Cassandra Peterson
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.
138 acting credits
Acting · 138
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Saturday Night Live
1975
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
The Goldbergs
2013
St. Elsewhere
1982
Hollywood Squares
1998
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2012
Fantasy Island
1978
Alice
1976
Last Man Standing
2011
CHiPs
1977
Tamron Hall
2019
thirtysomething
1987
The Tony Danza Show
2004
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
2012
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
2010
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
To Tell the Truth
2016
DOTA: Dragon's Blood
2021
Parker Lewis Can't Lose
1990
Comic Book Men
2012
Face Off
2011
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
1989
Halloween Wars
2011
Elvira's Movie Macabre
1981
Counting Cars
2012
Diamonds Are Forever
1971
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.
2024
Cinema Insomnia
—
Beyond Westworld
1980
Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow
2022
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
1986
The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans
2022
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
1988
Pee-wee as Himself
2025
RuPaul Drives...
2013
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Dr. Jackie
2022
Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!
2020
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island
2019
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
2009
LEGO Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood
2016
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
1985
Elvira's Movies to Die For
2004
To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story
2017
Elvira's 40th Anniversary, Very Scary, Very Special Special
2021
Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
1980
The Munsters
2022
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
1988
WrestleMania II
1986
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
2020
Roma
1972
It's My Party
1996
The Sting II
1983
Famous T & A
1982
Red Riding Hood
2006
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
1982
All About Evil
2010
Ted & Venus
1991
Stroker Ace
1983
Monsterama
2004
In Search of Darkness: Part II
2020
Heavy Metal Heaven Hosted by Elvira
1989
In Search of Darkness
2019
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020
Dear God
1996
Elvira's Haunted Hills
2002
Elvira's Horror Classics
2004
Commitment to Life
2023
In Search of Darkness: Part III
2022
Get Out of My Room
1985
The Boneyard Collection
2008
Rewind This!
2013
Too Macabre: The Making of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
2018
Midnight Madness
1990
The Best of Sex and Violence
1982
Making Fun: The Story of Funko
2018
13 Nights of Elvira
2014
Last of the Great Survivors
1984
Raise the Dead Featuring Elvira
2000
Acting on Impulse
1993
Elvira's Thriller Theatre
1989
Elvira's ThrillerVideo
1985
Elvira's Movie Macabre
2010
The Search for the Next Elvira
2007
The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness
2007
Netflix and Chills with Dr. Elvira
2021
Le Passeur immobile
2021
American Scary
2006
King of the Mountain
1981
Echo Park
1985
Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures
2004
Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors
1986
Elvira's Halloween Movie Schlock-A-Thon
1993
The SF Sketchfest Roast of Bruce Campbell
2023
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
2006
Vampira: The Movie
2006
Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed
2014
The Crawling Hand
1991
First Period
2013
Let’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest Groupies
2010
The Elvira Show
1993
Bruno & Earlene Go to Vegas
2013
Encounter in the Third Dimension
1999
EP Daily
1997
Elvira's 10 Nights of Halloween
2014
Hulkamania 6
1991
The Working Girls
1974
Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania
1999
Coast to Coast
1980
Cheeseball Presents
1984
Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun
1997
Balboa
1983
Heartstoppers: Horror at the Movies
1992
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1
2020
Spooky World
1994
Elvira's Something Weird
2006
Monster Mania
1997
The Horror Hall of Fame II
1991
Elvira's Movie Macabre: Legacy of Blood
1982
Monsterama: A Tribute to Horror Hosts
2004
Filmgore
1983
The Paragon of Comedy
1983
Elvira's Halloween Special
1986
Metallica - Live at Hammersmith Odeon
1988
KCAL Halloween Scream
1997
Uncensored
1984
The Ketchup Vampires
1995
Untitled KROQ Documentary
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Bride of Monster Mania
2000
Superstition
1997
Devil's Night
2011
Elvira’s Movie Macabre: Night Of The Living Dead
2010
The Ketchup Vampires II
1996
Elvira's Movie Macabre: The Satanic Rites Of Dracula
2010
Attack of the Killer B-Movies
1995