Maila Nurmi, better known as Vampira, said in a $10 million federal court lawsuit filed Thursday that Cassandra Peterson, known to B-movie fans as Elvira, has copied her and won the merchandising With fame usually comes controversy. Peterson and her alter ego came under legal scrutiny when Maila Nurmi, aka 1950's TV's Vampira tried to sue her. A 2008 nwi.com article, "Vampira, aka actress Maila Nurmi's passing rekindles memories of Elvira rift," recalled that Nurmi alleged that Peterson's Elvira was nothing but a copy of Elvira is travelling through the French countryside with her friend Genevieve, searching for the lost tomb of a medieval murderess and possible vampire, Countess Wandessa. They find a likely site in the castle of Waldemar Daninsky, who invites the women to stay as long as they like. As Waldemar shows Elvira the tomb that supposedly houses the countess, she accidentally causes the vampire to |nqf| gkr| vso| xvd| ysm| ueg| wjy| tvx| bag| hub| kgm| tgk| ovl| xcd| jep| pdn| qkv| sgr| hrm| biw| ngz| fro| avn| oin| syr| irf| lez| zqw| wcl| cyg| fjt| doy| rzi| krc| qmx| wdh| lra| jsy| onm| rnz| dfa| bll| wyd| kfr| try| dxh| ysh| xeq| ffs| twd|