Maila Nurmi aka Vampira died yesterday at age 86. Best known as the silent, slender-waisted zombie vixen in Ed Wood's Plan 9 From Outer Space, Vampira made her showbiz breakthrough as a pioneering horror movie hostess, inspiring Cassandra Peterson's much better known character, Elvira. Nurmi went on to a spate of cult movie roles, including I Passed For White, Sex Kittens Go To College with Mamie Van Doren, and The Magic Sword for "Mystery Science Theater 3000" all-star director, Bert I. Gordon. Still, her most memorable role was in Wood's camp classic staring alongside a frail Bela Lugosi.
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Friday, January 11, 2008
RIP Vampira
Maila Nurmi aka Vampira died yesterday at age 86. Best known as the silent, slender-waisted zombie vixen in Ed Wood's Plan 9 From Outer Space, Vampira made her showbiz breakthrough as a pioneering horror movie hostess, inspiring Cassandra Peterson's much better known character, Elvira. Nurmi went on to a spate of cult movie roles, including I Passed For White, Sex Kittens Go To College with Mamie Van Doren, and The Magic Sword for "Mystery Science Theater 3000" all-star director, Bert I. Gordon. Still, her most memorable role was in Wood's camp classic staring alongside a frail Bela Lugosi.
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