Cassandra Peterson
Known for acting · Born 17 September 1951 · 75 · Manhattan, Kansas, USA
152 credits
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
Elvira's Movie Macabre
1981
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
1988
Elvira's Haunted Hills
2002
The Munsters
2022
Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!
2020
Rewind This!
2013
All About Evil
2010
Elvira's Movie Macabre
2010
Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island
2019
Monsterama
2004
Elvira's ThrillerVideo
1985
Elvira's Thriller Theatre
1989
Acting (143)
2026R.L. Stine's Pumpkinhead 2CassandraFilm
2026Vincent Price: What Keeps Us AliveFilm
2025Pee-wee as HimselfSelf · 2 episodesSeries
2024John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.SelfSeries
2023The SF Sketchfest Roast of Bruce CampbellElviraFilm
2023Commitment to LifeSelf (archive footage)Film
2022The MunstersBarbara CarrFilm
2022In Search of Darkness: Part IIISelfFilm
2022The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: TitansSelf - Guest JudgeSeries
2022Dr. JackieCassandra PetersonSeries
2022Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow · 2 episodesSeries
2021DOTA: Dragon's BloodLirrak (voice) · 3 episodesSeries
2021Netflix and Chills with Dr. ElviraElvira · 5 episodesSeries
2021Elvira's 40th Anniversary, Very Scary, Very Special SpecialElvira, Mistress of the Dark · 4 episodesSeries
2021Le Passeur immobileSelfFilm
2020Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (voice)Film
2020In Search of Darkness: Part IISelfFilm
2020In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween TakeoverHost - Elvira, Mistress of the DarkFilm
2020AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1SelfFilm
2020The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault(archive footage)Film
2019Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie IslandElvira (voice)Film
2019In Search of DarknessSelfFilm
2019The Tamron Hall ShowSelf - GuestSeries
2018Making Fun: The Story of FunkoSelfFilm
2018Too Macabre: The Making of Elvira, Mistress of the DarkSelfFilm
2017To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder StorySelfFilm
2016LEGO Scooby-Doo! Haunted HollywoodDrella Diabolique (voice)Film
2016To Tell the TruthSelf - ElviraSeries
2014Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon FilmsSelf - ActressFilm
2014Scream Queens: Horror Heroines ExposedSelfFilm
201413 Nights of ElviraElvira · 13 episodesSeries
2014Elvira's 10 Nights of HalloweenElvira · 13 episodesSeries
2013The GoldbergsElviraSeries
2013Rewind This!SelfFilm
2013Bruno & Earlene Go to VegasArtie DukeFilm
2013First PeriodMs. GlennFilm
2013RuPaul Drives...Self - GuestSeries
2012Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesMs. Campbell (voice)Series
2012RuPaul's Drag Race All StarsSelf - Guest JudgeSeries
2012Comic Book MenElviraSeries
2012Counting CarsSelfSeries
2011Last Man StandingElviraSeries
2011Face OffElviraSeries
2011Halloween WarsSelf - Guest Judge · 3 episodesSeries
2011Devil's NightElviraFilm
2010All About EvilLindaFilm
2010RuPaul's Drag Race: UntuckedSelf - Guest JudgeSeries
2010Elvira's Movie MacabreElvira · 26 episodesSeries
2010Let’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest GroupiesselfFilm
2010Elvira's Movie Macabre: The Satanic Rites Of DraculaElviraFilm
2010Elvira’s Movie Macabre: Night Of The Living DeadElviraFilm
2009RuPaul's Drag RaceSelf - Special Honoree, Self - Guest Judge · 2 episodes, Self - Judge (archive footage)Series
2009The Haunted World of El SuperbeastoAmber (voice)Film
2009Celebrity Ghost StoriesSelfSeries
2008The Boneyard CollectionElvira (segment "Her Morbid Desires")Film
2007The Search for the Next Elvira · 4 episodesSeries
2007The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of DarknessElvira, Mistress of the DarkFilm
2006Red Riding HoodHunter's MomFilm
2006American ScaryElvira (archive footage)Film
2006Vampira: The MovieHerselfFilm
2006Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of ChillsSelfFilm
2006Elvira's Something WeirdElvira · 7 episodesSeries
2005MediumElviraSeries
