How well do you know Vampira?

  1. Maila wanted to go into television so she could earn enough money to become an evangelist.
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  2. Maila's waistline, 17 inches, was included in the Guiness Book of Records in the 1950's.
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  3. Maila's uncle was an Olympic runner.
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  4. Maila and James Dean were both named after famous poets.
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  5. Horror historian Forrest J Ackerman met Maila during WWII.
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  6. Maila never met Bela Lugosi even though she starred in Plan 9 From Outer Space with him.
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  7. Kinescopes of The Vampira Show programs are stored in The Library of Congress.
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  8. The name Vampira came from a ouija board.
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  9. Fifty years before Britney Spears, Maila shaved off all her hair.
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  10. Maila jumped out of an airplane with a black parachute to promote her show.
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  11. Maila as Vampira was one of the first to guest-host -- or should we say ghost-host -- The Tonight Show in the 1960s.
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  12. Maila was very good friends with Elsa Lanchester, who played Bride of Frankenstein.
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  13. Maila auditioned for The Addams Family, but the role of Morticia went to Carolyn Jones.
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  14. Actor Marlon Brando would sneak in Maila's bedroom at night through the window.
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  15. Maila wrote a song for Elvis Presley and it was used in one of his movies.
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  16. Ed Wood paid Maila $200 cash to be in Plan 9 From Outer Space.
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  17. In the original script of Plan 9, Maila had a speaking part.
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  18. Maila arrived on the set of Plan 9 in full costume and makeup.
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  19. In 1969, Ed Wood asked Maila to be in a porno film that he was producing.
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  20. TV personality Criswell predicted that Maila would be the subject of a documentary in 2007.
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