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    Maila Elizabeth Syrjäniemi (December 11, 1922 – January 10, 2008), known professionally as Maila Nurmi, was an American-Finn actress who created the campy...
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    Paavo Johannes Nurmi (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈpɑːʋo ˈnurmi] ; 13 June 1897 – 2 October 1973) was a Finnish middle-distance and long-distance runner. He...
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  • Dovima Nurmi, Spanish drag queen Juha Nurmi (born 1959), Finnish retired ice hockey player Luka Nurmi (born 2004), Finnish racing driver Maila Nurmi (1922–2008)...
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  • by Hunt Stromberg, Jr., and featured the Vampira character created by Maila Nurmi. Though the show was unseen outside of the Los Angeles area, The Vampira...
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    to use a hostess. They asked 1950s' horror hostess Maila Nurmi to revive The Vampira Show. Nurmi worked on the project for a short time, but quit when...
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    film stars Gregory Walcott, Mona McKinnon, Tor Johnson, and "Vampira" (Maila Nurmi) and is narrated by Criswell. It also posthumously bills Bela Lugosi...
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    Red Skelton Show in 1954, alongside Lon Chaney Jr. and Vampira (aka Maila Nurmi). Wood co-produced and directed a crime film, Jail Bait (1954, originally...
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  • television producer best remembered for the discovery and casting of Maila Nurmi as Vampira, and for producing the 1973 film Frankenstein: The True Story...
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  • up vampira in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Vampira may refer to: Maila Nurmi (1922–2008), 1950s TV horror hostess and star of the 1959 film Plan 9...
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  • group that included actor and artist Dennis Hopper and TV horror host Maila Nurmi, also known as Vampira. Dean was photographed at the restaurant by Phil...
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