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Cassandra Peterson

Acting

Cassandra Peterson

Born
(age 75)
Birthplace
Manhattan, Kansas, USA
Credits
146 titles

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.

Latest project Best work, ranked IMDb

Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 144

YearTitleRole
TBA Untitled KROQ Documentary Film
TBA Cinema Insomnia TV Self (1 ep)
2026 R.L. Stine's Pumpkinhead 2 Film Cassandra
2026 Vincent Price: What Keeps Us Alive Film
2025 Celebrity Weakest Link TV Self - Contestant (1 ep)
2025 Pee-wee as Himself TV Self (2 ep)
2024 John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A. TV Self (1 ep)
2023 Commitment to Life Film Self (archive footage)
2023 The SF Sketchfest Roast of Bruce Campbell Film Elvira
2022 In Search of Darkness: Part III Film Self
2022 The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans TV Self - Guest Judge (1 ep)
2022 The Munsters Film Barbara Carr
2022 Dr. Jackie TV Cassandra Peterson (1 ep)
2022 Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow TV (2 ep)
2021 Le Passeur immobile Film Self
2021 Netflix and Chills with Dr. Elvira TV Elvira (5 ep)
2021 Elvira's 40th Anniversary, Very Scary, Very Special Special TV Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (4 ep)
2021 DOTA: Dragon's Blood TV Lirrak (voice) (3 ep)
2020 In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover Film Host - Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
2020 Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! Film Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (voice)
2020 In Search of Darkness: Part II Film Self
2020 AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1 Film Self
2020 The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault Film (archive footage)
2019 The Tamron Hall Show TV Self - Guest (1 ep)
2019 Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island Film Elvira (voice)
2019 In Search of Darkness Film Self
2018 Too Macabre: The Making of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark Film Self
2018 Making Fun: The Story of Funko Film Self
2017 To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story Film Self
2016 To Tell the Truth TV Self - Elvira (1 ep)
2016 LEGO Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood Film Drella Diabolique (voice)
2014 Elvira's 10 Nights of Halloween TV Elvira (13 ep)
2014 13 Nights of Elvira TV Elvira (13 ep)
2014 Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed Film Self
2014 Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films Film Self - Actress
2013 The Goldbergs TV Elvira (1 ep)
2013 Rewind This! Film Self
2013 RuPaul Drives... TV Self - Guest (1 ep)
2013 First Period Film Ms. Glenn
2013 Bruno & Earlene Go to Vegas Film Artie Duke
2012 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars TV Self - Guest Judge (1 ep)
2012 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles TV Ms. Campbell (voice) (1 ep)
2012 Counting Cars TV Self (1 ep)
2012 Comic Book Men TV Elvira (1 ep)
2011 Last Man Standing TV Elvira (1 ep)
2011 Halloween Wars TV Self - Guest Judge (3 ep)
2011 Face Off TV Elvira (1 ep)
2011 Devil's Night Film Elvira
2010 Let’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest Groupies Film self
2010 Elvira’s Movie Macabre: Night Of The Living Dead Film Elvira
2010 Elvira's Movie Macabre TV Elvira (26 ep)
2010 Elvira's Movie Macabre: The Satanic Rites Of Dracula Film Elvira
2010 All About Evil Film Linda
2010 RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked TV Self - Guest Judge (1 ep)
2009 Celebrity Ghost Stories TV Self (1 ep)
2009 The Haunted World of El Superbeasto Film Amber (voice)
2009 RuPaul's Drag Race TV Self - Special Honoree, Self - Guest Judge, Self - Judge (archive footage) (1 ep)
2008 The Boneyard Collection Film Elvira (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
2007 The Search for the Next Elvira TV (4 ep)
2007 The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness Film Elvira, Mistress of the Dark

Crew credits 10

YearTitleJob
2017 Kuso Film Wardrobe Assistant
2010 Elvira’s Movie Macabre: Night Of The Living Dead Film Writer
2010 Elvira's Movie Macabre: The Satanic Rites Of Dracula Film Executive Producer, Writer
2007 The Search for the Next Elvira TV Producer, Creator (4 ep)
2002 Elvira's Haunted Hills Film Writer, Characters
1998 Sex Files: Portrait of the Soul Film Thanks
1993 The Elvira Show Film Writer
1988 Elvira: Mistress of the Dark Film Writer
1986 Elvira's Halloween Special Film Writer
1981 Elvira's Movie Macabre TV Writer, Creator (140 ep)
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