Cassandra Peterson

Known for

Acting

Born

September 17, 1951 (age 75)

Birthplace

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.

Best known work

Diamonds Are Forever

1971

Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island

2019

Pee-wee's Big Adventure

1985

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

2012

Elvira: Mistress of the Dark

1988

Medium

2005

Saturday Night Live

1975

DOTA: Dragon's Blood

2021

The Goldbergs

2013

Roma

1972

Filmography

TBA
Untitled KROQ Documentary
TBA
Cinema InsomniaTV
as Self (1 episode)
2026
Vincent Price: What Keeps Us Alive
2026
R.L. Stine's Pumpkinhead 2
as Cassandra
2025
Pee-wee as HimselfTV
as Self (2 episodes)
2024
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.TV
as Self (1 episode)
2023
Commitment to Life
as Self (archive footage)
2023
The SF Sketchfest Roast of Bruce Campbell
as Elvira
2022
In Search of Darkness: Part III
as Self
2022
The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: TitansTV
as Self - Guest Judge (1 episode)
2022
The Munsters
as Barbara Carr
2022
Dr. JackieTV
as Cassandra Peterson (1 episode)
2022
Charles Band’s Full Moon FreakshowTV
2021
Le Passeur immobile
as Self
2021
Netflix and Chills with Dr. ElviraTV
as Elvira (5 episodes)
2021
Elvira's 40th Anniversary, Very Scary, Very Special SpecialTV
as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (4 episodes)
2021
DOTA: Dragon's BloodTV
as Lirrak (voice) (3 episodes)
2020
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
as Host - Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
2020
Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!
as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (voice)
2020
In Search of Darkness: Part II
as Self
2020
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1
as Self
2020
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
as (archive footage)
2019
The Tamron Hall ShowTV
as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2019
Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island
as Elvira (voice)
2019
In Search of Darkness
as Self