Vampira

Around this time Vampira began playing bit parts in a handful of feature films, the best known of which is Edward D. Wood, Jr.'s hilariously incompetent cult classic, "Plan 9 from Outer Space" (1956). As one of the dead raised to help take over the Earth, Vampira and fellow zombie Tor Johnson were fully equal to the dramatic demands placed upon them. She later appeared as a Beat poet in "The Beat Generation" (1959), played a bit in the comedy "Sex Kittens Go to College" (1960), and made a striking appearance as a hag in Bert I. Gordon's beguiling fantasy, "The Magic Sword" (1962). Vampira made personal and media appearances for years, though as time passed it was often hard to tell whether it was "the original" or one of her many imitators. She was played by model/actress Lisa Marie in Tim Burton's affectionate biopic, "Ed Wood" (1994).