What is Maila Nurmi?
{{Infobox actor | name = Maila Nurmi | image = PlanNine 07.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Nurmi as Vampira | birthname = Maila Elizabeth Syrjaniemi | birth_date = 11 December 1922 | birth_place = Petsamo, [[Finland]] | death_date = 10 January 2008 | death_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], [[United States]] | othername = | occupation = [[Television]] actress<br />[[Movie]] actress | yearsactive = 1952-1994 (movies and television) | spouse = Dean Riesner | homepage = }} '''Maila Nurmi''' (11 December 1922 – 10 January 2008) was a [[Finland|Finnish]]-[[United States|American]] [[actress]]. She was born Maila Elizabeth Syrjaniemi in Petsamo, [[Finland]]. She created the character '''Vampira''' in the 1950s. She played Vampira in [[Ed Wood]]'s ''[[Plan 9 from Outer Space]]''.<ref>{{cite news | url= http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jan/16/local/me-nurmi16 | title= Actress, TV horror film hostess Vampira | first=Jocelyn Y. | last=Stewart | newspaper= LA Times | date=January 16, 2008 | accessdate=2010-08-24 }}</ref> She also played Vampira in the 1959 movie ''[[The Beat Generation]]''.<ref>{{citation | title=Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide 1998 | last=Maltin | first=Leonard | publisher=Signet Books | year=1997 | page=92 | isbn=0-451-19288-5 }}</ref> == Gallery == <gallery> File:Vampira in docu SCHLOCK!.jpg|Maila Nurmi 2001. File:Maila Nurmi 1947.jpg|Maila Nurmi 1947. File:Plan nine from outer space.jpg|Poster for ''Plan nine from outer space''. </gallery> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Nurmi, Maila}} [[Category:1922 births]] [[Category:2008 deaths]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:Finnish movie actors]] [[Category:Finnish television actors]] {{actor-stub}}