Maila Nurmi dressed as the mother character from Charles Addams popular New Yorker cartoon The Addams Family, was discovered at a Halloween party in 1953 by Hunt Stromberg Jr. Shortly after the newly named Vampira had a horror host show on Los Angeles television station KABC-TV. Often imitated but never duplicated the character has become a popular cult figure. This design was created for a convention celebrating the late Maila Nurmi and the immortal Vampira.