Maila Nurmi
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Maila Nurmi

When and where Maila Nurmi was born?

101 years
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Birth date
December 11, 19221922-12-11
Date of death
January 10, 2008 (85 years)2008-01-10
Zodiac sign
Sagittarius
Place of Birth
Finland
Occupation
Actress
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Biography (wiki)

Maila Elizabeth Syrjäniemi (December 11, 1922 – January 10, 2008), known professionally as Maila Nurmi, was a Finnish-American actress and television personality who created the campy 1950s character Vampira.

The daughter of a Finnish immigrant, Nurmi was raised in Oregon and relocated to Los Angeles in 1940 with hopes to be an actress. After several minor film roles, she found success in the Vampira character, television's first horror host. Nurmi hosted her own series, The Vampira Show, from 1954-55 on KABC-TV.

After the show's cancellation, she appeared in the Ed Wood cult film Plan 9 from Outer Space. She is also billed as Vampira in the 1959 movie, The Beat Generation where she plays a beatnik poet, as well as in the crime film The Big Operator (1959). She was portrayed by Lisa Marie in Tim Burton's 1994 film Ed Wood.

Maila Nurmi was born Maila Elizabeth Syrjäniemi in 1922 to Onni Syrjäniemi, a Finnish immigrant, and Sophia, an American. Her place of birth is disputed: According to biographer W. Scott Poole in Vampira: Dark Goddess of Horror (2014), Nurmi was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts. However, during her career, Nurmi claimed to have been born in Petsamo, Finland, claiming she was the niece of Finnish athlete Paavo Nurmi, who began setting long-distance running world records in 1921, the year before her birth. Public U.S. immigration records show her father's immigration at Ellis Island in 1910. Additionally, Dana Gould claimed in a 2014 public interview that he had seen Nurmi's birth certificate, which listed her birthplace as Gloucester, Massachusetts.

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Body Measurements

Height and Weight 2024

How tall and how much weigh Maila Nurmi?
Height 5 ft 6 in / 168 cm
Weight 123 lb / 56 kg
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Body size

Breast/Bust size 35 in / 91 cm
Waist size 20 in / 53 cm
Hips size 35 in / 89 cm
Bra size 40B (US) / 90B (EU)
Cup size B (US)
Dress Size
Shoe (Feet) Size
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Breast 91
Waist 53
Hips 89

Appearance

Hair Color Black
Eye Color Blue
Nationality Finnish
Race / ethnicity White

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