Cassandra Peterson

Cassandra Peterson

Acting

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.

Filmography

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Pee-wee as Himself ★ 8.1 Pee-wee as Himself 2025 John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A. ★ 5.6 John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A. 2024 Commitment to Life Commitment to Life 2023 The SF Sketchfest Roast of Bruce Campbell The SF Sketchfest Roast of Bruce Campbell 2023 In Search of Darkness: Part III ★ 7.5 In Search of Darkness: Part III 2022 The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans ★ 5.1 The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans 2022 The Munsters ★ 5.6 The Munsters 2022 Dr. Jackie ★ 3.3 Dr. Jackie 2022 Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow ★ 7.0 Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow 2022 Le Passeur immobile Le Passeur immobile 2021 Netflix and Chills with Dr. Elvira ★ 7.1 Netflix and Chills with Dr. Elvira 2021 Elvira's 40th Anniversary, Very Scary, Very Special Special ★ 7.8 Elvira's 40th Anniversary, Very Scary, Very Special Special 2021 DOTA: Dragon's Blood ★ 7.7 DOTA: Dragon's Blood 2021 In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover ★ 7.1 In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover 2020 Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! ★ 7.8 Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! 2020 In Search of Darkness: Part II ★ 7.7 In Search of Darkness: Part II 2020 AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1 ★ 8.0 AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1 2020 The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault 2020 Tamron Hall ★ 4.7 Tamron Hall 2019 Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island ★ 7.0 Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island 2019 In Search of Darkness ★ 7.5 In Search of Darkness 2019 Too Macabre: The Making of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark ★ 7.5 Too Macabre: The Making of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark 2018 Making Fun: The Story of Funko ★ 6.5 Making Fun: The Story of Funko 2018 To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story ★ 7.9 To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story 2017 To Tell the Truth ★ 5.7 To Tell the Truth 2016 LEGO Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood ★ 7.3 LEGO Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood 2016 Elvira's 10 Nights of Halloween Elvira's 10 Nights of Halloween 2014 13 Nights of Elvira ★ 7.2 13 Nights of Elvira 2014 Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed ★ 8.0 Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed 2014 Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films ★ 7.2 Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films 2014 The Goldbergs ★ 7.5 The Goldbergs 2013 Rewind This! ★ 6.9 Rewind This! 2013 RuPaul Drives... ★ 5.0 RuPaul Drives... 2013 First Period ★ 5.2 First Period 2013 Bruno & Earlene Go to Vegas ★ 4.2 Bruno & Earlene Go to Vegas 2013 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars ★ 7.3 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 2012 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ★ 8.3 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 Counting Cars ★ 6.5 Counting Cars 2012 Comic Book Men ★ 6.8 Comic Book Men 2012 Last Man Standing ★ 7.3 Last Man Standing 2011 Halloween Wars ★ 6.0 Halloween Wars 2011 Face Off ★ 7.1 Face Off 2011 Devil's Night Devil's Night 2011 Let’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest Groupies ★ 4.0 Let’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest Groupies 2010 Elvira’s Movie Macabre: Night Of The Living Dead Elvira’s Movie Macabre: Night Of The Living Dead 2010 Elvira's Movie Macabre ★ 7.6 Elvira's Movie Macabre 2010 Elvira's Movie Macabre: The Satanic Rites Of Dracula Elvira's Movie Macabre: The Satanic Rites Of Dracula 2010 All About Evil ★ 5.9 All About Evil 2010 RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked ★ 6.0 RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked 2010 Celebrity Ghost Stories ★ 7.3 Celebrity Ghost Stories 2009 The Haunted World of El Superbeasto ★ 5.9 The Haunted World of El Superbeasto 2009 RuPaul's Drag Race ★ 7.5 RuPaul's Drag Race 2009 The Boneyard Collection ★ 5.3 The Boneyard Collection 2008 The Search for the Next Elvira ★ 7.0 The Search for the Next Elvira 2007 The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness ★ 6.0 The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness 2007 Vampira: The Movie ★ 8.0 Vampira: The Movie 2006 American Scary ★ 7.5 American Scary 2006 Elvira's Something Weird Elvira's Something Weird 2006 Red Riding Hood ★ 5.8 Red Riding Hood 2006 Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills ★ 8.2 Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills 2006 Monsterama Monsterama 2004 Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures ★ 7.0 Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures 2004 Elvira's Movies to Die For Elvira's Movies to Die For 2004 Elvira's Horror Classics Elvira's Horror Classics 2004 The Tony Danza Show ★ 6.4 The Tony Danza Show 2004 Monsterama: A Tribute to Horror Hosts ★ 7.0 Monsterama: A Tribute to Horror Hosts 2004 Elvira's Haunted Hills ★ 5.5 Elvira's Haunted Hills 2002 Raise the Dead Featuring Elvira Raise the Dead Featuring Elvira 2000 Bride of Monster Mania ★ 7.7 Bride of Monster Mania 2000 Encounter in the Third Dimension ★ 7.3 Encounter in the Third Dimension 1999 Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania ★ 7.8 Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania 1999 Hollywood Squares ★ 7.6 Hollywood Squares 1998 KCAL Halloween Scream KCAL Halloween Scream 1997 Superstition ★ 6.0 Superstition 1997 EP Daily EP Daily 1997 Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun ★ 6.7 Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun 1997 Monster Mania ★ 9.7 Monster Mania 1997 Dear God ★ 5.4 Dear God 1996 The Ketchup Vampires II ★ 9.0 The Ketchup Vampires II 1996 E! True Hollywood Story ★ 8.2 E! True Hollywood Story 1996