Actor
Maila Nurmi
December 11, 1922 · Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA
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.
Notable work
Often works with
Mamie Van Doren
3 titles together
Sex Kittens Go to College, The Beat Generation, The Big Operator
Jackie Coogan
3 titles together
Sex Kittens Go to College, The Beat Generation, The Big Operator
Charles Chaplin, Jr.
3 titles together
Sex Kittens Go to College, The Beat Generation, The Big Operator
Tor Johnson
2 titles together
Plan 9 from Outer Space, The Many Faces of Dracula
Bunny Breckinridge
2 titles together
Plan 9 from Outer Space, Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
John Carradine
2 titles together
Sex Kittens Go to College, Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Full filmography · 12
The Many Faces of Dracula
as Vampire Girl (archive footage)
2000
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
as Woman in Hotel Lobby
19984.8
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Vampire Girl (archive footage)
1991
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as Mother (uncredited)
1986
The Magic Sword
as The Hag / Sorceress
19624.3
Sex Kittens Go to College
as Etta Toodie
1960
I Passed for White
as Girl Poet (uncredited)
1960
The Big Operator
as Gina
1959
The Beat Generation
as Poetess
1959
Plan 9 from Outer Space
as Vampire Girl
19574.2
Romance on the High Seas
as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
19486.7