Cassandra Peterson

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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

Diamonds Are Forever

Shady Tree's Acorn (uncredited)

Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island

Elvira (voice)

Pee-wee's Big Adventure

Biker Mama

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Ms. Campbell (voice)

Elvira: Mistress of the Dark

Elvira / Aunt Morgana Talbot

Saturday Night Live

Elvira

DOTA: Dragon's Blood

Lirrak (voice)

The Goldbergs

Elvira

Full Filmography

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

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