Cassandra Peterson
Birthday
1951/09/17 (73 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Manhattan, Kansas, USA
Also know as
Cassandra Petersen, Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, Cassandra "Elvira" Peterson
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.
Acting
(1982) Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
as Busty Nurse
(2006) Red Riding Hood
as Hunter's Mom
(1995) The Ketchup Vampires
as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
(2006) Vampira: The Movie
as Herself
(1988) Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
as Elvira / Aunt Morgana Talbot
(1986) WrestleMania II
as Elvira / Guest Commentator
(1993) Acting on Impulse
as Roxy
(2002) Elvira's Haunted Hills
as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
(1982) The Best of Sex and Violence
as (archive footage)
(1982) Famous T & A
as Katya (archive footage)
(2009) The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
as Amber (voice)
(1985) Get Out of My Room
as ---
(2022) In Search of Darkness: Part III
as Self
(1986) Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
as Sorais
(1993) The Elvira Show
as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
(1997) Monster Mania
as Elvira
(1985) Echo Park
as Sheri
(2006) Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
as Self
(1974) The Working Girls
as Katya
(1980) Coast to Coast
as Dinner Party Guest
(2010) All About Evil
as Linda
(1983) Stroker Ace
as Girl with Lugs
(1981) King of the Mountain
as Neighbor
(2004) Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures
as Elvira
(1999) Encounter in the Third Dimension
as Elvira
(1992) Heartstoppers: Horror at the Movies
as Elvira
(1971) Diamonds Are Forever
as Shady Tree's Acorn (uncredited)
(1999) Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania
as Elvira
(2010) Elvira's Movie Macabre: The Satanic Rites Of Dracula
as Elvira
(2013) Rewind This!
as Self
(1996) The Ketchup Vampires II
as Elvira
(2000) Bride of Monster Mania
as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
(2021) Le Passeur immobile
as Self
(2010) Elvira’s Movie Macabre: Night Of The Living Dead
as Elvira
(1983) Balboa
as Angie Stoddard
(1984) Last of the Great Survivors
as Elvira
(1988) Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
as Elvira
(2013) Bruno & Earlene Go to Vegas
as Artie Duke
(2014) Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Self - Actress
(1997) Superstition
as Elvira
(2004) Monsterama: A Tribute to Horror Hosts
as Self
(2010) Let’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest Groupies
as ---
(2014) Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed
as Self
(2013) First Period
as Ms. Glenn
(2007) The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness
as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
(1980) Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
as Hostage (Groundling)
(1984) Elvira's MTV Halloween Party
as Elvira
(1986) Elvira's Halloween Special
as Elvira
(1983) The Sting II
as O'Malley's Girl
(1991) The Crawling Hand
as Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
(1988) Metallica - Live at Hammersmith Odeon
as Elvira
(2006) American Scary
as Elvira (archive footage)
(1996) It's My Party
as Party Guest
(1986) Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors
as Elvira
Untitled KROQ Documentary
as ---
(1983) Filmgore
as Elvira
(2017) To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story
as Self
(1984) Uncensored
as Skit characters
(2018) Making Fun: The Story of Funko
as Self
(2016) LEGO Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood
as Drella Diabolique (voice)
(2018) Too Macabre: The Making of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
as Self
(2019) In Search of Darkness
as Self
(1985) Pee-wee's Big Adventure
as Biker Mama
(1984) Cheeseball Presents
as ---
(1996) Dear God
as Cassandra Peterson (uncredited)
(2019) Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island
as Elvira (voice)
(2011) Devil's Night
as Elvira
(2008) The Boneyard Collection
as Elvira (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
(2020) AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #1
as Self
(2020) Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!
as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (voice)
(1992) Ring of the Musketeers
as Jennifer
(2020) In Search of Darkness: Part II
as Self
(2020) In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
as Host - Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
(2022) The Munsters
as Barbara Carr
(1995) Attack of the Killer B-Movies
as Elvira
(1991) Ted & Venus
as Lisa
(1983) The Paragon of Comedy
as Elvira
(1972) Roma
as (uncredited)
(1994) Spooky World
as Self
(1997) KCAL Halloween Scream
as Elvira
(2023) The SF Sketchfest Roast of Bruce Campbell
as Elvira
(1982) St. Elsewhere
as ---
(1976) Alice
as ---
(1977) CHiPs
as Elvira
(2004) The Tony Danza Show
as Elvira
(1997) EP Daily
as ---
(1987) thirtysomething
as ---
(2012) Comic Book Men
as Elvira
(1996) E! True Hollywood Story
as ---
(2021) DOTA: Dragon's Blood
as Lirrak (voice)
(2007) The Search for the Next Elvira
as ---
(1981) Elvira's Movie Macabre
as ---
(2011) Last Man Standing
as Elvira
(2022) Dr. Jackie
as Cassandra Peterson
(2021) Elvira's 40th Anniversary, Very Scary, Very Special Special
as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
(2019) Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
(2021) Netflix and Chills with Dr. Elvira
as Elvira
(2014) Elvira's 10 Nights of Halloween
as Elvira
(2014) 13 Nights of Elvira
as Elvira
(2013) The Goldbergs
as Elvira
(1985) Elvira's ThrillerVideo
as Elvira
(2013) RuPaul Drives...
as Self - Guest
(2006) Elvira's Something Weird
as Elvira
(2004) Elvira's Horror Classics
as Elvira
(1990) Parker Lewis Can't Lose
as Elvira
(1989) Heavy Metal Heaven Hosted by Elvira
as Elvira
(2000) Raise the Dead Featuring Elvira
as Elvira
(1989) Elvira's Thriller Theatre
as Elvira
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(2004) Elvira's Movies to Die For
as Elvira
(1993) Elvira's Halloween Movie Schlock-A-Thon
as Elvira
(2010) Elvira's Movie Macabre
as Elvira
(2004) Monsterama
as Elvira
(2011) Halloween Wars
as Self - Guest Judge
(2012) Counting Cars
as Self
(1994) Space Ghost Coast to Coast
as Elvira
(1989) The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
as Elvira
(2011) Face Off
as Elvira
(2022) Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow
as ---
(2009) Celebrity Ghost Stories
as Self
(2016) To Tell the Truth
as Self - Elvira
(2009) RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Special Honoree
(2009) RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Guest Judge
(2010) RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
as Self - Guest Judge
(1980) Beyond Westworld
as Dance Hall Girl
(2022) The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans
as Self - Judge
(2012) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
as Ms. Campbell (voice)
(2024) John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.
as Self
(2009) RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Judge (archive footage)
Cinema Insomnia
as Self
(1990) Midnight Madness Hosted by Elvira
as Elvira