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Maila Nurmi

1922 - 2008

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Maila Elizabeth Syrjäniemi (December 11, 1922 – January 10, 2008), known professionally as Maila Nurmi, was an American-Finn actress who created the campy 1950s character Vampira. She was raised in Astoria, Oregon, where she worked in tuna and salmon canneries. She relocated to Los Angeles in 1940, with hopes of becoming an actress. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maila Nurmi has received more than 1,991,763 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Maila Nurmi is the 1,909th most popular actor (up from 2,307th in 2019), the 3,120th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,756th in 2019) and the 879th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Maila Nurmi ranks 1,909 out of 13,578. Before her are Carmen Electra, Eric Stoltz, Carla Gugino, Abdellatif Kechiche, Lee Dong-wook, and Guillaume Canet. After her are Leo Genn, Sandra Dee, Mary-Louise Parker, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Philip Baker Hall, and Nikolay Cherkasov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Maila Nurmi ranks 168. Before her are Mauro Bolognini, Theo Albrecht, Charles M. Schulz, Stephen Toulmin, Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Hohenberg, and Esther Lederberg. After her are Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia, Manshuk Mametova, Otl Aicher, John Edward Williams, Esther Brand, and George Knobel. Among people deceased in 2008, Maila Nurmi ranks 110. Before her are Vice Vukov, Charles Tilly, Dora Ratjen, Suzanne Pleshette, Géza Kalocsay, and Joseph Weizenbaum. After her are Jean-Daniel Cadinot, Donald E. Westlake, Rubens de Falco, Tsutomu Miyazaki, Andrew Bertie, and Bronisław Geremek.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Maila Nurmi ranks 3,120 out of 20,380. Before her are Carmen Electra (1972), Harry Harlow (1905), Eric Stoltz (1961), Carla Gugino (1971), Grandma Moses (1860), and Leon Czolgosz (1873). After her are Curtis Hanson (1945), Ernest King (1878), Sandra Dee (1942), Mary-Louise Parker (1964), Karch Kiraly (1960), and Maggie Gyllenhaal (1977).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Maila Nurmi ranks 879. Before her are Rob Schneider (1963), Frances Sternhagen (1930), Larry Semon (1889), Carmen Electra (1972), Eric Stoltz (1961), and Carla Gugino (1971). After her are Sandra Dee (1942), Mary-Louise Parker (1964), Maggie Gyllenhaal (1977), Philip Baker Hall (1931), Lauren Hutton (1943), and Dabbs Greer (1917).

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