Friday, January 11, 2008

RIP, Maila Nurmi

Maila Nurmi, better known as Vampira, died on January 10th, 2008. Born on December 21st, 1921, she lived to be 86 years old.

Nurmi's legacy is perhaps best known to fans of Tim Burton as being portrayed by Lisa Marie in Burton's 1994 film Ed Wood. As seen in the bio-pic on the B-movie director's life, Nurmi was a late-night host of classic and campy horror films on television. She appeared in Wood's most famous film, Plan 9 From Outer Space, in 1959.

After having lived a life of poverty (and a failed legal case against Elvira), Nurmi died of natural causes, peacefully in her bed.


4 comments:

Anonymous said...

What a sad existence she must have lead . Hollywood of that time...of any time , really....so cruel . She should have won that lawsuit . Ah, well...Rest in peace , Vampira .

Anonymous said...

I was so sad that i watch Ed Wood in honor. Rest in peace

Anonymous said...

So did I . Great film...and I saw a sample of the real Vampira on YouTube . Elvira just seems to be a white trash parody of her . Vampira's intro was always cheesy , yes . Still, she did have more class , the poor woman .

Querus Abuttu said...

May her spirit be at peace wherever it roams. A gothically elegant woman.