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
Movies
- Jekyll and Hyde... Toge...
1982
- Red Riding Hood
2006
- The Ketchup Vampires
1995
- Vampira: The Movie
2006
- Elvira: Mistress of the...
1988
- WrestleMania II
1986
- Acting on Impulse
1993
- Elvira's Haunted Hills
2002
- The Best of Sex and Vio...
1982
- Famous T & A
1982
- The Haunted World of El...
2009
- Get Out of My Room
1985
- In Search of Darkness: ...
2022
- Allan Quatermain and th...
1986
- The Elvira Show
1993
- Monster Mania
1997
- Echo Park
1985
- Witch's Dungeon: 40 Yea...
2006
- The Working Girls
1974
- Coast to Coast
1980
- All About Evil
2010
- Stroker Ace
1983
- King of the Mountain
1981
- Hollywood's Creepiest C...
2004
- Encounter in the Third ...
1999
- Heartstoppers: Horror a...
1992
- Diamonds Are Forever
1971
- Attack of the 50 Foot M...
1999
- Elvira's Movie Macabre:...
2010
- Rewind This!
2013
- The Ketchup Vampires II
1996
- Bride of Monster Mania
2000
- Le Passeur immobile
2021
- Elvira’s Movie Macabre:...
2010
- Balboa
1983
- Last of the Great Survi...
1984
- Joan Rivers and Friends...
1988
- Bruno & Earlene Go to V...
2013
- Electric Boogaloo: The ...
2014
- Superstition
1997
- Monsterama: A Tribute t...
2004
- Let’s Spend the Night T...
2010
- Scream Queens: Horror H...
2014
- First Period
2013
- The Return of the Livin...
2007
- Cheech & Chong's Next M...
1980
- Elvira's Halloween Spec...
1986
- The Sting II
1983
- The Crawling Hand
1991
- Metallica - Live at Ham...
1988
- American Scary
2006
- It's My Party
1996
- Fangoria's Weekend of H...
1986
- Untitled KROQ Documenta...
- Filmgore
1983
- To Hell and Back: The K...
2017
- Uncensored
1984
- Making Fun: The Story o...
2018
- LEGO Scooby-Doo! Haunte...
2016
- Too Macabre: The Making...
2018
- In Search of Darkness
2019
- Pee-wee's Big Adventure
1985
- Cheeseball Presents
1984
- Dear God
1996
- Scooby-Doo! Return to Z...
2019
- Devil's Night
2011
- The Boneyard Collection
2008
- AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1
2020
- Happy Halloween, Scooby...
2020
- In Search of Darkness: ...
2020
- In Search of the Sander...
2020
- The Munsters
2022
- Attack of the Killer B-...
1995
- Ted & Venus
1991
- The Paragon of Comedy
1983
- Roma
1972
- Spooky World
1994
- KCAL Halloween Scream
1997
- The SF Sketchfest Roast...
2023
- Elvira's Movie Macabre:...
1982
- The AGFA Mystery Mixtap...
2020
- WrestleMania 2
1986
- Thrill Ride: The Scienc...
1997
- Spooky World
1994
- Hulkamania 6
1991
TV Shows
- St. Elsewhere
1982
- Alice
1976
- CHiPs
1977
- The Tony Danza Show
2004
- EP Daily
1997
- thirtysomething
1987
- Comic Book Men
2012
- E! True Hollywood Story
1996
- DOTA: Dragon's Blood
2021
- The Search for the Next...
2007
- Elvira's Movie Macabre
1981
- Last Man Standing
2011
- Dr. Jackie
2022
- Elvira's 40th Anniversa...
2021
- Tamron Hall
2019
- Netflix and Chills with...
2021
- Elvira's 10 Nights of H...
2014
- 13 Nights of Elvira
2014
- The Goldbergs
2013
- Elvira's ThrillerVideo
1985
- RuPaul Drives...
2013
- Elvira's Something Weird
2006
- Elvira's Horror Classics
2004
- Parker Lewis Can't Lose
1990
- Heavy Metal Heaven Host...
1989
- Raise the Dead Featurin...
2000
- Elvira's Thriller Theat...
1989
- The Tonight Show Starri...
1962
- Elvira's Movies to Die ...
2004
- Elvira's Halloween Movi...
1993
- Elvira's Movie Macabre
2010
- Monsterama
2004
- Halloween Wars
2011
- Counting Cars
2012
- Space Ghost Coast to Co...
1994
- The Super Mario Bros. S...
1989
- Face Off
2011
- Charles Band’s Full Moo...
2022
- Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
- To Tell the Truth
2016
- RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
- RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
- RuPaul's Drag Race: Unt...
2010
- Beyond Westworld
1980
- The Boulet Brothers' Dr...
2022
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Tu...
2012
- John Mulaney Presents: ...
2024
- RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
- Cinema Insomnia
- Midnight Madness
1990
- Pee-wee as Himself
2025
- RuPaul's Drag Race All ...
2012