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Cassandra Peterson

Cassandra Peterson was born in Manhattan, Kansas, and grew up in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She began her career at age 17 as the youngest showgirl in Las Vegas history in the show "Vive Les Girls" at the Dunes Hotel. . In 1981, she auditioned for the role of a horror hostess on a local Los Angeles television station. Her show, Movie Macabre (1981), and her newly created character, Elvira, became an overnight sensation.

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Filmography

13 Nights of Elvira

2014
as Elvira

13 Nights of Elvira: Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death

2014
as Elvira - Mistress of the Dark

13 Nights of Elvira: Demonic Toys

2014
as Elvira

13 Nights of Elvira: Dollman

2014
as Elvira

13 Nights of Elvira: Hideous!

2014
as Elvira

13 Nights of Elvira: Night of the Living Dead

2014
as Elvira

13 Nights of Elvira: Oblivion

2014
as Elvira

13 Nights of Elvira: Puppetmaster

2014
as Elvira - Mistress of the Dark

13 Nights of Elvira: Shrunken Heads

2014
as Elvira

13 Nights of Elvira: Trancers

2014
as Elvira

Acting on Impulse

1993
as Roxy

All About Evil

2010
as Linda

Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold

1986
as Sorais

American Scary

2006
as Elvira (archive footage)

Arias With a Twist

2010
as Cassandra Peterson

Bride of Monster Mania

2000
as Elvira

Bruno & Earlene Go to Vegas

2013
as Artie Duke

Cheech & Chong Get Out of My Room

1985
as Elvira

Cheech & Chong's Next Movie

1980
as hostage

Cheeseball Presents

1984
as Elvira (segment: Revenge of the Toys)

Diamonds Are Forever

1971
as Shady Tree's Acorn

Echo Park

1986

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

2014
as Herself

Elvira's 40th Anniversary, Very Scary, Very Special Special

2021
as Star/Hostess

Elvira's Halloween Special

1986
as Elvira

Elvira's Haunted Hills

2002
as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark

Elvira's MTV Halloween Party

1984
as Elvira

Elvira's Movie Macabre

1981
as Elvira

Elvira, Mistress of the Dark

1988
as Elvira / Aunt Morgana Talbot

Encounter in the Third Dimension

1999
as Elvira

Famous T & A

1982
as Katya (archive footage)

Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors

1986
as Herself (as Elvira)

Filmgore

1983
as Elvira

First Period

2013
as Ms. Glenn

Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!

2020
as Elvira

Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures

2004
as Elvira

In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover

2020
as Elvira

It's My Party

1996
as Party Guest

Jekyll and Hyde ... Together Again

1982
as Busty Nurse

King of the Mountain

1981
as Neighbor

Lego Scooby-Doo!: Haunted Hollywood

2016
as Drella Diabolique

Making Fun: The Story of Funko

2018
as Herself

Midnight Madness

1990
as Elvira - Host

Monster Mania

1997
as Elvira

Netflix and Chills with Dr. Elvira

2021
as Dr. Elvira

Rewind This!

2013
as Herself

Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island

2019
as Elvira

Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed

2014
as Cassandra Peterson

Spooky World

1994
as Cassandra Peterson

Stroker Ace

1983
as Girl with Lugs

The Best of Sex and Violence

1981
as (archive footage)

The Decade of Darkness

2007
as Cassandra Peterson

The Elvira Show

1993
as Elvira

The Haunted World of El Superbeasto

2009
as Amber (voice)

The Horror Hall of Fame II

1991
as Elvira

The Ketchup Vampires

1995
as Elvira

The Munsters

2022
as Barbara Carr

The Search for the Next Elvira

2007
as Elvira

The Sting II

1983
as O'Malley's Girl

The Working Girls

1974
as Katya

Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun

1997
as Cassandra Peterson

To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story

2017
as Herself

Too Macabre: The Making of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark

2018
as Self

Vampira: The Movie

2006
as Herself

Vault of the Macabre

2014
as Narrator

Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills

2006
as Herself

Writer

Movie 13 Nights of Elvira: Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death 2014
Movie 13 Nights of Elvira: Demonic Toys 2014
Movie 13 Nights of Elvira: Dollman 2014
Movie 13 Nights of Elvira: Hideous! 2014
Movie 13 Nights of Elvira: Night of the Living Dead 2014
Movie 13 Nights of Elvira: Oblivion 2014
Movie 13 Nights of Elvira: Puppetmaster 2014
Movie 13 Nights of Elvira: Shrunken Heads 2014
Movie 13 Nights of Elvira: Trancers 2014
Movie Elvira's Halloween Special 1986
Movie Elvira's Haunted Hills 2002
Movie Elvira's Haunted Hills 2002
Movie Elvira's MTV Halloween Party 1984
Movie Elvira, Mistress of the Dark 1988
Episode Elvira's Movie Macabre
Night of the Living Dead 		2010
Episode Elvira's Movie Macabre
The Terror 		2010

Host

Episode Midnight Madness
Killers From Space 		1991

Producer

Movie 13 Nights of Elvira: Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death 2014
Movie 13 Nights of Elvira: Demonic Toys 2014
Movie 13 Nights of Elvira: Dollman 2014
Movie 13 Nights of Elvira: Hideous! 2014
Movie 13 Nights of Elvira: Night of the Living Dead 2014
Movie 13 Nights of Elvira: Oblivion 2014
Movie 13 Nights of Elvira: Puppetmaster 2014
Movie 13 Nights of Elvira: Shrunken Heads 2014
Movie 13 Nights of Elvira: Trancers 2014

Guest Star

Episode MonsterVision
Blood on Satan's Claws 		1991
Episode RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: Untucked!
Dynamic Drag Duos 		2012
Episode RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
Dynamic Drag Duos 		2012
Episode Friday Night Videos
Elvira 		1987
Episode Inside Of You
Elvira (Cassandra Peterson) 		2019
Episode Charles Band's Full Moon Freakshow
Episode 7: Cassandra Peterson (aka Elvira) - Part 1 		2022
Episode Charles Band's Full Moon Freakshow
Episode 7: Cassandra Peterson (aka Elvira) - Part 2 		2022
Episode Thirtysomething
Fathers and Lovers 		1990
Episode The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans
Halloween House Party 		2022
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Jay Leno (guest host), Betty White, Elvira, The Spinners 		1988
Episode Last Man Standing (2011)
Last Halloween Standing 		2011
Episode Alice
Mel's Dream Car 		1983
Episode The Fall Guy
October the 31st 		1984
Episode The Fall Guy
October the 32nd 		1985
Episode MonsterVision
Posed For Murder 		1991
Episode Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater
Posed for Murder 		1991
Episode RuPaul's Drag Race
RuPocalypse Now! 		2012
Episode Counting Cars
Satanic Mechanic 		2012
Episode Talking Dead
Swear 		2016
Episode Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Switcheroo 		1996
Episode Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater
The Blood on Satan's Claw 		1991
Episode Fantasy Island
The Homecoming / The Sheikh 		1978
Episode The Goldbergs (2013)
The Hunt for the Great Albino Pumpkin 		2021
Episode St. Elsewhere
Ties That Bind 		1983
Episode Halloween Wars
Trapped in a Nightmare 		2019
Episode Halloween Wars
Undead Dinner Party 		2015
Episode Halloween Wars
Witches vs. Warlocks 		2016