Glamour Ghoul
Book description
Vampira is an icon but her creator’s life was even more dramatic.
Maila Nurmi, the beautiful and sheltered daughter of Finnish immigrants, stepped off the bus in 1941 Los Angeles intent on finding fame and fortune. She found men eager to take advantage of her innocence and beauty but was…
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1 author picked Glamour Ghoul as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I was born in Los Angeles and am a fifth-generation Californian. I love reading books about local people and local history, like Mail Nurmi.
Mail Nurmi created the Vampira character on television in the 1950s, lived on Melrose Ave., had her own curiosity shop there, and hung out at Googies Coffee Shop on Sunset Blvd. and Crescent Heights in West Hollywood. She was friends with Orson Welles, Marlon Brando, James Dean, and Elvis Presley. She was the original queen of Goth and a very talented artist as well.
Her story is also one of tragedy and sadness. But she was…
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