Description: Up For Bid Is A Early Photo Re-PrintPortfolio, Head Shot, Resume, Photo Featuring Vampira (Maila Elizabeth Syrjäniemi)Maila Elizabeth Syrjäniemi (December 11, 1922 – January 10, 2008), known professionally as Maila Nurmi, was an American actress who created the campy 1950s character Vampira.She was raised in Astoria, Oregon, where she worked in tuna and salmon canneries. She relocated to Los Angeles in 1940, with hopes of becoming an actress. After several minor film roles, she found success with her Vampira character, television's first horror host. Nurmi hosted her own series, The Vampira Show, from 1954 to 1955, on KABC-TV.After the show's cancellation, she appeared in the 1959 cult film Plan 9 from Outer Space, directed by Ed Wood. She is also billed as Vampira, despite not playing the character, in the 1959 films The Beat Generation, where she plays a beatnik poet, and crime film The Big Operator. The Photo Re-Print 8" x 11" Photo Is In Excellent ConditionSee Photo Scan For Full Details Buy It Now For $10.00 Or Best Offer Plus $3.50 Shipping And HandlingGood Luck Don't Forget To Check My Other Items
Price: 10 USD
Location: Brooklyn, New York
End Time: 2025-01-11T17:57:38.000Z
Shipping Cost: 3.5 USD
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Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Antique: No
Autograph Format: Glossy Print
Image Orientation: Portrait
Size: 8 x 10 in
Signed: No
Image Color: Black & White
Material: Paper
Framing: Unframed
Original/Licensed Reprint: Licensed Reprint
Subject: Actors, Film
Vintage: No
Type: Photograph
Year of Production: 90's
Unit Type: Unit
Number of Photographs: 1
Theme: Advertising, Celebrities, Glamor, People
Style: Documentary, Figurative Art
Features: Glossy Reprint
Time Period Manufactured: 1990-1999
Featured Person/Artist: Vampira, Maila Elizabeth Syrjäniemi
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Unit Quantity: 1
Finish: Glossy
