Cassandra Peterson
Cassandra Gay Peterson is an American actress best known for her portrayal of the horror hostess character Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. Peterson gained fame on Los Angeles television station KHJ-TV in her stage persona as Elvira, hosting Elvira's Movie Macabre, a weekly B movie presentation. A member of the Los Angeles-based improvisational and sketch comedy troupe The Groundlings, Peterson based her Elvira persona in part on a "Valley girl"-type character she created while a member of the troupe.
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🎬 Movies
The Munsters
actor
2022
In Search of Darkness
actor
2019
Making Fun: The Story of Funko
actor
2018
To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story
actor
2017
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
actor
2014
All About Evil
actor
2010
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
actor
2009
Red Riding Hood
actor
2006
Elvira's Haunted Hills
writer
2001
Elvira's Haunted Hills
actor
2001
Acting on Impulse
actor
1993
Ted & Venus
actor
1991
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
actor
1989
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
writer
1989
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
actor
1987
Echo Park
actor
1986
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
actor
1985
Stroker Ace
actor
1983
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
actor
1983
The Sting II
actor
1983
Roma
actor
1972