Cassandra Peterson
Acting Born Sep 17, 1951 Manhattan, Kansas, USA 24 credits
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.
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Full filmography
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
- Medium (2005) as Elvira
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Elvira
- RuPaul's Drag Race (2009) as Self - Special Honoree
- RuPaul's Drag Race (2009) as Self - Guest Judge
- RuPaul's Drag Race (2009) as Self - Judge (archive footage)
- The Goldbergs (2013) as Elvira
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012) as Ms. Campbell (voice)
- Hollywood Squares (1998) as Self - Panelist
- Alice (1976)
- St. Elsewhere (1982) as Judy
- Last Man Standing (2011) as Elvira
- Fantasy Island (1978) as Ftatateetah
- Tamron Hall (2019) as Self - Guest
- RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (2012) as Self - Guest Judge
- CHiPs (1977) as Elvira
- thirtysomething (1987)
- Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1994) as Elvira
- The Tony Danza Show (2004) as Self - Guest (as Elvira)
- Celebrity Ghost Stories (2009) as Self
- RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked (2010) as Self - Guest Judge
- DOTA: Dragon's Blood (2021) as Lirrak (voice)
- To Tell the Truth (2016) as Self - Elvira
- Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1990) as Elvira