Cassandra Peterson
Acting
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.
As actor 141
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2012
Hollywood Squares
1998
Saturday Night Live
1975
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
Alice
1976
The Goldbergs
2013
Last Man Standing
2011
Medium
2005
Tamron Hall
2019
Fantasy Island
1978
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
2012
St. Elsewhere
1982
The Tony Danza Show
2004
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
2010
Parker Lewis Can't Lose
1990
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
thirtysomething
1987
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
To Tell the Truth
2016
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
1989
Elvira's Movie Macabre
1981
Face Off
2011
DOTA: Dragon's Blood
2021
Halloween Wars
2011
CHiPs
1977
Counting Cars
2012
Comic Book Men
2012
Diamonds Are Forever
1971
Cinema Insomnia
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
1988
The Munsters
2022
Heavy Metal Heaven Hosted by Elvira
1989
Beyond Westworld
1980
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.
2024
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
1986
The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans
2022
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
1985
RuPaul Drives...
2013
Pee-wee as Himself
2025
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
2009
LEGO Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood
2016
Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!
2020
Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow
2022
Roma
1972
Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island
2019
Elvira's ThrillerVideo
1985
Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
1980
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Elvira's Movie Macabre
2010
The Horror Hall of Fame II
1991
Elvira's Haunted Hills
2002
Red Riding Hood
2006
The Sting II
1983
Dear God
1996
Elvira's Thriller Theatre
1989
It's My Party
1996
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
1982
Midnight Madness
1990
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
Dr. Jackie
2022
First Period
2013
Stroker Ace
1983
In Search of Darkness
2019
All About Evil
2010
Famous T & A
1982
Monster Mania
1997
Commitment to Life
2023
R.L. Stine's Pumpkinhead 2
2026
The Search for the Next Elvira
2007
Monsterama
2004
In Search of Darkness: Part II
2020
Get Out of My Room
1985
The Working Girls
1974
WrestleMania II
1986
Ted & Venus
1991
13 Nights of Elvira
2014
Balboa
1983
WrestleMania: The Greatest Hits
1992
Netflix and Chills with Dr. Elvira
2021
The Best of Sex and Violence
1982
The Crawling Hand
1991
In Search of Darkness: Part III
2022
King of the Mountain
1981
Making Fun: The Story of Funko
2018
Rewind This!
2013
Raise the Dead Featuring Elvira
2000
Devil's Night
2011
The Elvira Show
1993
Elvira's Halloween Special
1986
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
2020
Elvira's Movies to Die For
2004
Elvira's 10 Nights of Halloween
2014
Echo Park
1985
Superstition
1997
Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed
2014
The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness
2007
Heartstoppers: Horror at the Movies
1992
Too Macabre: The Making of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
2018
The Boneyard Collection
2008
Acting on Impulse
1993
American Scary
2006
Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures
2004
Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun
1997
Bride of Monster Mania
2000
Elvira's Halloween Movie Schlock-A-Thon
1993
Last of the Great Survivors
1984
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1
2020
The SF Sketchfest Roast of Bruce Campbell
2023
The Ketchup Vampires
1995
Encounter in the Third Dimension
1999
Elvira's Something Weird
2006
Elvira's Horror Classics
2004
Elvira's 40th Anniversary, Very Scary, Very Special Special
2021
To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story
2017
Coast to Coast
1980
Vampira: The Movie
2006
The Paragon of Comedy
1983
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
1988
Uncensored
1984
Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors
1986
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
2006
Untitled KROQ Documentary
The Ketchup Vampires II
1996
Elvira's Movie Macabre: The Satanic Rites Of Dracula
2010
Cheeseball Presents
1984
Bruno & Earlene Go to Vegas
2013
Le Passeur immobile
2021
Let’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest Groupies
2010
Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania
1999
Hulkamania 6
1991
Attack of the Killer B-Movies
1995
Spooky World
1994
Elvira's Movie Macabre: Legacy of Blood
1982
Monsterama: A Tribute to Horror Hosts
2004
KCAL Halloween Scream
1997
Filmgore
1983
Metallica - Live at Hammersmith Odeon
1988
EP Daily
1997
Elvira’s Movie Macabre: Night Of The Living Dead
2010
On the crew 10
Elvira's Movie Macabre
1981
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
1988
Elvira's Haunted Hills
2002
The Search for the Next Elvira
2007
Kuso
2017
The Elvira Show
1993
Elvira's Halloween Special
1986
Sex Files: Portrait of the Soul
1998
Elvira's Movie Macabre: The Satanic Rites Of Dracula
2010
Elvira’s Movie Macabre: Night Of The Living Dead
2010