Cassandra Peterson

Cassandra Peterson

Known for
Acting
Born
September 17, 1951 (age 75)
Birthplace
Manhattan, Kansas, USA

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

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Filmography

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Untitled KROQ Documentary

Untitled KROQ Documentary

Movie

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Cinema Insomnia

Cinema Insomnia

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2026
R.L. Stine's Pumpkinhead 2 poster

R.L. Stine's Pumpkinhead 2

Movie · as Cassandra

2026
Vincent Price: What Keeps Us Alive poster

Vincent Price: What Keeps Us Alive

Movie

2025
Pee-wee as Himself poster

Pee-wee as Himself

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2025
Celebrity Weakest Link poster

Celebrity Weakest Link

TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep

2024
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A. poster

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

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2023
The SF Sketchfest Roast of Bruce Campbell

The SF Sketchfest Roast of Bruce Campbell

Movie · as Elvira

2023
Commitment to Life poster

Commitment to Life

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2022
In Search of Darkness: Part III poster

In Search of Darkness: Part III

Movie · as Self

2022
The Munsters poster

The Munsters

Movie · as Barbara Carr

2022
Dr. Jackie poster

Dr. Jackie

TV · as Cassandra Peterson · 1 ep

2022
Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow poster

Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow

TV · 2 eps

2022
The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans poster

The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans

TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep

2021
Le Passeur immobile poster

Le Passeur immobile

Movie · as Self

2021
DOTA: Dragon's Blood poster

DOTA: Dragon's Blood

TV · as Lirrak (voice) · 3 eps

2021
Elvira's 40th Anniversary, Very Scary, Very Special Special poster

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

TV · as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark · 4 eps

2021
Netflix and Chills with Dr. Elvira poster

Netflix and Chills with Dr. Elvira

TV · as Elvira · 5 eps

2020
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1 poster

AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1

Movie · as Self

2020
Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! poster

Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!

Movie · as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (voice)

2020
In Search of Darkness: Part II poster

In Search of Darkness: Part II

Movie · as Self

2020
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover poster

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

Movie · as Host - Elvira, Mistress of the Dark

2020
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault poster

The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

Movie · as (archive footage)

2019
In Search of Darkness poster

In Search of Darkness

Movie · as Self

2019
Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island poster

Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island

Movie · as Elvira (voice)

2019
The Tamron Hall Show poster

The Tamron Hall Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2018
Making Fun: The Story of Funko poster

Making Fun: The Story of Funko

Movie · as Self

2018
Too Macabre: The Making of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark poster

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

Movie · as Self

2017
To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story poster

To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story

Movie · as Self

2016
LEGO Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood poster

LEGO Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood

Movie · as Drella Diabolique (voice)

2016
To Tell the Truth poster

To Tell the Truth

TV · as Self - Elvira · 1 ep

2014
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films poster

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

Movie · as Self - Actress

2014
Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed poster

Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed

Movie · as Self

2014
Elvira's 10 Nights of Halloween poster

Elvira's 10 Nights of Halloween

TV · as Elvira · 13 eps

2014
13 Nights of Elvira poster

13 Nights of Elvira

TV · as Elvira · 13 eps

2013
Rewind This! poster

Rewind This!

Movie · as Self

2013
Bruno & Earlene Go to Vegas poster

Bruno & Earlene Go to Vegas

Movie · as Artie Duke

2013
First Period poster

First Period

Movie · as Ms. Glenn

2013
The Goldbergs poster

The Goldbergs

TV · as Elvira · 1 ep

2013
RuPaul Drives...

RuPaul Drives...

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2012
Comic Book Men poster

Comic Book Men

TV · as Elvira · 1 ep

2012
Counting Cars poster

Counting Cars

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles poster

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

TV · as Ms. Campbell (voice) · 1 ep

2012
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars poster

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars

TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep

2011
Devil's Night poster

Devil's Night

Movie · as Elvira

2011
Last Man Standing poster

Last Man Standing

TV · as Elvira · 1 ep

2011
Halloween Wars poster

Halloween Wars

TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 3 eps

2011
Face Off poster

Face Off

TV · as Elvira · 1 ep

2010
All About Evil poster

All About Evil

Movie · as Linda

2010
Let’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest Groupies poster

Let’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest Groupies

Movie · as self

2010
Elvira's Movie Macabre poster

Elvira's Movie Macabre

TV · as Elvira · 26 eps

2010
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked poster

RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked

TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep

2009
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto poster

The Haunted World of El Superbeasto

Movie · as Amber (voice)

