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Cassandra Peterson

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Born: September 17, 1951
From: Manhattan, Kansas, USA

Also known as

Cassandra Petersen · Elvira, Mistress of the Dark · Cassandra "Elvira" Peterson · Кассандра Ґей Петерсон · Elvira

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

Elvira: Mistress of the Dark

Elvira's Haunted Hills

Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island

Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!

The Munsters

Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold

Diamonds Are Forever

Rewind This!

Filmography

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2026

R.L. Stine's Pumpkinhead 2

Acting (Cassandra)

Vincent Price: What Keeps Us Alive

2025

Celebrity Weakest Link

Acting (Self - Contestant) 1 EP

Pee-wee as Himself

Acting (Self) 2 EP

2024

John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.

Acting (Self) 1 EP

2023

Commitment to Life

Acting (Self (archive footage))

The SF Sketchfest Roast of Bruce Campbell

Acting (Elvira)

2022

In Search of Darkness: Part III

Acting (Self)

The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans

Acting (Self - Guest Judge) 1 EP

The Munsters

Acting (Barbara Carr)

Acting (Cassandra Peterson) 1 EP

Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow

Acting 2 EP

2021

Le Passeur immobile

Acting (Self)

Netflix and Chills with Dr. Elvira

Acting (Elvira) 5 EP

Elvira's 40th Anniversary, Very Scary, Very Special Special

Acting (Elvira, Mistress of the Dark) 4 EP

DOTA: Dragon's Blood

Acting (Lirrak (voice)) 3 EP

2020

In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover

Acting (Host - Elvira, Mistress of the Dark)

Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!

Acting (Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (voice))

In Search of Darkness: Part II

Acting (Self)

AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1

Acting (Self)

The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

Acting (archive footage)

2019

The Tamron Hall Show

Acting (Self - Guest) 1 EP

Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island

Acting (Elvira (voice))

In Search of Darkness

Acting (Self)

2018

Too Macabre: The Making of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark

Acting (Self)

Making Fun: The Story of Funko

Acting (Self)

2017

To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story

Acting (Self)

Costume & Make-Up (Wardrobe Assistant)

2016

To Tell the Truth

Acting (Self - Elvira) 1 EP

LEGO Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood

Acting (Drella Diabolique (voice))

2014

13 Nights of Elvira

Acting (Elvira) 13 EP

Elvira's 10 Nights of Halloween

Acting (Elvira) 13 EP