Cassandra Peterson

Born

9/17/1951

Manhattan, Kansas, USA

Cassandra Peterson

Biography

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 For71 Movies

Diamonds Are Forever
1971
★6.4
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
1988
★6.7
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
1986
★4.8
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
2009
★5.9
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
1985
★6.5
The Munsters
2022
★5.6
Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!
2020
★7.7
LEGO Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood
2016
★7.2
Roma
1972
★7.3
Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island
2019
★7.0
Elvira's Haunted Hills
2002
★5.5
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
★7.2
Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
1980
★5.9
Red Riding Hood
2006
★5.7
The Sting II
1983
★4.7
Dear God
1996
★5.4
It's My Party
1996
★6.3
King of the Mountain
1981
★5.9
Stroker Ace
1983
★4.8
Get Out of My Room
1985
★5.4
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
1982
★5.0
The Working Girls
1974
★4.9
WrestleMania II
1986
★6.4
Ted & Venus
1991
★4.5
Famous T & A
1982
★5.5
In Search of Darkness: Part III
2022
★7.5
In Search of Darkness
2019
★7.5
In Search of Darkness: Part II
2020
★7.7
Hulkamania 6
1991
★10.0
Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed
2014
★8.0
All About Evil
2010
★5.9
The Boneyard Collection
2008
★5.3
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
1988
★9.0
The Best of Sex and Violence
1982
★5.5
Rewind This!
2013
★6.9
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
2020
★7.1
First Period
2013
★5.2
Making Fun: The Story of Funko
2018
★6.5
To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story
2017
★7.9
Echo Park
1985
★5.3
Coast to Coast
1980
★5.2
Acting on Impulse
1993
★4.8
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1
2020
★8.0
Encounter in the Third Dimension
1999
★7.3
Cheeseball Presents
1984
★2.8
Heartstoppers: Horror at the Movies
1992
★9.3
Elvira's Halloween Special
1986
★9.0
Monster Mania
1997
★9.7
The Elvira Show
1993
★6.6
Too Macabre: The Making of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
2018
★7.6
Vampira: The Movie
2006
★8.0
Let’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest Groupies
2010
★4.0
Balboa
1983
★4.7
Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun
1997
★6.5
The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness
2007
★6.0
American Scary
2006
★7.5
Last of the Great Survivors
1984
★7.5
The Paragon of Comedy
1983
★7.0
Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures
2004
★7.0
Bride of Monster Mania
2000
★7.7
Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors
1986
★6.7
Spooky World
1994
★6.0
Monsterama: A Tribute to Horror Hosts
2004
★7.0
Bruno & Earlene Go to Vegas
2013
★4.3
The Ketchup Vampires
1995
★10.0
Superstition
1997
★6.0
Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania
1999
★7.8
Filmgore
1983
★7.5
Uncensored
1984
★6.0
Attack of the Killer B-Movies
1995
★9.5
The Ketchup Vampires II
1996
★9.0