• Being the originator of the Television Horror Host subgenre of movie shows, Maila Nurmi and The Vampira Show received a special citation at a ceremony on the...
  • Includes major new footage of Vampira discovered for this project that went unseen for 60 years. The definitive visual record of Maila Nurmi and her time.
  • Maila Elizabeth Syrjäniemi, known professionally as Maila Nurmi, was a Finnish-American actress who became famous for portraying the character Vampira.
  • Maila Nurmi - Maila Nurmi was a Finnish-American actress who created the campy 1950s character Vampira.
  • Today is the birthday of the very first television horror host Vampira (Maila Nurmi, 1922-2008). Nurmi had been a pin-up model, chorus line dancer and bit player...
  • Maila Nurmi, known for 50 years as Vampira, was an Emmy-nominated TV program hostess for KABC (Channel 7) in Los Angeles.
  • One response to “Maila Nurmi”. SWIGGY says ... On January 10, 2008, Nurmi (Vampira) died of natural causes at her home in Hollywood, aged 85.
  • Maila Syrjanieme Nurmi was born on December 11, 1921, in Petsamo, Finland. Her uncle was an Olympic champion in track running, Paavo Nurmi.
  • Maila Nurmi was an actress and television personality who created the famous character ‘Vampira.’ Nurmi started her career as a fashion model and as a...
  • Maila Nurmi was a Finnish-American actress who became famous for the campy character Vampira, which was television’s first horror host.