Cassandra Peterson
Department: Acting
Biography
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.
Known For
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
1982
Red Riding Hood
2006
The Ketchup Vampires
1995
Vampira: The Movie
2006
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
1988
WrestleMania II
1986
Acting on Impulse
1993
Elvira's Haunted Hills
2002
The Best of Sex and Violence
1982
Famous T & A
1982
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
2009
Get Out of My Room
1985
In Search of Darkness: Part III
2022
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
1986
The Elvira Show
1993
Monster Mania
1997
Echo Park
1985
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
2006
The Working Girls
1974
Coast to Coast
1980
All About Evil
2010
Stroker Ace
1983
King of the Mountain
1981
Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures
2004
Encounter in the Third Dimension
1999
Heartstoppers: Horror at the Movies
1992
Diamonds Are Forever
1971
Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania
1999
Elvira's Movie Macabre: The Satanic Rites Of Dracula
2010
Rewind This!
2013
The Ketchup Vampires II
1996
Bride of Monster Mania
2000
Le Passeur immobile
2021
Elvira’s Movie Macabre: Night Of The Living Dead
2010
Balboa
1983
Last of the Great Survivors
1984
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
1988
Bruno & Earlene Go to Vegas
2013
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
Superstition
1997
Monsterama: A Tribute to Horror Hosts
2004
Let’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest Groupies
2010
Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed
2014
First Period
2013
The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness
2007
Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
1980
Elvira's Halloween Special
1986
The Sting II
1983
The Crawling Hand
1991
Metallica - Live at Hammersmith Odeon
1988
American Scary
2006
It's My Party
1996
Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors
1986
Untitled KROQ Documentary
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Filmgore
1983
To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story
2017
Uncensored
1984
Making Fun: The Story of Funko
2018
LEGO Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood
2016
Too Macabre: The Making of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
2018
In Search of Darkness
2019
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
1985
Cheeseball Presents
1984
Dear God
1996
Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island
2019
Devil's Night
2011
The Boneyard Collection
2008
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1
2020
Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!
2020
In Search of Darkness: Part II
2020
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
2020
The Munsters
2022
Attack of the Killer B-Movies
1995
Ted & Venus
1991
The Paragon of Comedy
1983
Roma
1972
Spooky World
1994
KCAL Halloween Scream
1997
The SF Sketchfest Roast of Bruce Campbell
2023
Elvira's Movie Macabre: Legacy of Blood
1982
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020
Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun
1997
Hulkamania 6
1991
St. Elsewhere
1982
Alice
1976
CHiPs
1977
The Tony Danza Show
2004
EP Daily
1997
thirtysomething
1987
Comic Book Men
2012
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
DOTA: Dragon's Blood
2021
The Search for the Next Elvira
2007
Elvira's Movie Macabre
1981
Last Man Standing
2011
Dr. Jackie
2022
Elvira's 40th Anniversary, Very Scary, Very Special Special
2021
Tamron Hall
2019
Netflix and Chills with Dr. Elvira
2021
Elvira's 10 Nights of Halloween
2014
13 Nights of Elvira
2014
The Goldbergs
2013
Elvira's ThrillerVideo
1985
RuPaul Drives...
2013
Elvira's Something Weird
2006
Elvira's Horror Classics
2004
Heavy Metal Heaven Hosted by Elvira
1989
Parker Lewis Can't Lose
1990
Raise the Dead Featuring Elvira
2000
Elvira's Thriller Theatre
1989
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Elvira's Halloween Movie Schlock-A-Thon
1993
Elvira's Movies to Die For
2004
Elvira's Movie Macabre
2010
Monsterama
2004
Halloween Wars
2011
Counting Cars
2012
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
1989
Face Off
2011
Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow
2022
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
To Tell the Truth
2016
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
2010
Beyond Westworld
1980
The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans
2022
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2012
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.
2024
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
Cinema Insomnia
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Midnight Madness
1990
Pee-wee as Himself
2025
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
2012
Saturday Night Live
1975
Hollywood Squares
1998