2004The Tony Danza ShowSelf - Guest (as Elvira)Series
2004Hollywood's Creepiest CreaturesElviraFilm
2004Monsterama: A Tribute to Horror HostsSelfFilm
2004MonsteramaElvira · 25 episodesSeries
2004Elvira's Horror ClassicsElvira · 6 episodesSeries
2004Elvira's Movies to Die ForElvira · 10 episodesSeries
2002Elvira's Haunted HillsElvira, Mistress of the DarkFilm
2000Bride of Monster ManiaElvira, Mistress of the DarkFilm
2000Raise the Dead Featuring ElviraElvira · 8 episodesSeries
1999Encounter in the Third DimensionElviraFilm
1999Attack of the 50 Foot Monster ManiaElviraFilm
1998Hollywood SquaresSelf - Panelist · 2 episodesSeries
1997Thrill Ride: The Science of FunElviraFilm
1997Monster ManiaElviraFilm
1997SuperstitionElviraFilm
1997KCAL Halloween ScreamElviraFilm
1997EP DailySeries
1996E! True Hollywood StorySeries
1996Dear GodCassandra Peterson (uncredited)Film
1996It's My PartyParty GuestFilm
1996The Ketchup Vampires IIElviraFilm
1995Attack of the Killer B-MoviesElviraFilm
1995The Ketchup VampiresElvira, Mistress of the DarkFilm
1995Halloween Jam II at Universal StudiosElviraFilm
1994Space Ghost Coast to CoastElviraSeries
1994Spooky WorldSelfFilm
1993Acting on ImpulseRoxyFilm
1993Elvira's Halloween Movie Schlock-A-ThonElvira · 7 episodesSeries
1992Heartstoppers: Horror at the MoviesElviraFilm
1992WrestleMania: The Greatest HitsElviraFilm
1991Ted & VenusLisaFilm
1991Hulkamania 6Elvira - CommentatorFilm
1991The Horror Hall of Fame IIElvira - PresenterFilm
1991The Crawling HandElvira: Mistress of the DarkFilm
1990Parker Lewis Can't LoseElviraSeries
1990Midnight MadnessElvira · 15 episodesSeries
1989The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!Elvira · 2 episodesSeries
1989Heavy Metal Heaven Hosted by ElviraElvira · 6 episodesSeries
1989Elvira's Thriller TheatreElvira · 20 episodesSeries
1988Elvira: Mistress of the DarkElvira / Aunt Morgana TalbotFilm
1988Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi AbromowitzElviraFilm
1988Metallica - Live at Hammersmith OdeonElviraFilm
1987thirtysomethingSeries
1986Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of GoldSoraisFilm
1986WrestleMania IIElvira / Guest CommentatorFilm
1986Fangoria's Weekend of HorrorsElviraFilm
1986Elvira's Halloween SpecialElviraFilm
1985Pee-wee's Big AdventureBiker MamaFilm
1985Get Out of My RoomFilm
1985Echo ParkSheriFilm
1985Elvira's ThrillerVideoElvira · 24 episodesSeries
1984Cheeseball PresentsElviraFilm
1984Last of the Great SurvivorsElviraFilm
1984UncensoredSkit charactersFilm
1984Elvira's MTV Halloween PartyElvira - HostessFilm
1983Stroker AceGirl with LugsFilm
1983The Sting IIO'Malley's GirlFilm
1983BalboaAngie StoddardFilm
1983FilmgoreElviraFilm
1983The Paragon of ComedyElviraFilm
1982St. ElsewhereJudySeries
1982Jekyll and Hyde... Together AgainBusty NurseFilm
1982The Best of Sex and Violence(archive footage)Film
1982Famous T & AKatya (archive footage)Film
1982Elvira's Movie Macabre: Legacy of BloodElviraFilm
1981King of the MountainNeighborFilm
1981Elvira's Movie MacabreElvira, Mistress of the Dark · 140 episodesSeries
1980Cheech & Chong's Next MovieHostage (Groundling)Film
1980Beyond WestworldDance Hall GirlSeries
1980Coast to CoastDinner Party GuestFilm
1978Fantasy IslandFtatateetahSeries
1977CHiPsElvira · 2 episodesSeries
1976AliceSeries
1975Saturday Night LiveElviraSeries
1974The Working GirlsKatyaFilm
1972Roma(uncredited)Film
1971Diamonds Are ForeverShady Tree's Acorn (uncredited)Film
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelfSeries
—Cinema InsomniaSelfSeries
—Untitled KROQ DocumentaryFilm
Costume & Make-Up (1)
2017KusoWardrobe AssistantFilm
Crew (1)
1998Sex Files: Portrait of the SoulThanksFilm
Production (1)
2007The Search for the Next ElviraProducer, CreatorSeries
Writing (6)
2010Elvira’s Movie Macabre: Night Of The Living DeadWriterFilm
2010Elvira's Movie Macabre: The Satanic Rites Of DraculaWriter, Executive ProducerFilm
2002Elvira's Haunted HillsCharacters, WriterFilm
1988Elvira: Mistress of the DarkWriterFilm
1986Elvira's Halloween SpecialWriterFilm
1981Elvira's Movie MacabreWriter, CreatorSeries