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of her trance-like walk, the camera zoomed in on her face as she let out a piercing scream. She then introduced (and mocked) that evening's film while reclining barefoot on a skull-encrusted
Victorian couch. Her horror-related comedy antics included ghoulish puns, such as encouraging viewers to write for
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In one publicity stunt, she ran as a candidate for Night Mayor of
Hollywood with a platform of "dead issues". In another, KABC had her cruise around Hollywood in the back of a chauffeur-driven 1932 Packard touring car with the top down, where she sat, as Vampira, holding a black parasol. The show was
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Vampira character for television. She worked closely with the producers of the new show and was to get an executive producer credit, but eventually left the project over creative differences. According to Nurmi, it was because the station cast comedic
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premiered the following night, May 1, 1954. For the first four weeks, it aired at midnight, then moved to 11:00 p.m. on May 29. Ten months later, it aired at 10:30 p.m., beginning March 5, 1955. Each show opened with
Vampira gliding down a dark corridor flooded with dry-ice fog. At the end
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by author/director R. H. Greene took issue with Hopper's depiction of the Nurmi/Dean relationship, pointing to an extant photo of Dean and
Vampira sidekick Jack Simmons in full Boris Karloff Frankenstein make-up as evidence of Nurmi and Dean's friendship. The documentary also described a production
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Unlike Elvira, Nurmi authorized very few merchandising contracts for her
Vampira character, though the name and likeness have been used unofficially by various companies since the 1950s. In 1994, she authorized a Vampira model kit for Artomic Creations, and a pre-painted figurine from Bowen Designs
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means actual representation of another person's appearance, and not simply close resemblance." Peterson claimed that Elvira was nothing like
Vampira aside from the basic design of the black dress and black hair. Nurmi claimed that the entire Elvira persona, which included comedic dialogue and
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related in a 1962 memoir that included a chapter on Dean: "We discussed the thin-cheeked actress who calls herself
Vampira on television (and cashed in, after Jimmy died, on the publicity she got from knowing him and claimed she could talk to him 'through the veil'). He said: 'I had studied
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Cheerleaders. The singles, "I Am Damned" and "Genocide Utopia," were both released on colored vinyl, the second with a swastika on the label, and are extremely rare collector's items.
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to Los Angeles for a photo shoot with Nurmi. By the 1950s, she had adopted the glasses as the signature accessory for character Vampira. Before landing her role as Vampira, she was working as a hat-check girl in a cloakroom on Hollywood's
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affiliate. In addition to previously unheard interview clips with Nurmi about her life and career, interviews with friends from Nurmi's declining years are also included. The program is available as a free download through the KPCC
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intentionally bad graveyard puns, infringed on her creation's "distinctive dark dress, horror movie props, and...special personality." Nurmi herself claimed that Vampira's image was in part based on the
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also features extensive clips from two previously unknown 16mm kinescopes of Nurmi as Vampira on national TV shows, including her starring guest spot on the April 2, 1955, episode of
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of Nurmi recreating some of her macabre comedy segments are held by private collectors. Several clips from the rare kinescope are included in the documentaries
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2625:Skal, David J. (1993).
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2235:Greene, Ray (1994).
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395:Catherine Was Great
341:Astoria High School
257:The Beat Generation
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2299:Los Angeles Times
2247:on July 29, 2013.
2177:Los Angeles Times
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1981:, pp. 50–53.
1922:, pp. 34–36.
1895:Helsingin Sanomat
1808:, pp. 33–34.
1777:Los Angeles Times
1671:Explanatory notes
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676:The Big Operator
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443:Glamorous Models
422:Peggy Guggenheim
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