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
Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!
actor
2020
Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island
actor
2019
To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story
actor
2017
LEGO Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood
actor
2016
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
actor
2014
Let’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest Groupies
actor
2010
All About Evil
actor
2010
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
actor
2009
Red Riding Hood
actor
2006
Elvira's Haunted Hills
actor
2002
Elvira's Haunted Hills
writer
2002
The Horror Hall of Fame II
actor
1991
Ted & Venus
actor
1991
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
writer
1988
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
actor
1988
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
actor
1986
Echo Park
actor
1985
Stroker Ace
actor
1983
Roma
actor
1972