• 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 Syrjanieme Nurmi was born on December 11, 1921, in Petsamo, Finland. Her uncle was an Olympic champion in track running, Paavo Nurmi.
  • 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 (1922-2008) was an American actress best known for her character Vampira, whose appearance was inspired by the works of illustrator Charles Addams.
  • Maila Nurmi wearing crown Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images. For most of her professional life, Maila Nurmi claimed she was born in Petsamo, Finland.
  • Maila Nurmi, known for 50 years as Vampira, was an Emmy-nominated TV program hostess for KABC (Channel 7) in Los Angeles.
  • In 1954 Maila Nurmi (aka Vampira) went on the air, hosting a gaggle of resurrected vintage scary flicks on the local KABC-TV outlet.