2009
Celebrity Ghost Stories poster

Celebrity Ghost Stories

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2009
RuPaul's Drag Race poster

RuPaul's Drag Race

TV · as Self - Special Honoree, Self - Guest Judge, Self - Judge (archive footage) · 1 ep

2008
The Boneyard Collection poster

The Boneyard Collection

Movie · as Elvira (segment "Her Morbid Desires")

2007
The Return of the Living Dead:  The Decade of Darkness poster

The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness

Movie · as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark

2007
The Search for the Next Elvira poster

The Search for the Next Elvira

TV · 4 eps

2006
Red Riding Hood poster

Red Riding Hood

Movie · as Hunter's Mom

2006
Vampira: The Movie poster

Vampira: The Movie

Movie · as Herself

2006
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills

Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills

Movie · as Self

2006
American Scary poster

American Scary

Movie · as Elvira (archive footage)

2006
Elvira's Something Weird poster

Elvira's Something Weird

TV · as Elvira · 7 eps

2005
Medium poster

Medium

TV · as Elvira · 1 ep

2004
Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures poster

Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures

Movie · as Elvira

2004
Monsterama: A Tribute to Horror Hosts poster

Monsterama: A Tribute to Horror Hosts

Movie · as Self

2004
The Tony Danza Show

The Tony Danza Show

TV · as Self - Guest (as Elvira) · 1 ep

2004
Elvira's Horror Classics poster

Elvira's Horror Classics

TV · as Elvira · 6 eps

2004
Elvira's Movies to Die For poster

Elvira's Movies to Die For

TV · as Elvira · 10 eps

2004
Monsterama poster

Monsterama

TV · as Elvira · 25 eps

2002
Elvira's Haunted Hills poster

Elvira's Haunted Hills

Movie · as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark

2000
Bride of Monster Mania poster

Bride of Monster Mania

Movie · as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark

2000
Raise the Dead Featuring Elvira poster

Raise the Dead Featuring Elvira

TV · as Elvira · 8 eps

1999
Encounter in the Third Dimension poster

Encounter in the Third Dimension

Movie · as Elvira

1999
Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania poster

Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania

Movie · as Elvira

1998
Hollywood Squares poster

Hollywood Squares

TV · as Self - Panelist · 2 eps

1997
Monster Mania poster

Monster Mania

Movie · as Elvira

1997
Superstition poster

Superstition

Movie · as Elvira

1997
KCAL Halloween Scream poster

KCAL Halloween Scream

Movie · as Elvira

1997
Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun poster

Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun

Movie · as Elvira

1997
EP Daily poster

EP Daily

TV · 1 ep

1996
The Ketchup Vampires II poster

The Ketchup Vampires II

Movie · as Elvira

1996
It's My Party poster

It's My Party

Movie · as Party Guest

1996
Dear God poster

Dear God

Movie · as Cassandra Peterson (uncredited)

