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
(1971)
Shady Tree's Acorn (uncredited)
Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!
(2020)
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (voice)
Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island
(2019)
Elvira (voice)
The Munsters
(2022)
Barbara Carr
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
(1985)
Biker Mama
Elvira's Haunted Hills
(2002)
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
(1986)
Sorais
LEGO Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood
(2016)
Drella Diabolique (voice)
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
(1988)
Elvira / Aunt Morgana Talbot
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
(2009)
Amber (voice)
Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
(1980)
Hostage
Roma
(1972)
(uncredited)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
(2014)
Self - Actress
Stroker Ace
(1983)
Girl with Lugs
Dear God
(1996)
Cassandra Peterson (uncredited)
Ted & Venus
(1991)
Lisa
Full Filmography
Acting
Diamonds Are Forever
(1971)
Shady Tree's Acorn (uncredited)
Roma
(1972)
(uncredited)
The Working Girls
(1974)
Katya
Coast to Coast
(1980)
Dinner Party Guest
Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
(1980)
Hostage
King of the Mountain
(1981)
Neighbor
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
(1982)
Busty Nurse
The Best of Sex and Violence
(1982)
(archive footage)
Famous T & A
(1982)
Katya (archive footage)
Stroker Ace
(1983)
Girl with Lugs
Balboa
(1983)
Angie Stoddard
The Sting II
(1983)
O'Malley's Girl
Filmgore
(1983)
Elvira
The Paragon of Comedy
(1983)
Elvira
Elvira's MTV Halloween Party
(1984)
Elvira
Uncensored
(1984)
Skit characters
Cheeseball Presents
(1984)
Last of the Great Survivors
(1984)
Elvira
Get Out of My Room
(1985)
Elvira
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
(1985)
Biker Mama
Echo Park
(1985)
Sheri
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
(1986)
Sorais
Elvira's Halloween Special
(1986)
Elvira
Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors
(1986)
Elvira
WrestleMania II
(1986)
Elvira / Guest Commentator
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
(1988)
Elvira / Aunt Morgana Talbot
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
(1988)
Elvira
The Crawling Hand
(1991)
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
Ted & Venus
(1991)
Lisa
Ring of the Musketeers
(1992)
Jennifer
Heartstoppers: Horror at the Movies
(1992)
Elvira
Acting on Impulse
(1993)
Roxy
The Elvira Show
(1993)
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
Attack of the Killer B-Movies
(1995)
Elvira
The Ketchup Vampires
(1995)
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
It's My Party
(1996)
Party Guest
Dear God
(1996)
Cassandra Peterson (uncredited)
The Ketchup Vampires II
(1996)
Elvira
Monster Mania
(1997)
Elvira
Superstition
(1997)
Elvira
Encounter in the Third Dimension
(1999)
Elvira
Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania
(1999)
Elvira
Bride of Monster Mania
(2000)
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
Elvira's Haunted Hills
(2002)
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures
(2004)
Elvira
Monsterama: A Tribute to Horror Hosts
(2004)
Self
Vampira: The Movie
(2006)
Herself
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
(2006)
Herself
American Scary
(2006)
Elvira (archive footage)
Red Riding Hood
(2006)
Hunter's Mom
The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness
(2007)
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
The Boneyard Collection
(2008)
Elvira (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
(2009)
Amber (voice)
All About Evil
(2010)
Linda
Let’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest Groupies
(2010)
Elvira’s Movie Macabre: Night Of The Living Dead
(2010)
Elvira
Devil's Night
(2011)
Elvira
Rewind This!
(2013)
Self
Bruno & Earlene Go to Vegas
(2013)
Artie Duke
First Period
(2013)
Ms. Glenn
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
(2014)
Self - Actress
Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed
(2014)
Self
LEGO Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood
(2016)
Drella Diabolique (voice)
To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story
(2017)
Self
Making Fun: The Story of Funko
(2018)
Self
Too Macabre: The Making of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
(2018)
Self
In Search of Darkness
(2019)
Self
Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island
(2019)
Elvira (voice)
AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #1
(2020)
Self
Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!
(2020)
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (voice)
In Search of Darkness: Part II
(2020)
Self
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
(2020)
Elvira
Le Passeur immobile
(2021)
Self
The Munsters
(2022)
Barbara Carr
In Search of Darkness: Part III
(2022)
Self
Writing
Elvira's MTV Halloween Party
(1984)
Writer
Elvira's Halloween Special
(1986)
Writer
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
(1988)
Writer
The Elvira Show
(1993)
Writer
Elvira's Haunted Hills
(2002)
Characters and Writer
Elvira’s Movie Macabre: Night Of The Living Dead
(2010)
Writer
Production
Crew