Acting · Manhattan, Kansas, USA · Born September 17, 1951
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.
TVPee-wee as Himself
2025
as Self
TVJohn Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.
2024
as Self
MovieCommitment to Life
2023
as Self (archive footage)
The SF Sketchfest Roast of Bruce Campbell
2023
as Elvira
MovieIn Search of Darkness: Part III
2022
as Self
TVThe Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans
2022
as Self - Guest Judge
MovieThe Munsters
2022
as Barbara Carr
TVDr. Jackie
2022
as Cassandra Peterson
TVCharles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow
2022
MovieLe Passeur immobile
2021
as Self
TVNetflix and Chills with Dr. Elvira
2021
as Elvira
TVElvira's 40th Anniversary, Very Scary, Very Special Special
2021
as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
TVDOTA: Dragon's Blood
2021
as Lirrak (voice)
MovieIn Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
2020
as Host - Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
MovieHappy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!
2020
as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (voice)
MovieIn Search of Darkness: Part II
2020
as Self
MovieAGFA Mystery Mixtape #1
2020
as Self
MovieThe AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020
as (archive footage)
TVTamron Hall
2019
as Self - Guest
MovieScooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island
2019
as Elvira (voice)
MovieIn Search of Darkness
2019
as Self
MovieToo Macabre: The Making of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
2018
as Self
MovieMaking Fun: The Story of Funko
2018
as Self
MovieTo Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story
2017
as Self
TVTo Tell the Truth
2016
as Self - Elvira
MovieLEGO Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood
2016
as Drella Diabolique (voice)
TVElvira's 10 Nights of Halloween
2014
as Elvira
TV13 Nights of Elvira
2014
as Elvira
MovieScream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed
2014
as Self
MovieElectric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
as Self - Actress
TVThe Goldbergs
2013
as Elvira
MovieRewind This!
2013
as Self
RuPaul Drives...
2013
as Self - Guest
MovieFirst Period
2013
as Ms. Glenn
MovieBruno & Earlene Go to Vegas
2013
as Artie Duke
TVRuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
2012
as Self - Guest Judge
TVTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2012
as Ms. Campbell (voice)
TVCounting Cars
2012
as Self
TVComic Book Men
2012
as Elvira
TVLast Man Standing
2011
as Elvira
TVHalloween Wars
2011
as Self - Guest Judge
TVFace Off
2011
as Elvira
MovieDevil's Night
2011
as Elvira
MovieLet’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest Groupies
2010
as self
MovieElvira’s Movie Macabre: Night Of The Living Dead
2010
as Elvira
TVElvira's Movie Macabre
2010
as Elvira
MovieElvira's Movie Macabre: The Satanic Rites Of Dracula
2010
as Elvira
MovieAll About Evil
2010
as Linda
TVRuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
2010
as Self - Guest Judge
TVCelebrity Ghost Stories
2009
as Self
MovieThe Haunted World of El Superbeasto
2009
as Amber (voice)
TVRuPaul's Drag Race
2009
as Self - Special Honoree
MovieThe Boneyard Collection
2008
as Elvira (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
TVThe Search for the Next Elvira
2007
MovieThe Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness
2007
as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
MovieVampira: The Movie
2006
as Herself
MovieAmerican Scary
2006
as Elvira (archive footage)
TVElvira's Something Weird
2006
as Elvira
MovieRed Riding Hood
2006
as Hunter's Mom
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
2006
as Self
TVMedium
2005
as Elvira
TVMonsterama
2004
as Elvira
MovieHollywood's Creepiest Creatures
2004
as Elvira
TVElvira's Movies to Die For
2004
as Elvira
TVElvira's Horror Classics
2004
as Elvira
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self - Guest (as Elvira)
MovieMonsterama: A Tribute to Horror Hosts
2004
as Self
MovieElvira's Haunted Hills
2002
as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
TVRaise the Dead Featuring Elvira
2000
as Elvira
MovieBride of Monster Mania
2000
as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
MovieEncounter in the Third Dimension
1999
as Elvira
MovieAttack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania
1999
as Elvira
TVHollywood Squares
1998
as Self - Panelist
MovieKCAL Halloween Scream
1997
as Elvira
MovieSuperstition
1997
as Elvira
TVEP Daily
1997
MovieThrill Ride: The Science of Fun
1997
as Elvira
MovieMonster Mania
1997
as Elvira
MovieDear God
1996
as Cassandra Peterson (uncredited)
MovieThe Ketchup Vampires II
1996
as Elvira
TVE! True Hollywood Story
1996
MovieIt's My Party
1996
as Party Guest
MovieThe Ketchup Vampires
1995
as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
MovieAttack of the Killer B-Movies
1995
as Elvira
MovieSpooky World
1994
as Self
TVSpace Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
as Elvira
TVElvira's Halloween Movie Schlock-A-Thon
1993
as Elvira
MovieActing on Impulse
1993
as Roxy
MovieThe Elvira Show
1993
as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
MovieHeartstoppers: Horror at the Movies
1992
as Elvira
MovieHulkamania 6
1991
as Elvira - Commentator
The Horror Hall of Fame II
1991
as Elvira - Presenter
MovieTed & Venus
1991
as Lisa
The Crawling Hand
1991
as Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
TVMidnight Madness
1990
as Elvira
TVParker Lewis Can't Lose
1990
as Elvira
TVHeavy Metal Heaven Hosted by Elvira
1989
as Elvira
TVThe Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
1989
as Elvira
TVElvira's Thriller Theatre
1989
as Elvira
Metallica - Live at Hammersmith Odeon
1988
as Elvira
MovieElvira: Mistress of the Dark
1988
as Elvira / Aunt Morgana Talbot
MovieJoan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
1988
as Elvira
TVthirtysomething
1987
MovieAllan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
1986
as Sorais
MovieElvira's Halloween Special
1986
as Elvira
MovieWrestleMania II
1986
as Elvira / Guest Commentator
MovieFangoria's Weekend of Horrors
1986
as Elvira
MovieEcho Park
1985
as Sheri
MovieGet Out of My Room
1985
MoviePee-wee's Big Adventure
1985
as Biker Mama
TVElvira's ThrillerVideo
1985
as Elvira
MovieCheeseball Presents
1984
as Elvira
MovieLast of the Great Survivors
1984
as Elvira
MovieUncensored
1984
as Skit characters
MovieStroker Ace
1983
as Girl with Lugs
MovieThe Sting II
1983
as O'Malley's Girl
MovieThe Paragon of Comedy
1983
as Elvira
MovieBalboa
1983
as Angie Stoddard
MovieFilmgore
1983
as Elvira
MovieJekyll and Hyde... Together Again
1982
as Busty Nurse
TVSt. Elsewhere
1982
as Judy
MovieElvira's Movie Macabre: Legacy of Blood
1982
as Elvira
MovieThe Best of Sex and Violence
1982
as (archive footage)
MovieFamous T & A
1982
as Katya (archive footage)
TVElvira's Movie Macabre
1981
as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
MovieKing of the Mountain
1981
as Neighbor
MovieCoast to Coast
1980
as Dinner Party Guest
MovieCheech & Chong's Next Movie
1980
as Hostage (Groundling)
TVBeyond Westworld
1980
as Dance Hall Girl
TVFantasy Island
1978
as Ftatateetah
TVCHiPs
1977
as Elvira
TVAlice
1976
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Elvira
MovieThe Working Girls
1974
as Katya
MovieRoma
1972
as (uncredited)
MovieDiamonds Are Forever
1971
as Shady Tree's Acorn (uncredited)
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Untitled KROQ Documentary
Cinema Insomnia
as Self
