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 FOR

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1985
Saturday Night Live
1987
RuPaul's Drag Race
2024
Hollywood Squares
2000
Medium
2009
The Tamron Hall Show
2021
The Goldbergs
2021
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2015
St. Elsewhere
1983
Last Man Standing
2011
The Tony Danza Show
2004
Alice
1983

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
147
Writing
8
Producing
3
Costume & Make-Up
1
Crew
1
2026
R.L. Stine's Pumpkinhead 2
as Cassandra · unreleased
2026
Vincent Price: What Keeps Us Alive
· unreleased
2026
Celebrity Weakest Link
as Self - Contestant · unreleased
2025
Pee-wee as Himself
as Self
2024
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Special Honoree
2024
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.
as Self
2023
The SF Sketchfest Roast of Bruce Campbell
as Elvira
2023
Commitment to Life
as Self (archive footage)
2022
In Search of Darkness: Part III
as Self
2022
The Munsters
as Barbara Carr
2022
Dr. Jackie
as Cassandra Peterson
2022
Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow
2022
The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans
as Self - Guest Judge
2021
Le Passeur immobile
as Self
2021
DOTA: Dragon's Blood
as Lirrak (voice)
2021
Elvira's 40th Anniversary, Very Scary, Very Special Special
as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
2021
The Tamron Hall Show
as Self - Guest
2021
Netflix and Chills with Dr. Elvira
as Elvira
2021
The Goldbergs
as Elvira
2020
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1
as Self
2020
Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!
as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (voice)
2020
In Search of Darkness: Part II
as Self
2020
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
as Host - Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
2020
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
as (archive footage)
2020
To Tell the Truth
as Self - Elvira
2019
In Search of Darkness
as Self
2019
Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island
as Elvira (voice)
2019
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
as Self - Guest Judge
2018
Making Fun: The Story of Funko
as Self
2018
Too Macabre: The Making of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
as Self
2017
To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story
as Self
2017
Cinema Insomnia
as Self
2016
LEGO Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood
as Drella Diabolique (voice)
2016
Comic Book Men
as Elvira
2015
Halloween Wars
as Self - Guest Judge
2015
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
as Ms. Campbell (voice)
2014
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Self - Actress
2014
Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed
as Self
2014
Elvira's 10 Nights of Halloween
as Elvira
2014
13 Nights of Elvira
as Elvira
2013
Rewind This!
as Self
2013
Bruno & Earlene Go to Vegas
as Artie Duke
2013
First Period
as Ms. Glenn
2013
RuPaul Drives...
as Self - Guest
2013
Face Off
as Elvira
2013
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Judge (archive footage)
2012
Counting Cars
as Self
2012
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Guest Judge
2012
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
as Self - Guest Judge
2011
Devil's Night
as Elvira
2011
Last Man Standing
as Elvira
2011
Celebrity Ghost Stories
as Self
2010
All About Evil
as Linda
2010
Elvira's Movie Macabre: The Satanic Rites Of Dracula
as Elvira
2010
Elvira’s Movie Macabre: Night Of The Living Dead
as Elvira
2010
Let’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest Groupies
as self
2010
Elvira's Movie Macabre
as Elvira
2009
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
as Amber (voice)
2009
Medium
as Elvira
2008
The Boneyard Collection
as Elvira (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
2007
The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness
as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
2007
The Search for the Next Elvira
2006
Red Riding Hood
as Hunter's Mom
2006
Vampira: The Movie
as Herself
2006
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
as Self
2006
American Scary
as Elvira (archive footage)
2006
EP Daily
2006
Elvira's Something Weird
as Elvira
2004
Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures
as Elvira
2004
Monsterama: A Tribute to Horror Hosts
as Self
2004
The Tony Danza Show
as Self - Guest (as Elvira)
2004
E! True Hollywood Story
2004
Elvira's Horror Classics
as Elvira
2004
Elvira's Movies to Die For
as Elvira
2004
Monsterama
as Elvira
2002
Elvira's Haunted Hills
as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
2000
Bride of Monster Mania
as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
2000
Raise the Dead Featuring Elvira
as Elvira
2000
Hollywood Squares
as Self - Panelist
1999
Encounter in the Third Dimension
as Elvira
1999
Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania
as Elvira
1997
Monster Mania
as Elvira
1997
Superstition
as Elvira
1997
KCAL Halloween Scream
as Elvira
1997
Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun
as Elvira
1996
The Ketchup Vampires II
as Elvira
1996
It's My Party
as Party Guest
1996
Dear God
as Cassandra Peterson (uncredited)
1996
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
as Elvira
1995
The Ketchup Vampires
as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
1995
Attack of the Killer B-Movies
as Elvira
1995
Halloween Jam II at Universal Studios
as Elvira
1994
Spooky World
as Self
1993
Acting on Impulse
as Roxy
1993
The Elvira Show
as Elvira
1993
Elvira's Halloween Movie Schlock-A-Thon
as Elvira
1992
Heartstoppers: Horror at the Movies
as Elvira
1992
WrestleMania: The Greatest Hits
as Elvira
1992
Parker Lewis Can't Lose
as Elvira
1991
The Crawling Hand
as Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
1991
Ted & Venus
as Lisa
1991
Hulkamania 6
as Elvira - Commentator
1991
The Horror Hall of Fame II
as Elvira - Presenter
1990
thirtysomething
1990
Midnight Madness
as Elvira
1989
Heavy Metal Heaven Hosted by Elvira
as Elvira
1989
Elvira's Thriller Theatre
as Elvira
1989
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
as Elvira
1988
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
as Elvira / Aunt Morgana Talbot
1988
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
as Elvira
1988
Metallica - Live at Hammersmith Odeon
as Elvira
1987
Saturday Night Live
as Elvira
1986
WrestleMania II
as Elvira / Guest Commentator
1986
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
as Sorais
1986
Elvira's Halloween Special
as Elvira
1986
Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors
as Elvira
1985
Get Out of My Room
1985
Echo Park
as Sheri
1985
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
as Biker Mama
1985
Elvira's ThrillerVideo
as Elvira
1985
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1984
Last of the Great Survivors
as Elvira
1984
Uncensored
as Skit characters
1984
Cheeseball Presents
as Elvira
1984
Elvira's MTV Halloween Party
as Elvira - Hostess
1983
Stroker Ace
as Girl with Lugs
1983
Balboa
as Angie Stoddard
1983
The Sting II
as O'Malley's Girl
1983
Filmgore
as Elvira
1983
The Paragon of Comedy
as Elvira
1983
St. Elsewhere
as Judy
1983
Alice
1982
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
as Busty Nurse
1982
The Best of Sex and Violence
as (archive footage)
1982
Famous T & A
as Katya (archive footage)
1982
Elvira's Movie Macabre: Legacy of Blood
as Elvira
1982
CHiPs
as Elvira
1981
King of the Mountain
as Neighbor
1981
Elvira's Movie Macabre
as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
1980
Coast to Coast
as Dinner Party Guest
1980
Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
as Hostage (Groundling)
1980
Beyond Westworld
as Dance Hall Girl
1978
Fantasy Island
as Ftatateetah
1974
The Working Girls
as Katya
1972
Roma
as (uncredited)
1971
Diamonds Are Forever
as Shady Tree's Acorn (uncredited)
Untitled KROQ Documentary