Before Elvira (lemmy thread) and her B-movie show, there was Vampira, a 1950’s horror movie queen played by Maila Nurmi. Nurmi had won a 1953 Halloween costume event when she dressed up as Ghoul Woman. She was approached to make the character a full fledged TV horror host in 1954.
This is Nurmi dressed as Vampira.
There was no love lost between Nurmi and Peterson, who Nurmi accused of directly copying her character, mannerisms, and performance.
Nurmi died in 2008 at age 85.
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Nice work as always, OP.
The film “Ed Wood” is such a loving, hilarious tribute to her and many more. (like “Criswell” for one)
And then there was the comic version, Vampirella.