1996
E! True Hollywood Story poster

E! True Hollywood Story

TV · 1 ep

1995
The Ketchup Vampires poster

The Ketchup Vampires

Movie · as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark

1995
Attack of the Killer B-Movies poster

Attack of the Killer B-Movies

Movie · as Elvira

1995
Halloween Jam II at Universal Studios

Halloween Jam II at Universal Studios

Movie · as Elvira

1994
Spooky World poster

Spooky World

Movie · as Self

1994
Space Ghost Coast to Coast poster

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

TV · as Elvira · 1 ep

1993
Acting on Impulse poster

Acting on Impulse

Movie · as Roxy

1993
The Elvira Show poster

The Elvira Show

Movie · as Elvira

1993
Elvira's Halloween Movie Schlock-A-Thon poster

Elvira's Halloween Movie Schlock-A-Thon

TV · as Elvira · 7 eps

1992
Heartstoppers: Horror at the Movies poster

Heartstoppers: Horror at the Movies

Movie · as Elvira

1992
WrestleMania: The Greatest Hits poster

WrestleMania: The Greatest Hits

Movie · as Elvira

1991
The Crawling Hand

The Crawling Hand

Movie · as Elvira: Mistress of the Dark

1991
Ted & Venus poster

Ted & Venus

Movie · as Lisa

1991
Hulkamania 6 poster

Hulkamania 6

Movie · as Elvira - Commentator

1991
The Horror Hall of Fame II

The Horror Hall of Fame II

Movie · as Elvira - Presenter

1990
Parker Lewis Can't Lose poster

Parker Lewis Can't Lose

TV · as Elvira · 1 ep

1990
Midnight Madness poster

Midnight Madness

TV · as Elvira · 15 eps

1989
Heavy Metal Heaven Hosted by Elvira poster

Heavy Metal Heaven Hosted by Elvira

TV · as Elvira · 6 eps

1989
Elvira's Thriller Theatre poster

Elvira's Thriller Theatre

TV · as Elvira · 20 eps

1989
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! poster

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!

TV · as Elvira · 2 eps

1988
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark poster

Elvira: Mistress of the Dark

Movie · as Elvira / Aunt Morgana Talbot

1988
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz poster

Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz

Movie · as Elvira

1988
Metallica - Live at Hammersmith Odeon

Metallica - Live at Hammersmith Odeon

Movie · as Elvira

1987
thirtysomething poster

thirtysomething

TV · 1 ep

1986
WrestleMania II poster

WrestleMania II

Movie · as Elvira / Guest Commentator

1986
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold poster

Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold

Movie · as Sorais

1986
Elvira's Halloween Special poster

Elvira's Halloween Special

Movie · as Elvira

1986
Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors poster

Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors

Movie · as Elvira

1985
Get Out of My Room poster

Get Out of My Room

Movie

1985
Echo Park poster

Echo Park

Movie · as Sheri

1985
Pee-wee's Big Adventure poster

Pee-wee's Big Adventure

Movie · as Biker Mama

1985
Elvira's ThrillerVideo poster

Elvira's ThrillerVideo

TV · as Elvira · 24 eps

1984
Last of the Great Survivors poster

Last of the Great Survivors

Movie · as Elvira

1984
Uncensored poster

Uncensored

Movie · as Skit characters

1984
Cheeseball Presents poster

Cheeseball Presents

Movie · as Elvira

1983
Stroker Ace poster

Stroker Ace

Movie · as Girl with Lugs

1983
Balboa poster

Balboa

Movie · as Angie Stoddard

1983
The Sting II poster

The Sting II

Movie · as O'Malley's Girl

1983
Filmgore poster

Filmgore

Movie · as Elvira

1983
The Paragon of Comedy poster

The Paragon of Comedy

Movie · as Elvira

1982
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again poster

Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again

Movie · as Busty Nurse

1982
The Best of Sex and Violence poster

The Best of Sex and Violence

Movie · as (archive footage)

1982
Famous T & A poster

Famous T & A

Movie · as Katya (archive footage)

1982
Elvira's Movie Macabre: Legacy of Blood poster

Elvira's Movie Macabre: Legacy of Blood

Movie · as Elvira

1982
St. Elsewhere poster

St. Elsewhere

TV · as Judy · 1 ep

1981
King of the Mountain poster

King of the Mountain

Movie · as Neighbor

1981
Elvira's Movie Macabre poster

Elvira's Movie Macabre

TV · as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark · 140 eps

1980
Coast to Coast poster

Coast to Coast

Movie · as Dinner Party Guest

1980
Cheech & Chong's Next Movie poster

Cheech & Chong's Next Movie

Movie · as Hostage (Groundling)

1980
Beyond Westworld poster

Beyond Westworld

TV · as Dance Hall Girl · 1 ep

1978
Fantasy Island poster

Fantasy Island

TV · as Ftatateetah · 1 ep

1977
CHiPs poster

CHiPs

TV · as Elvira · 2 eps

1976
Alice poster

Alice

TV · 1 ep

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Elvira · 1 ep

1974
The Working Girls poster

The Working Girls

Movie · as Katya

1972
Roma poster

Roma

Movie · as (uncredited)

1971
Diamonds Are Forever poster

Diamonds Are Forever

Movie · as Shady Tree's Acorn (uncredited)

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 1 ep