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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Elvira's Movie Macabre Night of the Living Dead |
2010 |
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Elvira's Movie Macabre The Terror |
2010 |
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Midnight Madness Killers From Space |
1991 |
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Charles Band's Full Moon Freakshow Episode 7: Cassandra Peterson (aka Elvira) - Part 1 |
2022 |
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Charles Band's Full Moon Freakshow Episode 7: Cassandra Peterson (aka Elvira) - Part 2 |
2022 |
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The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans Halloween House Party |
2022 |
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The Goldbergs (2013) The Hunt for the Great Albino Pumpkin |
2021 |
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Inside Of You Elvira (Cassandra Peterson) |
2019 |
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Halloween Wars Trapped in a Nightmare |
2019 |
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Talking Dead Swear |
2016 |
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Halloween Wars Witches vs. Warlocks |
2016 |
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Halloween Wars Undead Dinner Party |
2015 |
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RuPaul's Drag Race RuPocalypse Now! |
2012 |
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RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: Untucked! Dynamic Drag Duos |
2012 |
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Counting Cars Satanic Mechanic |
2012 |
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RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Dynamic Drag Duos |
2012 |
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Last Man Standing (2011) Last Halloween Standing |
2011 |
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Space Ghost Coast to Coast Switcheroo |
1996 |
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MonsterVision Posed For Murder |
1991 |
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Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater The Blood on Satan's Claw |
1991 |
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Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater Posed for Murder |
1991 |
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MonsterVision Blood on Satan's Claws |
1991 |
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Thirtysomething Fathers and Lovers |
1990 |
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The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson Jay Leno (guest host), Betty White, Elvira, The Spinners |
1988 |
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Friday Night Videos Elvira |
1987 |
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The Fall Guy October the 32nd |
1985 |
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The Fall Guy October the 31st |
1984 |
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Alice Mel's Dream Car |
1983 |
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St. Elsewhere Ties That Bind |
1983 |
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Fantasy Island The Homecoming / The Sheikh |
1978 |
