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Cassandra Peterson

Acting
Known For

73 Years Old

Cassandra Peterson is an American actress best known for her on-screen horror hostess character Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. She gained fame on Los Angeles television station KHJ wearing a black, gothic, cleavage-enhancing gown as host of Movie Macabre, a weekly horror movie presentation. Her wickedly vampish appearance is offset by her comical character, quirky/quick-witted personality, and valley girl-type speech.

Born

Manhattan, Kansas, USA on 17th September 1951

All Credits

Last Man Standing Image
Last Man Standing
Elvira
No Image
The Tony Danza Show
Elvira
Face Off Image
Face Off
Elvira
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Image
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Goldbergs Image
The Goldbergs
Elvira
RuPaul's Drag Race Image
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Judge (archive footage)
RuPaul's Drag Race Image
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Guest Judge
RuPaul's Drag Race Image
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Special Honoree
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Image
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Ms. Campbell (voice)
Elvira's Movie Macabre Image
Elvira's Movie Macabre
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! Image
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
Elvira
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked Image
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
Self - Guest Judge
CHiPs Image
CHiPs
Elvira
Alice Image
Alice
Halloween Wars Image
Halloween Wars
Self - Guest Judge
Parker Lewis Can't Lose Image
Parker Lewis Can't Lose
Elvira
Tamron Hall Image
Tamron Hall
Self - Guest
thirtysomething Image
thirtysomething
Comic Book Men Image
Comic Book Men
Elvira
Counting Cars Image
Counting Cars
Self
DOTA: Dragon's Blood Image
DOTA: Dragon's Blood
Lirrak (voice)
Space Ghost Coast to Coast Image
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Elvira
To Tell the Truth Image
To Tell the Truth
Self - Elvira
Midnight Madness Hosted by Elvira Image
Midnight Madness Hosted by Elvira
Elvira
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A. Image
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.
Self
St. Elsewhere Image
St. Elsewhere
Pee-wee as Himself Image
Pee-wee as Himself
Self
Beyond Westworld Image
Beyond Westworld
Dance Hall Girl
No Image
Cinema Insomnia
Self
Elvira's Movie Macabre Image
Elvira's Movie Macabre
Elvira
13 Nights of Elvira Image
13 Nights of Elvira
Elvira
Elvira's Thriller Theatre Image
Elvira's Thriller Theatre
Elvira
Celebrity Ghost Stories Image
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Self
Heavy Metal Heaven Hosted by Elvira Image
Heavy Metal Heaven Hosted by Elvira
Elvira
Elvira's 40th Anniversary, Very Scary, Very Special Special Image
Elvira's 40th Anniversary, Very Scary, Very Special Special
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
Elvira's 10 Nights of Halloween Image
Elvira's 10 Nights of Halloween
Elvira
Monsterama Image
Monsterama
Elvira
Elvira's ThrillerVideo Image
Elvira's ThrillerVideo
Elvira
Diamonds Are Forever Image
Diamonds Are Forever
Shady Tree's Acorn (uncredited)
Netflix and Chills with Dr. Elvira Image
Netflix and Chills with Dr. Elvira
Elvira
E! True Hollywood Story Image
E! True Hollywood Story
Elvira's Halloween Movie Schlock-A-Thon Image
Elvira's Halloween Movie Schlock-A-Thon
Elvira
Elvira's Movies to Die For Image
Elvira's Movies to Die For
Elvira
The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans Image
The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans
Self - Guest Judge
Elvira's Horror Classics Image
Elvira's Horror Classics
Elvira
Raise the Dead Featuring Elvira Image
Raise the Dead Featuring Elvira
Elvira
Elvira's Something Weird Image
Elvira's Something Weird
Elvira
Dr. Jackie Image
Dr. Jackie
Cassandra Peterson
No Image
RuPaul Drives...
Self - Guest
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto Image
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
Amber (voice)
Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island Image
Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island
Elvira (voice)
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark Image
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
Elvira / Aunt Morgana Talbot
EP Daily Image
EP Daily
Pee-wee's Big Adventure Image
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Biker Mama
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold Image
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
Sorais
Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow Image
Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow
The Munsters Image
The Munsters
Barbara Carr
LEGO Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood Image
LEGO Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood
Drella Diabolique (voice)
Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! Image
Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (voice)
Dear God Image
Dear God
Cassandra Peterson (uncredited)
Cheech & Chong's Next Movie Image
Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
Hostage (Groundling)
Roma Image
Roma
(uncredited)
Red Riding Hood Image
Red Riding Hood
Hunter's Mom
Elvira's Haunted Hills Image
Elvira's Haunted Hills
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
