Maila ‘Vampira’ Nurmi, the inspiration of Elvira, Marilyn Manson, and Amy Winehouse has died. She was 85 years old. Her seductive goth character was the first of its kind.
Nurmi first made an impression in the 1950s when she invented the "Vampira" character to host a Los Angeles horror movie television show. She became an inspiration for later horror character like Morticia Addams, Carolyn Jones’ and especially Cassandra Peterson’s "Elvira".
