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Cassandra Peterson

Acting • 1951-09-17 • 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.

Known For

Elvira: Mistress of the Dark

Elvira: Mistress of the Dark

1988

Elvira's Haunted Hills

Elvira's Haunted Hills

2002

DOTA: Dragon's Blood

DOTA: Dragon's Blood

2021

Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island

Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island

2019

Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!

Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!

2020

The Munsters

The Munsters

2022

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Filmography

2026
R.L. Stine's Pumpkinhead 2Film
Cassandra
★ 5.8
2026
Vincent Price: What Keeps Us AliveFilm
★ 8.0
2025
Pee-wee as HimselfTV
Self • 2 episodes
★ 7.9
2025
Celebrity Weakest LinkTV
Self - Contestant • 1 episodes
★ 6.7
2024
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.TV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 5.9
2023
Commitment to LifeFilm
Self (archive footage)
2023
The SF Sketchfest Roast of Bruce CampbellFilm
Elvira
2022
The MunstersFilm
Barbara Carr
★ 5.6
2022
In Search of Darkness: Part IIIFilm
Self
★ 7.5
2022
The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: TitansTV
Self - Guest Judge • 1 episodes
★ 5.1
2022
Charles Band’s Full Moon FreakshowTV
★ 7.0
2022
Dr. JackieTV
Cassandra Peterson • 1 episodes
★ 3.3
2021
DOTA: Dragon's BloodTV
Lirrak (voice) • 3 episodes
★ 7.7
2021
Netflix and Chills with Dr. ElviraTV
Elvira • 5 episodes
★ 7.1
2021
Elvira's 40th Anniversary, Very Scary, Very Special SpecialTV
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark • 4 episodes
★ 7.8
2021
Le Passeur immobileFilm
Self
2020
Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!Film
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (voice)
★ 7.7
2020
In Search of Darkness: Part IIFilm
Self
★ 7.7
2020
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween TakeoverFilm
Host - Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
★ 7.1
2020
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1Film
Self
★ 8.0
2020
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape VaultFilm
(archive footage)
2019
The Tamron Hall ShowTV
Self - Guest • 1 episodes
★ 4.7
2019
Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie IslandFilm
Elvira (voice)
★ 7.0
2019
In Search of DarknessFilm
Self
★ 7.5
2018
Making Fun: The Story of FunkoFilm
Self
★ 6.5
2018
Too Macabre: The Making of Elvira, Mistress of the DarkFilm
Self
★ 7.6
2017
To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder StoryFilm
Self
★ 7.9
2016
LEGO Scooby-Doo! Haunted HollywoodFilm
Drella Diabolique (voice)
★ 7.2
2016
To Tell the TruthTV
Self - Elvira • 1 episodes
★ 5.8
2014
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon FilmsFilm
Self - Actress
★ 7.2
2014
Scream Queens: Horror Heroines ExposedFilm
Self
★ 8.0
2014
13 Nights of ElviraTV
Elvira • 13 episodes
★ 7.2
2014
Elvira's 10 Nights of HalloweenTV
Elvira • 13 episodes
2013
The GoldbergsTV
Elvira • 1 episodes
★ 7.4
2013
Rewind This!Film
Self
★ 6.9
2013
First PeriodFilm
Ms. Glenn
★ 5.2
2013
Bruno & Earlene Go to VegasFilm
Artie Duke
★ 4.3
2013
RuPaul Drives...TV
Self - Guest • 1 episodes
★ 5.0
2012
Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesTV
Ms. Campbell (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 8.3
2012
RuPaul's Drag Race All StarsTV
Self - Guest Judge • 1 episodes
★ 7.3
2012
Comic Book MenTV
Elvira • 1 episodes
★ 6.9
2012
Counting CarsTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.5
2011
Last Man StandingTV
Elvira • 1 episodes
★ 7.2
2011
Face OffTV
Elvira • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
2011
Halloween WarsTV
Self - Guest Judge • 3 episodes
★ 6.5
2011
Devil's NightFilm
Elvira
2010
RuPaul's Drag Race: UntuckedTV
Self - Guest Judge • 1 episodes
★ 5.9
2010
All About EvilFilm
Linda
★ 5.9
2010
Elvira's Movie MacabreTV
Elvira • 26 episodes
★ 7.6
2010
Let’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest GroupiesFilm
self
★ 4.0
2009
RuPaul's Drag RaceTV
Self - Special Honoree • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
2009
RuPaul's Drag RaceTV
Self - Guest Judge • 2 episodes
★ 7.5
2009
RuPaul's Drag RaceTV
Self - Judge (archive footage) • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
2009
The Haunted World of El SuperbeastoFilm
Amber (voice)
★ 5.9
2009
Celebrity Ghost StoriesTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.3
2008
The Boneyard CollectionFilm
Elvira (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
★ 5.3
2007
The Search for the Next ElviraTV
★ 7.0
