Maila Murmi as "Vampira"the first TV horror hostess for ABC, 1954
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About Maila Elizabeth Syrjaniemi
Actress, Writer, Producer
Born: December 11, 1922
Star sign: Sagittarius
Height: 5' 6½" (1.69 m)
Known for: Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959), The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood Jr. (1995), Vampira (1956), Vampira Returns (1956)
Source: IMDB
The original glamour ghoul herself, "Vampira", of late night 1950s television, was actually born Maila Syrjäniemi (later changed to the easier surname Nurmi) on December 11, 1922 in Petsamo, Finland. Her uncle was the multiple Olympic medal runner Paavo Nurmi. Maila arrived in the United States with her family as a baby and lived a rather nomadic ...
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