Cassandra Peterson

Acting

Born 17/09/1951
Manhattan, Kansas, USA

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.

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Known For

R.L. Stine's Pumpkinhead 2
2026
Vincent Price: What Keeps Us Alive
2026
Celebrity Weakest Link
2025
Pee-wee as Himself
2025
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.
2024
Commitment to Life
2023
In Search of Darkness: Part III
2022
The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans
2022
The Munsters
2022
Dr. Jackie
2022
Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow
2022
Le Passeur immobile
2021
Netflix and Chills with Dr. Elvira
2021
Elvira's 40th Anniversary, Very Scary, Very Special Special
2021
DOTA: Dragon's Blood
2021
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
2020
Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!
2020
In Search of Darkness: Part II
2020
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1
2020
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020
The Tamron Hall Show
2019
Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island
2019
In Search of Darkness
2019
Too Macabre: The Making of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
2018
Making Fun: The Story of Funko
2018
To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story
2017
To Tell the Truth
2016
LEGO Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood
2016
Elvira's 10 Nights of Halloween
2014
13 Nights of Elvira
2014
Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed
2014
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
The Goldbergs
2013
Rewind This!
2013
First Period
2013
Bruno & Earlene Go to Vegas
2013
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
2012
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2012
Counting Cars
2012
Comic Book Men
2012
Last Man Standing
2011
Halloween Wars
2011
Face Off
2011
Devil's Night
2011
Let’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest Groupies
2010
Elvira's Movie Macabre
2010
All About Evil
2010
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
2010
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
The Boneyard Collection
2008
The Search for the Next Elvira
2007
The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness
2007
Vampira: The Movie
2006
American Scary
2006
Elvira's Something Weird
2006
Red Riding Hood
2006
Medium
2005
Monsterama
2004
Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures
2004
Elvira's Movies to Die For
2004
Elvira's Horror Classics
2004
Monsterama: A Tribute to Horror Hosts
2004
Elvira's Haunted Hills
2002
Raise the Dead Featuring Elvira
2000
Bride of Monster Mania
2000
Encounter in the Third Dimension
1999
Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania
1999
Hollywood Squares
1998
KCAL Halloween Scream
1997
Superstition
1997
EP Daily
1997
Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun
1997
Monster Mania
1997
Dear God
1996
The Ketchup Vampires II
1996
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
It's My Party
1996
The Ketchup Vampires
1995
Attack of the Killer B-Movies
1995
Spooky World
1994
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
Elvira's Halloween Movie Schlock-A-Thon
1993
Acting on Impulse
1993
The Elvira Show
1993
Heartstoppers: Horror at the Movies
1992
WrestleMania: The Greatest Hits
1992
Hulkamania 6
1991
Ted & Venus
1991
Midnight Madness
1990
Parker Lewis Can't Lose
1990
Heavy Metal Heaven Hosted by Elvira
1989
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
1989
Elvira's Thriller Theatre
1989
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
1988
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
1988
thirtysomething
1987
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
1986
Elvira's Halloween Special
1986
WrestleMania II
1986
Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors
1986
Echo Park
1985
Get Out of My Room
1985
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
1985
Elvira's ThrillerVideo
1985
Cheeseball Presents
1984
Last of the Great Survivors
1984
Uncensored
1984
Stroker Ace
1983
The Sting II
1983
The Paragon of Comedy
1983
Balboa
1983
Filmgore
1983
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
1982
St. Elsewhere
1982
Elvira's Movie Macabre: Legacy of Blood
1982
The Best of Sex and Violence
1982
Famous T & A
1982
Elvira's Movie Macabre
1981
King of the Mountain
1981
Coast to Coast
1980
Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
1980
Beyond Westworld
1980
Fantasy Island
1978
CHiPs
1977
Alice
1976
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Working Girls
1974
Roma
1972
Diamonds Are Forever
1971
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962