Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959, dir by Ed Wood)

103 years ago today, Maila Nurmi was born in Massachusetts.  Nurmi would go on to find fame as Vampira, television’s first horror movie hostess.  Though she is now best-remembered for playing one of the zombies in Plan 9 From Outer Space, Nurmi actually had a long and varied show business career.  James Dean was her best friend.  She had an affair with Orson Welles.  Walt Disney used her as a model for the Wicked Stepmother in Cinderella.  She was commissioned to make jewelry and clothing for both Grace Slick and Frank Zappa.

Today’s song of the day came out in 1958.  Here’s Bobby Bare singing about Vampira.