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TIL 80s horror host Elvira (Cassandra Peterson) was the successor to an earlier character named Vampira (Maila Nurmi) from the 1950s. The network wanted to reboot The Vampira Show, but had to replace Maila as she quit the project. Maila actually sued Cassandra for copying her character, and lost.

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