Cassandra Peterson
Acting1951Manhattan, 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.
Known For
Diamonds Are Forever
Shady Tree's Acorn (uncredited)
Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island
Elvira (voice)
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Biker Mama
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Ms. Campbell (voice)
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
Elvira / Aunt Morgana Talbot
Saturday Night Live
Elvira
DOTA: Dragon's Blood
Lirrak (voice)
The Goldbergs
Elvira
Acting History
2025
Pee-wee as Himself
TVas Self• 2 eps
2022
The Munsters
as Barbara Carr
The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans
TVas Self - Guest Judge
2021
The Goldbergs
TVas Elvira• 1 eps
DOTA: Dragon's Blood
TVas Lirrak (voice)• 3 eps
Tamron Hall
TVas Self - Guest• 1 eps
2020
Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!
as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (voice)
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
as Host - Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
To Tell the Truth
TVas Self - Elvira• 1 eps
2019
In Search of Darkness
as Self
Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island
as Elvira (voice)
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
TVas Self - Guest Judge• 1 eps
2017
2016
LEGO Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood
as Drella Diabolique (voice)
Comic Book Men
TVas Elvira• 1 eps
2015
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
TVas Ms. Campbell (voice)• 1 eps
Halloween Wars
TVas Self - Guest Judge• 3 eps
2014
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Self - Actress
2013
1st Period
as Ms. Glenn
Rewind This!
as Self
Face Off
TVas Elvira• 1 eps
RuPaul's Drag Race
TVas Self - Guest Judge / Self - Special Honoree / Self - Judge (archive footage)• 1 eps
2012
Counting Cars
TVas Self• 1 eps
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
TVas Self - Guest Judge• 1 eps
2011
Celebrity Ghost Stories
TVas Self• 1 eps
Last Man Standing
TVas Elvira• 1 eps
2010
All About Evil
as Linda
Elvira's Movie Macabre
TVas Elvira• 26 eps
2009
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
as Amber (voice)
2008
The Boneyard Collection
as Elvira (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
2007
The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness
as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
2006
2004
Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures
as Elvira
The Tony Danza Show
TVas Elvira• 1 eps
2002
Elvira's Haunted Hills
as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
Elvira's Haunted Hills
Characters
Elvira's Haunted Hills
Writer
2000
Bride of Monster Mania
as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
1999
Encounter in the Third Dimension
as Elvira
1998
1997
Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun
as Elvira
1996
Dear God
as Cassandra Peterson (uncredited)
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
TVas Elvira• 1 eps
1993
The Elvira Show
as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
Acting on Impulse
as Roxy
The Elvira Show
Producer
The Elvira Show
Writer
1992
Parker Lewis Can't Lose
TVas Elvira• 1 eps
1991
Ted & Venus
as Lisa
1990
1989
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
TVas Elvira• 2 eps
1988
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
as Elvira / Aunt Morgana Talbot
1986
Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors
as Elvira
WrestleMania II
as Elvira / Guest Commentator
1985
1984
Cheeseball Presents
as Elvira
1983
The Sting II
as O'Malley's Girl
Stroker Ace
as Girl with Lugs
Balboa
as Angie Stoddard
The Paragon of Comedy
as Elvira
Filmgore
as Elvira
St. Elsewhere
TVas Judy• 1 eps
1982
Famous T & A
as Katya (archive footage)
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
as Busty Nurse
CHiPs
TVas Elvira• 2 eps
1981
1980
Coast to Coast
as Dinner Party Guest
Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
as Hostage (Groundling)
Beyond Westworld
TVas Dance Hall Girl• 1 eps
1975
Saturday Night Live
TVas Elvira
1972
Roma
as (uncredited)
1971
Diamonds Are Forever
as Shady Tree's Acorn (uncredited)
1962