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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

Diamonds Are Forever

1971
as Shady Tree's Acorn

Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island

2019
as Elvira

Elvira, Mistress of the Dark

1988
as Elvira / Aunt Morgana Talbot

The Munsters

2022
as Barbara Carr

Bruno & Earlene Go to Vegas

2013
as Artie Duke

13 Nights of Elvira: Trancers

2014
as Elvira

First Period

2013
as Ms. Glenn

Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills

2006
as Herself

Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold

1986
as Sorais

Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors

1986
as Herself (as Elvira)

Encounter in the Third Dimension

1999
as Elvira

All About Evil

2010
as Linda

American Scary

2006
as Elvira (archive footage)

The Best of Sex and Violence

1981
as (archive footage)

Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures

2004
as Elvira

Arias With a Twist

2010
as Cassandra Peterson

To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story

2017
as Herself

Vampira: The Movie

2006
as Herself

Elvira's Halloween Special

1986
as Elvira

It's My Party

1996
as Party Guest

Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun

1997
as Cassandra Peterson

Bride of Monster Mania

2000
as Elvira

The Working Girls

1974
as Katya

Jekyll and Hyde ... Together Again

1982
as Busty Nurse

Lego Scooby-Doo!: Haunted Hollywood

2016
as Drella Diabolique

Stroker Ace

1983
as Girl with Lugs

Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!

2020
as Elvira

13 Nights of Elvira: Night of the Living Dead

2014
as Elvira

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

2014
as Elvira - Mistress of the Dark

Elvira's MTV Halloween Party

1984
as Elvira

Spooky World

1994
as Cassandra Peterson

13 Nights of Elvira: Demonic Toys

2014
as Elvira

The Haunted World of El Superbeasto

2009
as Amber (voice)

Acting on Impulse

1993
as Roxy

13 Nights of Elvira: Dollman

2014
as Elvira

13 Nights of Elvira: Hideous!

2014
as Elvira

Filmgore

1983
as Elvira

13 Nights of Elvira: Oblivion

2014
as Elvira

Making Fun: The Story of Funko

2018
as Herself

King of the Mountain

1981
as Neighbor

The Sting II

1983
as O'Malley's Girl

Famous T & A

1982
as Katya (archive footage)

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

2018
as Self

13 Nights of Elvira: Puppetmaster

2014
as Elvira - Mistress of the Dark

The Ketchup Vampires

1995
as Elvira

Cheeseball Presents

1984
as Elvira (segment: Revenge of the Toys)

Monster Mania

1997
as Elvira

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

2020
as Elvira

Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed

2014
as Cassandra Peterson

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

2014
as Herself

The Decade of Darkness

2007
as Cassandra Peterson

13 Nights of Elvira: Shrunken Heads

2014
as Elvira

Cheech & Chong Get Out of My Room

1985
as Elvira

Elvira's Haunted Hills

2002
as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark

Cheech & Chong's Next Movie

1980
as hostage

Echo Park

1986

Rewind This!

2013
as Herself

The Horror Hall of Fame II

1991
as Elvira

Writer

Movie Elvira, Mistress of the Dark 1988
Movie 13 Nights of Elvira: Trancers 2014
Movie Elvira's Halloween Special 1986
Movie 13 Nights of Elvira: Night of the Living Dead 2014
Movie 13 Nights of Elvira: Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death 2014
Movie Elvira's MTV Halloween Party 1984
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: Oblivion 2014
Movie 13 Nights of Elvira: Puppetmaster 2014
Movie 13 Nights of Elvira: Shrunken Heads 2014
Movie Elvira's Haunted Hills 2002
Movie Elvira's Haunted Hills 2002

Producer

Movie 13 Nights of Elvira: Trancers 2014
Movie 13 Nights of Elvira: Night of the Living Dead 2014
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: Oblivion 2014
Movie 13 Nights of Elvira: Puppetmaster 2014
Movie 13 Nights of Elvira: Shrunken Heads 2014