Cassandra Peterson
Known for: Acting
Born: September 17, 1951
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
88 movies · 54 TV shows, newest first
7.9
Pee-wee as Himself
2025
5.9
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.
2024
NR
Commitment to Life
2023NR
The SF Sketchfest Roast of Bruce Campbell
2023
7.5
In Search of Darkness: Part III
2022
5.1
The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans
2022
5.6
The Munsters
2022
3.3
Dr. Jackie
2022
7.0
Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow
2022
NR
Le Passeur immobile
2021
7.1
Netflix and Chills with Dr. Elvira
2021
7.8
Elvira's 40th Anniversary, Very Scary, Very Special Special
2021
7.7
DOTA: Dragon's Blood
2021
7.1
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
2020
7.7
Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!
2020
7.7
In Search of Darkness: Part II
2020
8.0
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1
2020
NR
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020
4.5
Tamron Hall
2019
7.0
Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island
2019
7.5
In Search of Darkness
2019
7.6
Too Macabre: The Making of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
2018
6.5
Making Fun: The Story of Funko
2018
7.9
To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story
2017
5.4
Kuso
2017
5.8
To Tell the Truth
2016
7.2
LEGO Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood
2016
NR
Elvira's 10 Nights of Halloween
2014
7.2
13 Nights of Elvira
2014
8.0
Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed
2014
7.2
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
7.4
The Goldbergs
2013
6.9
Rewind This!
20135.0
RuPaul Drives...
2013
5.2
First Period
2013
4.3
Bruno & Earlene Go to Vegas
2013
7.3
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
2012
8.3
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2012
6.5
Counting Cars
2012
6.9
Comic Book Men
2012
7.2
Last Man Standing
2011
6.4
Halloween Wars
2011
7.1
Face Off
2011
NR
Devil's Night
2011
4.0
Let’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest Groupies
2010
NR
Elvira’s Movie Macabre: Night Of The Living Dead
2010
7.6
Elvira's Movie Macabre
2010
NR
Elvira's Movie Macabre: The Satanic Rites Of Dracula
2010
5.9
All About Evil
2010
6.0
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
2010
7.3
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
5.9
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
2009
7.5
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
5.3
The Boneyard Collection
2008
7.0
The Search for the Next Elvira
2007
6.0
The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness
2007
8.0
Vampira: The Movie
2006
7.5
American Scary
2006
NR
Elvira's Something Weird
2006
5.7
Red Riding Hood
20068.2
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
2006
7.5
Medium
2005
6.0
Monsterama
2004
7.0
Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures
2004
NR
Elvira's Movies to Die For
2004
NR
Elvira's Horror Classics
20046.4
The Tony Danza Show
2004
7.0
Monsterama: A Tribute to Horror Hosts
2004
5.5
Elvira's Haunted Hills
2002
NR
Raise the Dead Featuring Elvira
2000
7.7
Bride of Monster Mania
2000
7.3
Encounter in the Third Dimension
1999
7.8
Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania
1999
4.3
Sex Files: Portrait of the Soul
1998
7.6
Hollywood Squares
1998
NR
KCAL Halloween Scream
1997
6.0
Superstition
1997
NR
EP Daily
1997
6.5
Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun
1997
9.7
Monster Mania
1997
5.4
Dear God
1996
9.0
The Ketchup Vampires II
1996
8.1
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
6.3
It's My Party
1996
10.0
The Ketchup Vampires
1995
9.5
Attack of the Killer B-Movies
1995
6.0
Spooky World
1994
7.8
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
10.0
Elvira's Halloween Movie Schlock-A-Thon
1993
4.8
Acting on Impulse
1993
6.6
The Elvira Show
1993
9.3
Heartstoppers: Horror at the Movies
1992
NR
WrestleMania: The Greatest Hits
1992
10.0
Hulkamania 6
19912.0
The Horror Hall of Fame II
1991
4.5
Ted & Venus
1991NR
The Crawling Hand
1991
10.0
Midnight Madness
1990
7.4
Parker Lewis Can't Lose
1990
9.0
Heavy Metal Heaven Hosted by Elvira
1989
7.1
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
1989
10.0
Elvira's Thriller Theatre
1989NR
Metallica - Live at Hammersmith Odeon
1988
6.7
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
1988
9.0
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
1988
6.3
thirtysomething
1987
4.8
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
1986
8.4
Elvira's Halloween Special
1986
6.4
WrestleMania II
1986
6.7
Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors
1986
5.3
Echo Park
1985
5.4
Get Out of My Room
1985
6.5
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
1985
5.0
Elvira's ThrillerVideo
1985
2.8
Cheeseball Presents
1984
7.5
Last of the Great Survivors
1984
6.0
Uncensored
1984
4.8
Stroker Ace
1983
4.7
The Sting II
1983
7.0
The Paragon of Comedy
1983
4.7
Balboa
1983
7.5
Filmgore
1983
5.0
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
1982
5.7
St. Elsewhere
1982
NR
Elvira's Movie Macabre: Legacy of Blood
1982
5.5
The Best of Sex and Violence
1982
5.5
Famous T & A
1982
7.0
Elvira's Movie Macabre
1981
5.9
King of the Mountain
1981
5.2
Coast to Coast
1980
5.9
Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
1980
5.4
Beyond Westworld
1980
6.5
Fantasy Island
1978
6.8
CHiPs
1977
7.0
Alice
1976
6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975
4.9
The Working Girls
1974
7.3
Roma
1972
6.4
Diamonds Are Forever
1971
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962NR
Untitled KROQ Documentary
—10.0
Cinema Insomnia
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