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Thursday, January 17, 2008

Maila Nurmi 1921-2008



Maila Nurmi, aka Vampira, passed away in her sleep January 10th at age 86.

Her Vampira, the inspiration for Cassandra Petersen's "Elvira", was itself inspired by Charles Addams' Morticia.

If you're interested, a bio and some creepy old videos of Vampira can be found at Wonderful Wonderblog.com

RIP, Vampira.
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8 comments:

  1. EyesJanuary 17, 2008 4:09 PM

    I've never heard of her before, thanks for sharing... What a tiny waistline!

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  2. cubeJanuary 17, 2008 9:56 PM

    She was an icon in my upbringing, but then again, I've always maintained that my POV was a bit twisted...

    I've missed her movies for a long time.

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  3. AnnieJanuary 17, 2008 9:57 PM

    very interesting!

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  4. WomanHonorThyselfJanuary 18, 2008 9:36 AM

    aw..reminds me of Yvonne de Carlo.;)

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  5. cubeJanuary 18, 2008 9:49 AM

    annie: Glad you liked it.

    angel: Yes she does. It seemed to me that DeCarlo passed away recently, but it was back in January 2007! Gosh, time flies.

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  6. BrookeJanuary 18, 2008 10:29 AM

    Wow, it doesn't seem that Vampira would be 86!

    RIP, Lady!

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  7. The FerrymanJanuary 18, 2008 9:27 PM

    I think I dated her...

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  8. cubeJanuary 19, 2008 8:59 AM

    brooke: Hard to believe.

    mr. fab: lol. Robbing the cradle is bad enough, but robbing the grave is unthinkable ;-)

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