Cassandra Peterson
Acting
1951-09-17 · Manhattan, Kansas, USA
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
Pee-wee as Himself
2025 · Series
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.
2024 · Series
Commitment to Life
2023 · Movie
The SF Sketchfest Roast of Bruce Campbell
2023 · Movie
In Search of Darkness: Part III
2022 · Movie
The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans
2022 · Series
The Munsters
2022 · Movie
Dr. Jackie
2022 · Series
Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow
2022 · Series
Le Passeur immobile
2021 · Movie
Netflix and Chills with Dr. Elvira
2021 · Series
Elvira's 40th Anniversary, Very Scary, Very Special Special
2021 · Series
DOTA: Dragon's Blood
2021 · Series
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
2020 · Movie
Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!
2020 · Movie
In Search of Darkness: Part II
2020 · Movie
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020 · Movie
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1
2020 · Movie
Tamron Hall
2019 · Series
Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island
2019 · Movie
In Search of Darkness
2019 · Movie
Too Macabre: The Making of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
2018 · Movie
Making Fun: The Story of Funko
2018 · Movie
To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story
2017 · Movie
Kuso
2017 · Movie
To Tell the Truth
2016 · Series
LEGO Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood
2016 · Movie
13 Nights of Elvira
2014 · Series
Elvira's 10 Nights of Halloween
2014 · Series
Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed
2014 · Movie
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014 · Movie
The Goldbergs
2013 · Series
Rewind This!
2013 · Movie
RuPaul Drives...
2013 · Series
First Period
2013 · Movie
Bruno & Earlene Go to Vegas
2013 · Movie
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
2012 · Series
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2012 · Series
Counting Cars
2012 · Series
Comic Book Men
2012 · Series
Last Man Standing
2011 · Series
Halloween Wars
2011 · Series
Face Off
2011 · Series
Devil's Night
2011 · Movie
Let’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest Groupies
2010 · Movie
Elvira's Movie Macabre
2010 · Series
Elvira’s Movie Macabre: Night Of The Living Dead
2010 · Movie
Elvira's Movie Macabre: The Satanic Rites Of Dracula
2010 · Movie
All About Evil
2010 · Movie
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
2010 · Series
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009 · Series
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
2009 · Movie
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009 · Series
The Boneyard Collection
2008 · Movie
The Search for the Next Elvira
2007 · Series
The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness
2007 · Movie
Vampira: The Movie
2006 · Movie
American Scary
2006 · Movie
Elvira's Something Weird
2006 · Series
Red Riding Hood
2006 · Movie
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
2006 · Movie
Medium
2005 · Series
Monsterama
2004 · Series
Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures
2004 · Movie
Elvira's Movies to Die For
2004 · Series
Elvira's Horror Classics
2004 · Series
The Tony Danza Show
2004 · Series
Monsterama: A Tribute to Horror Hosts
2004 · Movie
Elvira's Haunted Hills
2002 · Movie
Raise the Dead Featuring Elvira
2000 · Series
Bride of Monster Mania
2000 · Movie
Encounter in the Third Dimension
1999 · Movie
Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania
1999 · Movie
Sex Files: Portrait of the Soul
1998 · Movie
Hollywood Squares
1998 · Series
KCAL Halloween Scream
1997 · Movie
Superstition
1997 · Movie
EP Daily
1997 · Series
Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun
1997 · Movie
Monster Mania
1997 · Movie
Dear God
1996 · Movie
The Ketchup Vampires II
1996 · Movie
E! True Hollywood Story
1996 · Series
It's My Party
1996 · Movie
The Ketchup Vampires
1995 · Movie
Attack of the Killer B-Movies
1995 · Movie
Spooky World
1994 · Movie
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994 · Series
Elvira's Halloween Movie Schlock-A-Thon
1993 · Series
Acting on Impulse
1993 · Movie
The Elvira Show
1993 · Movie
Heartstoppers: Horror at the Movies
1992 · Movie
WrestleMania: The Greatest Hits
1992 · Movie
Hulkamania 6
1991 · Movie
The Horror Hall of Fame II
1991 · Movie
Ted & Venus
1991 · Movie
The Crawling Hand
1991 · Movie
Midnight Madness
1990 · Series
Parker Lewis Can't Lose
1990 · Series
Heavy Metal Heaven Hosted by Elvira
1989 · Series
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
1989 · Series
Elvira's Thriller Theatre
1989 · Series
Metallica - Live at Hammersmith Odeon
1988 · Movie
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
1988 · Movie
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
1988 · Movie
thirtysomething
1987 · Series
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
1986 · Movie
Elvira's Halloween Special
1986 · Movie
WrestleMania II
1986 · Movie
Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors
1986 · Movie
Echo Park
1985 · Movie
Get Out of My Room
1985 · Movie
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
1985 · Movie
Elvira's ThrillerVideo
1985 · Series
Cheeseball Presents
1984 · Movie
Last of the Great Survivors
1984 · Movie
Uncensored
1984 · Movie
Stroker Ace
1983 · Movie
The Sting II
1983 · Movie
The Paragon of Comedy
1983 · Movie
Balboa
1983 · Movie
Filmgore
1983 · Movie
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
1982 · Movie
St. Elsewhere
1982 · Series
Elvira's Movie Macabre: Legacy of Blood
1982 · Movie
The Best of Sex and Violence
1982 · Movie
Famous T & A
1982 · Movie
Elvira's Movie Macabre
1981 · Series
King of the Mountain
1981 · Movie
Coast to Coast
1980 · Movie
Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
1980 · Movie
Beyond Westworld
1980 · Series
Fantasy Island
1978 · Series
CHiPs
1977 · Series
Alice
1976 · Series
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Series
The Working Girls
1974 · Movie
Roma
1972 · Movie
Diamonds Are Forever
1971 · Movie
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Series
Cinema Insomnia
Series
Untitled KROQ Documentary
Movie