Maila Nurmi · Los Angeles, CA · KABC-TV Channel 7 · 1954-1955
Television's first horror host. Finnish-American actress who created a ghoulish, seductive character based on Charles Addams' Morticia. Despite only airing in LA for one year, became a national sensation through Life magazine coverage. Appeared in Ed Wood's Plan 9 from Outer Space. The pioneer who started it all.