Elleda Wilson: Vampira remembered

May 25—Astoria High School grad Maila Nurmi, aka Vampira, is by no means forgotten, although her short reign as a ghoulishly glamorous TV hostess in the 1950s, and her appearance in what is often described as the worst movie ever made, Ed Wood's "Plan 9 From Outer Space" was decades ago. (The movie is available on tubitv.com.)

A Finnish production company, launched last fall, ICS Nordic, is doing a documentary, currently in development, based on a biography of the "horror icon" by her niece, Sandra Neimi, "Glamour Ghoul: The Passions and Pain of the Real Vampira, Maila Nurmi," realscreen.com reports. The project expects to be in three 30-minute segments as a series, and a 90-minute feature. The creative team includes writer and popular Finnish actor Irina Isberg.

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