Cassandra Peterson

Actress

Born: September 17, 1951 (74 years old)

Place of birth: Manhattan, Kansas, USA

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.

Filmography (67)

• Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988, ★ 6.7)
• In Search of Darkness: Part III (2022, ★ 7.5)
• Encounter in the Third Dimension (1999, ★ 6.8)
• Bride of Monster Mania (2000, ★ 7.5)
• Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014, ★ 7.2)
• Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed (2014, ★ 8)
• American Scary (2006, ★ 7.6)
• To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story (2017, ★ 7.9)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012, ★ 8.3)
• Diamonds Are Forever (1971, ★ 6.4)
• Rewind This! (2013, ★ 6.9)
• Making Fun: The Story of Funko (2018, ★ 6.5)
• LEGO Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood (2016, ★ 7.3)
• In Search of Darkness (2019, ★ 7.5)
• Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island (2019, ★ 7)
• Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! (2020, ★ 7.8)
• In Search of Darkness: Part II (2020, ★ 7.7)
• In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover (2020, ★ 7.1)
• Roma (1972, ★ 7.2)
• Alice (1976, ★ 7.1)
• CHiPs (1977, ★ 6.8)
• DOTA: Dragon's Blood (2021, ★ 7.7)
• WrestleMania II (1986, ★ 6.3)
• Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985, ★ 6.5)
• thirtysomething (1987, ★ 6.3)
• Elvira's Movie Macabre (1981, ★ 6.9)
• Last Man Standing (2011, ★ 7.2)
• Elvira's 40th Anniversary, Very Scary, Very Special Special (2021, ★ 7.8)
• 13 Nights of Elvira (2014, ★ 7.2)
• The Goldbergs (2013, ★ 7.5)