Romance on the High Seas (1948) as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
  • The Beat Generation (1959) as Poetess
  • Sex Kittens Go to College (1960) as Etta Toodie
  • I Woke Up Early the Day I Died (1998) as Woman in Hotel Lobby
  • American Scary (2006) as Herself / 'Vampira'
  • The Many Faces of Dracula (2000) as Vampire Girl (archive footage)
  • The Big Operator (1959) as Gina
  • Vampira and Me (2013) as Self (archive footage)
  • Vampira: The Movie (2006) as Herself
  • Vampires: Thirst for the Truth (1996) as Self
  • Population: 1 (1986) as Mother (uncredited)
  • Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991) as Vampire Girl (archive footage)
  • James Dean: The First American Teenager (1975) as Self
  • Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies (2001) as Herself
  • I Passed for White (1960) as Girl Poet (uncredited)
  • Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The 'Plan 9' Companion (1992) as Herself
  • The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr. (1996) as Herself
  • Monsterama: A Tribute to Horror Hosts (2004) as Self
  • Vampira: About Sex, Death and Taxes (1995) as Self