Cassandra Peterson
Acting • Born 1951-09-17
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.
Filmography
137 credits
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
Movie • 1982
Busty Nurse
Red Riding Hood
Movie • 2006
Hunter's Mom
The Ketchup Vampires
Movie • 1995
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
Vampira: The Movie
Movie • 2006
Herself
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
Movie • 1988
Elvira / Aunt Morgana Talbot
WrestleMania II
Movie • 1986
Elvira / Guest Commentator
Acting on Impulse
Movie • 1993
Roxy
Elvira's Haunted Hills
Movie • 2002
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
The Best of Sex and Violence
Movie • 1982
(archive footage)
Famous T & A
Movie • 1982
Katya (archive footage)
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
Movie • 2009
Amber (voice)
Get Out of My Room
Movie • 1985
In Search of Darkness: Part III
Movie • 2022
Self
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
Movie • 1986
Sorais
The Elvira Show
Movie • 1993
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
Monster Mania
Movie • 1997
Elvira
Echo Park
Movie • 1985
Sheri
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
Movie • 2006
Self
The Working Girls
Movie • 1974
Katya
Coast to Coast
Movie • 1980
Dinner Party Guest
All About Evil
Movie • 2010
Linda
Stroker Ace
Movie • 1983
Girl with Lugs
King of the Mountain
Movie • 1981
Neighbor
Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures
Movie • 2004
Elvira
Encounter in the Third Dimension
Movie • 1999
Elvira
Heartstoppers: Horror at the Movies
Movie • 1992
Elvira
Diamonds Are Forever
Movie • 1971
Shady Tree's Acorn (uncredited)
Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania
Movie • 1999
Elvira
Elvira's Movie Macabre: The Satanic Rites Of Dracula
Movie • 2010
Elvira
Rewind This!
Movie • 2013
Self
The Ketchup Vampires II
Movie • 1996
Elvira
Bride of Monster Mania
Movie • 2000
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
Le Passeur immobile
Movie • 2021
Self
Elvira’s Movie Macabre: Night Of The Living Dead
Movie • 2010
Elvira
Balboa
Movie • 1983
Angie Stoddard
Last of the Great Survivors
Movie • 1984
Elvira
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
Movie • 1988
Elvira
Bruno & Earlene Go to Vegas
Movie • 2013
Artie Duke
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Movie • 2014
Self - Actress
Superstition
Movie • 1997
Elvira
Monsterama: A Tribute to Horror Hosts
Movie • 2004
Self
Let’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest Groupies
Movie • 2010
Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed
Movie • 2014
Self
First Period
Movie • 2013
Ms. Glenn
The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness
Movie • 2007
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
Movie • 1980
Hostage (Groundling)
Elvira's Halloween Special
Movie • 1986
Elvira
The Sting II
Movie • 1983
O'Malley's Girl
The Crawling Hand
Movie • 1991
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
Metallica - Live at Hammersmith Odeon
Movie • 1988
Elvira
American Scary
Movie • 2006
Elvira (archive footage)
It's My Party
Movie • 1996
Party Guest
Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors
Movie • 1986
Elvira
Untitled KROQ Documentary
Movie
Filmgore
Movie • 1983
Elvira
To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story
Movie • 2017
Self
Uncensored
Movie • 1984
Skit characters
Making Fun: The Story of Funko
Movie • 2018
Self
LEGO Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood
Movie • 2016
Drella Diabolique (voice)
Too Macabre: The Making of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
Movie • 2018
Self
In Search of Darkness
Movie • 2019
Self
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Movie • 1985
Biker Mama
Cheeseball Presents
Movie • 1984
Elvira
Dear God
Movie • 1996
Cassandra Peterson (uncredited)
Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island
Movie • 2019
Elvira (voice)
Devil's Night
Movie • 2011
Elvira
The Boneyard Collection
Movie • 2008
Elvira (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1
Movie • 2020
Self
Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!
Movie • 2020
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (voice)
In Search of Darkness: Part II
Movie • 2020
Self
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
Movie • 2020
Host - Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
The Munsters
Movie • 2022
Barbara Carr
Attack of the Killer B-Movies
Movie • 1995
Elvira
Ted & Venus
Movie • 1991
Lisa
The Paragon of Comedy
Movie • 1983
Elvira
Roma
Movie • 1972
(uncredited)
Spooky World
Movie • 1994
Self
KCAL Halloween Scream
Movie • 1997
Elvira
The SF Sketchfest Roast of Bruce Campbell
Movie • 2023
Elvira
Elvira's Movie Macabre: Legacy of Blood
Movie • 1982
Elvira
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
Movie • 2020
(archive footage)
Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun
Movie • 1997
Elvira
Hulkamania 6
Movie • 1991
Elvira - Commentator
St. Elsewhere
TV • 1982
Judy
Alice
TV • 1976
CHiPs
TV • 1977
Elvira
The Tony Danza Show
TV • 2004
Elvira
EP Daily
TV • 1997
thirtysomething
TV • 1987
Comic Book Men
TV • 2012
Elvira
E! True Hollywood Story
TV • 1996
DOTA: Dragon's Blood
TV • 2021
Lirrak (voice)
The Search for the Next Elvira
TV • 2007
Elvira's Movie Macabre
TV • 1981
Last Man Standing
TV • 2011
Elvira
Dr. Jackie
TV • 2022
Cassandra Peterson
Elvira's 40th Anniversary, Very Scary, Very Special Special
TV • 2021
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
Tamron Hall
TV • 2019
Self - Guest
Netflix and Chills with Dr. Elvira
TV • 2021
Elvira
Elvira's 10 Nights of Halloween
TV • 2014
Elvira
13 Nights of Elvira
TV • 2014
Elvira
The Goldbergs
TV • 2013
Elvira
Elvira's ThrillerVideo
TV • 1985
Elvira
RuPaul Drives...
TV • 2013
Self - Guest
Elvira's Something Weird
TV • 2006
Elvira
Elvira's Horror Classics
TV • 2004
Elvira
Parker Lewis Can't Lose
TV • 1990
Elvira
Heavy Metal Heaven Hosted by Elvira
TV • 1989
Elvira
Raise the Dead Featuring Elvira
TV • 2000
Elvira
Elvira's Thriller Theatre
TV • 1989
Elvira
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
Elvira's Movie Macabre
TV • 2010
Elvira
Elvira's Halloween Movie Schlock-A-Thon
TV • 1993
Elvira
Elvira's Movies to Die For
TV • 2004
Elvira
Monsterama
TV • 2004
Elvira
Halloween Wars
TV • 2011
Self - Guest Judge
Counting Cars
TV • 2012
Self
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
TV • 1994
Elvira
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
TV • 1989
Elvira
Face Off
TV • 2011
Elvira
Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow
TV • 2022
Celebrity Ghost Stories
TV • 2009
Self
To Tell the Truth
TV • 2016
Self - Elvira
RuPaul's Drag Race
TV • 2009
Self - Special Honoree
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
TV • 2010
Self - Guest Judge
RuPaul's Drag Race
TV • 2009
Self - Guest Judge
Beyond Westworld
TV • 1980
Dance Hall Girl
The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans
TV • 2022
Self - Guest Judge
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
TV • 2012
Ms. Campbell (voice)
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.
TV • 2024
Self
RuPaul's Drag Race
TV • 2009
Self - Judge (archive footage)
Cinema Insomnia
TV
Self
Midnight Madness
TV • 1990
Elvira
Pee-wee as Himself
TV • 2025
Self
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
TV • 2012
Self - Guest Judge
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Elvira
Hollywood Squares
TV • 1998
Self - Panelist