The Sting II Image
The Sting II
O'Malley's Girl
The Search for the Next Elvira Image
The Search for the Next Elvira
Stroker Ace Image
Stroker Ace
Girl with Lugs
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again Image
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
Busty Nurse
It's My Party Image
It's My Party
Party Guest
King of the Mountain Image
King of the Mountain
Neighbor
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover Image
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
Host - Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
In Search of Darkness: Part II Image
In Search of Darkness: Part II
Self
Ted & Venus Image
Ted & Venus
Lisa
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films Image
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Self - Actress
In Search of Darkness: Part III Image
In Search of Darkness: Part III
Self
In Search of Darkness Image
In Search of Darkness
Self
The Boneyard Collection Image
The Boneyard Collection
Elvira (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
Get Out of My Room Image
Get Out of My Room
WrestleMania 2 Image
WrestleMania 2
Elvira
To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story Image
To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story
Self
Rewind This! Image
Rewind This!
Self
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault Image
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
Self
Acting on Impulse Image
Acting on Impulse
Roxy
WrestleMania II Image
WrestleMania II
Elvira / Guest Commentator
Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors Image
Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors
Elvira
Echo Park Image
Echo Park
Sheri
All About Evil Image
All About Evil
Linda
Vampira: The Movie Image
Vampira: The Movie
Herself
Last of the Great Survivors Image
Last of the Great Survivors
Elvira
Famous T & A Image
Famous T & A
Katya (archive footage)
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz Image
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
Elvira
The Working Girls Image
The Working Girls
Katya
Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed Image
Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed
Self
The Best of Sex and Violence Image
The Best of Sex and Violence
(archive footage)
American Scary Image
American Scary
Elvira (archive footage)
Coast to Coast Image
Coast to Coast
Dinner Party Guest
Making Fun: The Story of Funko Image
Making Fun: The Story of Funko
Self
Elvira's MTV Halloween Party Image
Elvira's MTV Halloween Party
Elvira
The Elvira Show Image
The Elvira Show
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
First Period Image
First Period
Ms. Glenn
AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #1 Image
AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #1
Self
Bruno & Earlene Go to Vegas Image
Bruno & Earlene Go to Vegas
Artie Duke
Balboa Image
Balboa
Angie Stoddard
Elvira’s Movie Macabre: Night Of The Living Dead Image
Elvira’s Movie Macabre: Night Of The Living Dead
Elvira
No Image
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
Self
Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures Image
Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures
Elvira
Elvira's Movie Macabre: The Satanic Rites Of Dracula Image
Elvira's Movie Macabre: The Satanic Rites Of Dracula
Elvira
Filmgore Image
Filmgore
Elvira
Encounter in the Third Dimension Image
Encounter in the Third Dimension
Elvira
Let’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest Groupies Image
Let’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest Groupies
Monster Mania Image
Monster Mania
Elvira
Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania Image
Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania
Elvira
Cheeseball Presents Image
Cheeseball Presents
Elvira
Elvira's Halloween Special Image
Elvira's Halloween Special
Elvira
No Image
The Crawling Hand
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
Le Passeur immobile Image
Le Passeur immobile
Self
The Return of the Living Dead:  The Decade of Darkness Image
The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
No Image
The SF Sketchfest Roast of Bruce Campbell
Elvira
No Image
Metallica - Live at Hammersmith Odeon
Elvira
Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun Image
Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun
Elvira
No Image
Untitled KROQ Documentary
The Paragon of Comedy Image
The Paragon of Comedy
Elvira
Spooky World Image
Spooky World
Self
Uncensored Image
Uncensored
Skit characters
Superstition Image
Superstition
Elvira
KCAL Halloween Scream Image
KCAL Halloween Scream
Elvira
Bride of Monster Mania Image
Bride of Monster Mania
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
Monsterama: A Tribute to Horror Hosts Image
Monsterama: A Tribute to Horror Hosts
Self
Elvira's Movie Macabre: Legacy of Blood Image
Elvira's Movie Macabre: Legacy of Blood
Elvira
The Ketchup Vampires Image
The Ketchup Vampires
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
Too Macabre: The Making of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark Image
Too Macabre: The Making of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
Self
The Ketchup Vampires II Image
The Ketchup Vampires II
Elvira
Attack of the Killer B-Movies Image
Attack of the Killer B-Movies
Elvira
Heartstoppers: Horror at the Movies Image
Heartstoppers: Horror at the Movies
Elvira
Devil's Night Image
Devil's Night
Elvira