| Countess Marya Zaleska | |||
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| Naming | |||
| Others | N/A | ||
| Personal information | |||
| Species | Vampire | ||
| Gender | Female | ||
| Place of origin | Transylvania, Hungary | ||
| Age | Around her 20 (perhaps immortal) | ||
| Relations | Count Dracula (father) | ||
| Current status | Destroyed | ||
| Cause of death | Shot through the heart by an arrow | ||
| Biology | |||
| Body type | Humanoid | ||
| Height | 1,73 m | ||
| Diet | Hematophagous | ||
| Abilities | Mesmerism | ||
| Sentience | Sentient | ||
| Sapience | Sapient | ||
| Behind the scenes | |||
| Universe | Dracula's Daughter | ||
| Performed by | Gloria Holden | ||
Countess Marya Zaleska is a vampire and the daughter of Count Dracula. Using a mysterious gemstone she can easily mesmerize victims as well as put them into a kind of trance which can only be broken by her, otherwise resulting in death.
History[]
After Van Helsing killed Dracula, the Countess stole her father's corpse and ritualistically burned it in an attempt to free herself from the vampire curse. Unfortunately, it didn't work, and her craving for human blood continued. Without revealing herself as a vampire, she tried to obtain professional help from psychiatrist Dr. Jeffrey Garth - who was also a former student of Van Helsing. Dr. Garth told her that she needed to confront the influence in order to control it, but the vampire impulses proved too strong for Zaleska and she attacked a young woman named Lili, who was found almost dead and hospitalized. Having been warned by his tutor Van Helsing, Dr. Garth recognized the signs of a vampire attack and correctly deduced Zaleska's identity as one. At this point convinced that she couldn't fight against her nature, Zaleska kidnapped Garth's assistant, Janet, and brought her to her castle in Transylvania, luring Garth there as she planned to turn him into her own vampire lover. However, Zaleska's servant, Sandor, to whom she had previously made the same promise, felt betrayed and killed his master by shooting an arrow straight through her heart.
Appearances[]
- Dracula's Daughter (1936)