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.

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Face Off

(2011) Elvira

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RuPaul's Drag Race

(2009) Self - Judge (archive footage)

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RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked

(2010) Self - Guest Judge

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Diamonds Are Forever

(1971) Shady Tree's Acorn (uncredited)

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CHiPs

(1977) Elvira

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Counting Cars

(2012) Self

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DOTA: Dragon's Blood

(2021) Lirrak (voice)

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Halloween Wars

(2011) Self - Guest Judge

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2023	Elvira	The SF Sketchfest Roast of Bruce Campbell 2023-01-28 Movie
2022	Self	In Search of Darkness: Part III 2022-11-25 Movie
	Self - Judge	The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans 2022-10-25 TV Show
	Barbara Carr	The Munsters 2022-09-27 Movie
	Cassandra Peterson	Dr. Jackie 2022-09-19 TV Show
	N/A	Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow 2022-05-24 TV Show
2021	Self	Le Passeur immobile 2021-12-14 Movie
	Elvira	Netflix and Chills with Dr. Elvira 2021-10-03 TV Show
	Elvira, Mistress of the Dark	Elvira's 40th Anniversary, Very Scary, Very Special Special 2021-09-25 TV Show
	Lirrak (voice)	DOTA: Dragon's Blood 2021-03-25 TV Show
2020	Host - Elvira, Mistress of the Dark	In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover 2020-10-30 Movie
	Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (voice)	Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! 2020-10-06 Movie
	Self	In Search of Darkness: Part II 2020-10-06 Movie
	Self	AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #1 2020-04-08 Movie
2019	Self - Guest	Tamron Hall 2019-09-09 TV Show
	Elvira (voice)	Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island 2019-09-03 Movie
	Self	In Search of Darkness 2019-05-01 Movie
2018	Self	Too Macabre: The Making of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark 2018-06-09 Movie
	Self	Making Fun: The Story of Funko 2018-01-22 Movie
2017	Self	To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story 2017-08-26 Movie
2016	Self - Elvira	To Tell the Truth 2016-06-14 TV Show
	Drella Diabolique (voice)	LEGO Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood 2016-01-28 Movie
2014	Elvira	Elvira's 10 Nights of Halloween 2014-10-19 TV Show
	Elvira	13 Nights of Elvira 2014-10-19 TV Show
	Self	Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed 2014-10-13 Movie
	Self - Actress	Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films 2014-10-06 Movie
2013	Elvira	The Goldbergs 2013-09-24 TV Show
	Self	Rewind This! 2013-08-27 Movie
	Self - Guest	RuPaul Drives... 2013-08-20 TV Show
	Ms. Glenn	First Period 2013-07-27 Movie
	Artie Duke	Bruno & Earlene Go to Vegas 2013-07-09 Movie
2012	Ms. Campbell (voice)	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012-09-28 TV Show
	Self	Counting Cars 2012-08-13 TV Show
	Elvira	Comic Book Men 2012-02-12 TV Show
2011	Elvira	Last Man Standing 2011-10-11 TV Show
	Self - Guest Judge	Halloween Wars 2011-10-02 TV Show
	Elvira	Face Off 2011-01-26 TV Show
	Elvira	Devil's Night 2011-01-01 Movie
2010	N/A	Let’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest Groupies 2010-12-13 Movie
	Elvira	Elvira's Movie Macabre 2010-09-25 TV Show
	Elvira	Elvira’s Movie Macabre: Night Of The Living Dead 2010-09-25 Movie
	Elvira	Elvira's Movie Macabre: The Satanic Rites Of Dracula 2010-06-01 Movie
	Linda	All About Evil 2010-05-01 Movie
	Self - Guest Judge	RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked 2010-02-01 TV Show
2009	Self	Celebrity Ghost Stories 2009-10-03 TV Show
	Amber (voice)	The Haunted World of El Superbeasto 2009-09-12 Movie
	Self - Special Honoree	RuPaul's Drag Race 2009-02-02 TV Show
	Self - Guest Judge	RuPaul's Drag Race 2009-02-02 TV Show
	Self - Judge (archive footage)	RuPaul's Drag Race 2009-02-02 TV Show
2008	Elvira (segment "Her Morbid Desires")	The Boneyard Collection 2008-01-01 Movie
2007	N/A	The Search for the Next Elvira 2007-10-13 TV Show
	Elvira, Mistress of the Dark	The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness 2007-07-11 Movie
2006	Herself	Vampira: The Movie 2006-10-31 Movie
	Elvira (archive footage)	American Scary 2006-10-21 Movie
	Elvira	Elvira's Something Weird 2006-10-15 TV Show
	Hunter's Mom	Red Riding Hood 2006-06-27 Movie
	Self	Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills 2006-01-01 Movie
2004	Elvira	Monsterama 2004-12-01 TV Show
	Elvira	Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures 2004-10-30 Movie
	Elvira	Elvira's Movies to Die For 2004-10-29 TV Show
	Elvira	Elvira's Horror Classics 2004-10-01 TV Show
	Elvira	The Tony Danza Show 2004-09-13 TV Show
	Self	Monsterama: A Tribute to Horror Hosts 2004-07-02 Movie
