Before she ascended to infamy at the helm of The Vampira Show, Nurmi grew up the gawky daughter of immigrant parents, escaping from her small life to find fame in Los Angeles. There she supported ...

You didn’t need to be a pubescent boy (or his father) to fully appreciate the charms of Maila Nurmi — a.k.a. Vampira — when she first appeared on late-night KABC-TV in the spring of 1954.

I love it that the Associated Press’ obituary for Maila “Vampira” Nurmi suggests that she was the first Goth chick. Which is probably true; certainly, the campy/vampy persona and undead-chic ...

Sandra Niemi now tells Maila’s story in a new book, “Glamour Ghoul: The Passions and Pain of the Real Vampira, Maila Nurmi,” from the small Seattle-area publisher Feral House. Maila Nurmi ...

In the early days of television, when horror movies were often campy by nature, actress Maila Nurmi created the character Vampira, a glamorous ghoul who as hostess of late-night fright films in ...

Hollywood has lost another legend. Maila Nurmi, who became synonymous with her character, Vampira, passed away in her sleep yesterday at the age of 86. She was born Maila Elizabeth Syrjäniemi on ...

The name Maila Nurmi may not ring any bells at first, but her alter-ego, Vampira, was nothing short of a belle from hell! Read on for 8 little known facts about this Gothic goddess! 1. Back in the ...

An early local late night TV scary movie hostess from Los Angeles, Vampira, who real name was Maila Nurmi, also had the distinction of being a gal pal of our own late Hollywood Hoosier claim-to ...

Vampira The Movie chronicles the story of Malia "Vampira" Nurmi living on the very edge of show business and her rise to celluloid cultdom 50 years later. Her big break came in 1954 when she ...

Maila Nurmi is better known as Vampira, the first TV horror hostess. In 1953, Nurmi attended a Halloween party dressed in a costume that was inspired by Morticia Addams from The Addams Family ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Maila Nurmi, whose "Vampira" TV persona pioneered the spooky-yet-sexy goth aesthetic, has died, coroner's officials said. She was 85. Nurmi died Thursday at her Hollywood home ...