2007
The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of DarknessFilm
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
★ 6.0
2006
Red Riding HoodFilm
Hunter's Mom
★ 5.7
2006
American ScaryFilm
Elvira (archive footage)
★ 7.5
2006
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of ChillsFilm
Self
★ 8.2
2006
Vampira: The MovieFilm
Herself
★ 8.0
2006
Elvira's Something WeirdTV
Elvira • 7 episodes
2005
MediumTV
Elvira • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
2004
The Tony Danza ShowTV
Self - Guest (as Elvira) • 1 episodes
★ 6.4
2004
Hollywood's Creepiest CreaturesFilm
Elvira
★ 7.0
2004
Monsterama: A Tribute to Horror HostsFilm
Self
★ 7.0
2004
MonsteramaTV
Elvira • 25 episodes
★ 6.0
2004
Elvira's Movies to Die ForTV
Elvira • 10 episodes
2004
Elvira's Horror ClassicsTV
Elvira • 6 episodes
2002
Elvira's Haunted HillsFilm
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
★ 5.5
2000
Bride of Monster ManiaFilm
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
★ 7.7
2000
Raise the Dead Featuring ElviraTV
Elvira • 8 episodes
1999
Encounter in the Third DimensionFilm
Elvira
★ 7.3
1999
Attack of the 50 Foot Monster ManiaFilm
Elvira
★ 7.8
1998
Hollywood SquaresTV
Self - Panelist • 2 episodes
★ 7.6
1997
Monster ManiaFilm
Elvira
★ 9.7
1997
Thrill Ride: The Science of FunFilm
Elvira
★ 6.5
1997
SuperstitionFilm
Elvira
★ 6.0
1997
EP DailyTV
1997
KCAL Halloween ScreamFilm
Elvira
1996
E! True Hollywood StoryTV
★ 8.1
1996
Dear GodFilm
Cassandra Peterson (uncredited)
★ 5.4
1996
It's My PartyFilm
Party Guest
★ 6.3
1996
The Ketchup Vampires IIFilm
Elvira
★ 9.0
1995
Attack of the Killer B-MoviesFilm
Elvira
★ 9.5
1995
The Ketchup VampiresFilm
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
★ 10.0
1995
Halloween Jam II at Universal StudiosFilm
Elvira
1994
Space Ghost Coast to CoastTV
Elvira • 1 episodes
★ 7.9
1994
Spooky WorldFilm
Self
★ 6.0
1993
Acting on ImpulseFilm
Roxy
★ 4.6
1993
Elvira's Halloween Movie Schlock-A-ThonTV
Elvira • 7 episodes
★ 10.0
1993
The Elvira ShowFilm
Elvira
★ 6.5
1992
Heartstoppers: Horror at the MoviesFilm
Elvira
★ 9.3
1992
WrestleMania: The Greatest HitsFilm
Elvira
1991
Ted & VenusFilm
Lisa
★ 4.5
1991
Hulkamania 6Film
Elvira - Commentator
★ 10.0
1991
The Horror Hall of Fame IIFilm
Elvira - Presenter
★ 2.0
1991
The Crawling HandFilm
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
1990
Parker Lewis Can't LoseTV
Elvira • 1 episodes
★ 7.4
1990
Midnight MadnessTV
Elvira • 15 episodes
★ 10.0
1989
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!TV
Elvira • 2 episodes
★ 7.2
1989
Heavy Metal Heaven Hosted by ElviraTV
Elvira • 6 episodes
★ 9.0
1989
Elvira's Thriller TheatreTV
Elvira • 20 episodes
★ 10.0
1988
Elvira: Mistress of the DarkFilm
Elvira / Aunt Morgana Talbot
★ 6.7
1988
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi AbromowitzFilm
Elvira
★ 9.0
1988
Metallica - Live at Hammersmith OdeonFilm
Elvira
1987
thirtysomethingTV
★ 6.3
1986
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of GoldFilm
Sorais
★ 4.9
1986
WrestleMania IIFilm
Elvira / Guest Commentator
★ 6.4
1986
Elvira's Halloween SpecialFilm
Elvira
★ 8.4
1986
Fangoria's Weekend of HorrorsFilm
Elvira
★ 6.7
1985
Pee-wee's Big AdventureFilm
Biker Mama
★ 6.5
1985
Get Out of My RoomFilm
★ 5.4
1985
Echo ParkFilm
Sheri
★ 5.3
1985
Elvira's ThrillerVideoTV
Elvira • 24 episodes
★ 5.0
1984
Last of the Great SurvivorsFilm
Elvira
★ 7.5
1984
Cheeseball PresentsFilm
Elvira
★ 2.8
1984
UncensoredFilm
Skit characters
★ 6.0
1983
Stroker AceFilm
Girl with Lugs
★ 4.8
1983
The Sting IIFilm
O'Malley's Girl
★ 4.8
1983
FilmgoreFilm
Elvira
★ 7.5
1983
The Paragon of ComedyFilm
Elvira
★ 7.0
1983
BalboaFilm
Angie Stoddard
★ 4.7
1982
St. ElsewhereTV
Judy • 1 episodes
★ 5.7
1982
Jekyll and Hyde... Together AgainFilm
Busty Nurse
★ 5.0
1982
The Best of Sex and ViolenceFilm
(archive footage)
★ 5.5
1982
Famous T & AFilm
Katya (archive footage)
★ 5.5
1982
Elvira's Movie Macabre: Legacy of BloodFilm
Elvira
1981
Elvira's Movie MacabreTV
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark • 140 episodes
★ 7.2
1981
King of the MountainFilm
Neighbor
★ 5.9
1980
Cheech & Chong's Next MovieFilm
Hostage (Groundling)
★ 5.9
1980
Beyond WestworldTV
Dance Hall Girl • 1 episodes
★ 5.5
1980
Coast to CoastFilm
Dinner Party Guest
★ 5.2
1978
Fantasy IslandTV
Ftatateetah • 1 episodes
★ 6.5
1977
CHiPsTV
Elvira • 2 episodes
★ 6.8
1976
AliceTV
★ 7.0
1975
Saturday Night LiveTV
Elvira • 1 episodes
★ 6.9
1974
The Working GirlsFilm
Katya
★ 4.9
1972
RomaFilm
(uncredited)
★ 7.3
1971
Diamonds Are ForeverFilm
Shady Tree's Acorn (uncredited)
★ 6.4
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.6