2002	Elvira, Mistress of the Dark	Elvira's Haunted Hills 2002-10-31 Movie
2000	Elvira	Raise the Dead Featuring Elvira 2000-10-28 TV Show
	Elvira, Mistress of the Dark	Bride of Monster Mania 2000-01-01 Movie
1999	Elvira	Encounter in the Third Dimension 1999-03-31 Movie
	Elvira	Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania 1999-01-01 Movie
1997	Elvira	KCAL Halloween Scream 1997-10-31 Movie
	Elvira	Superstition 1997-10-01 Movie
	N/A	EP Daily 1997-09-20 TV Show
	Elvira	Monster Mania 1997-01-01 Movie
1996	Cassandra Peterson (uncredited)	Dear God 1996-11-01 Movie
	Elvira	The Ketchup Vampires II 1996-09-17 Movie
	N/A	E! True Hollywood Story 1996-08-21 TV Show
	Party Guest	It's My Party 1996-03-22 Movie
1995	Elvira, Mistress of the Dark	The Ketchup Vampires 1995-09-26 Movie
	Elvira	Attack of the Killer B-Movies 1995-09-02 Movie
1994	Self	Spooky World 1994-10-31 Movie
	Elvira	Space Ghost Coast to Coast 1994-04-15 TV Show
1993	Elvira	Elvira's Halloween Movie Schlock-A-Thon 1993-10-30 TV Show
	Roxy	Acting on Impulse 1993-07-10 Movie
	Elvira, Mistress of the Dark	The Elvira Show 1993-01-01 Movie
1992	Elvira	Heartstoppers: Horror at the Movies 1992-10-31 Movie
1991	Lisa	Ted & Venus 1991-08-08 Movie
	Elvira: Mistress of the Dark	The Crawling Hand 1991-02-24 Movie
1990	Elvira	Midnight Madness Hosted by Elvira 1990-10-13 TV Show
	Elvira	Parker Lewis Can't Lose 1990-09-02 TV Show
1989	Elvira	Heavy Metal Heaven Hosted by Elvira 1989-12-29 TV Show
	Elvira	The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! 1989-09-04 TV Show
	Elvira	Elvira's Thriller Theatre 1989-03-08 TV Show
1988	Elvira	Metallica - Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1988-10-10 Movie
	Elvira / Aunt Morgana Talbot	Elvira: Mistress of the Dark 1988-09-30 Movie
	Elvira	Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz 1988-08-16 Movie
1987	N/A	thirtysomething 1987-09-29 TV Show
1986	Sorais	Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold 1986-12-17 Movie
	Elvira	Elvira's Halloween Special 1986-10-31 Movie
	Elvira / Guest Commentator	WrestleMania II 1986-04-07 Movie
	Elvira	Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors 1986-01-01 Movie
1985	Sheri	Echo Park 1985-11-05 Movie
	N/A	Get Out of My Room 1985-10-01 Movie
	Biker Mama	Pee-wee's Big Adventure 1985-07-26 Movie
	Elvira	Elvira's ThrillerVideo 1985-02-25 TV Show
1984	Elvira	Elvira's MTV Halloween Party 1984-10-31 Movie
	N/A	Cheeseball Presents 1984-03-01 Movie
	Elvira	Last of the Great Survivors 1984-01-03 Movie
	Skit characters	Uncensored 1984-01-03 Movie
1983	Girl with Lugs	Stroker Ace 1983-07-01 Movie
	O'Malley's Girl	The Sting II 1983-02-18 Movie
	Elvira	The Paragon of Comedy 1983-01-16 Movie
	Angie Stoddard	Balboa 1983-01-02 Movie
	Elvira	Filmgore 1983-01-01 Movie
1982	Busty Nurse	Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again 1982-11-10 Movie
	N/A	St. Elsewhere 1982-10-26 TV Show
	Elvira	Elvira's Movie Macabre: Legacy of Blood 1982-04-10 Movie
	(archive footage)	The Best of Sex and Violence 1982-02-05 Movie
	Katya (archive footage)	Famous T & A 1982-01-01 Movie
1981	N/A	Elvira's Movie Macabre 1981-09-26 TV Show
	Neighbor	King of the Mountain 1981-04-04 Movie
1980	Dinner Party Guest	Coast to Coast 1980-10-03 Movie
	Hostage (Groundling)	Cheech & Chong's Next Movie 1980-07-18 Movie
	Dance Hall Girl	Beyond Westworld 1980-03-05 TV Show
1977	Elvira	CHiPs 1977-09-15 TV Show
1976	N/A	Alice 1976-08-31 TV Show
1974	Katya	The Working Girls 1974-10-05 Movie
1972	(uncredited)	Roma 1972-03-16 Movie
1971	Shady Tree's Acorn (uncredited)	Diamonds Are Forever 1971-12-14 Movie
1962	Self	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1962-10-01 TV Show
	N/A	Untitled KROQ Documentary Movie
	Self	Cinema Insomnia TV Show
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2010	Writer	Elvira’s Movie Macabre: Night Of The Living Dead 2010-09-25 Movie
	Writer	Elvira's Movie Macabre: The Satanic Rites Of Dracula 2010-06-01 Movie
2002	Writer	Elvira's Haunted Hills 2002-10-31 Movie
	Characters	Elvira's Haunted Hills 2002-10-31 Movie
1993	Writer	The Elvira Show 1993-01-01 Movie
1988	Writer	Elvira: Mistress of the Dark 1988-09-30 Movie
1986	Writer	Elvira's Halloween Special 1986-10-31 Movie
1984	Writer	Elvira's MTV Halloween Party 1984-10-31 Movie
1981	Writer	Elvira's Movie Macabre 1981-09-26 TV Show
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2010	Executive Producer	Elvira's Movie Macabre: The Satanic Rites Of Dracula 2010-06-01 Movie
	Producer	Elvira's Movie Macabre: The Satanic Rites Of Dracula 2010-06-01 Movie
2007	Producer	The Search for the Next Elvira 2007-10-13 TV Show
1993	Producer	The Elvira Show 1993-01-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Creator

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2007	Creator	The Search for the Next Elvira 2007-10-13 TV Show
1981	Creator	Elvira's Movie Macabre 1981-09-26 TV Show
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Crew

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1998	Thanks	Sex Files: Portrait of the Soul 1998-09-25 Movie
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