Acting

Cassandra Peterson

Born 1951-09-17 · Manhattan, Kansas, USA

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.

Credits

Newest first

Vincent Price: What Keeps Us Alive
2026
R.L. Stine's Pumpkinhead 2
as Cassandra
2026
Celebrity Weakest Link
as Self - Contestant
2025
Pee-wee as Himself
as Self
2025
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.
as Self
2024
Commitment to Life
as Self (archive footage)
2023
The SF Sketchfest Roast of Bruce Campbell
as Elvira
2023
In Search of Darkness: Part III
as Self
2022
The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans
as Self - Guest Judge
2022
The Munsters
as Barbara Carr
2022
Dr. Jackie
as Cassandra Peterson
2022
Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow
2022
Le Passeur immobile
as Self
2021
Netflix and Chills with Dr. Elvira
as Elvira
2021
Elvira's 40th Anniversary, Very Scary, Very Special Special
as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
2021
DOTA: Dragon's Blood
as Lirrak (voice)
2021
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
as Host - Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
2020
Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!
as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (voice)
2020
In Search of Darkness: Part II
as Self
2020
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1
as Self
2020
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
as (archive footage)
2020
The Tamron Hall Show
as Self - Guest
2019
Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island
as Elvira (voice)
2019
In Search of Darkness
as Self
2019
Too Macabre: The Making of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
as Self
2018
Making Fun: The Story of Funko
as Self
2018
To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story
as Self
2017
Kuso
Wardrobe Assistant
2017
To Tell the Truth
as Self - Elvira
2016
LEGO Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood
as Drella Diabolique (voice)
2016
Elvira's 10 Nights of Halloween
as Elvira
2014
13 Nights of Elvira
as Elvira
2014
Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed
as Self
2014
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Self - Actress
2014
The Goldbergs
as Elvira
2013
Rewind This!
as Self
2013
RuPaul Drives...
as Self - Guest
2013
First Period
as Ms. Glenn
2013
Bruno & Earlene Go to Vegas
as Artie Duke
2013
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
as Self - Guest Judge
2012
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
as Ms. Campbell (voice)
2012
Counting Cars
as Self
2012
Comic Book Men
as Elvira
2012
Last Man Standing
as Elvira
2011
Halloween Wars
as Self - Guest Judge
2011
Face Off
as Elvira
2011
Devil's Night
as Elvira
2011
Let’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest Groupies
as self
2010
Elvira’s Movie Macabre: Night Of The Living Dead
as Elvira
2010
Elvira's Movie Macabre
as Elvira
2010
Elvira’s Movie Macabre: Night Of The Living Dead
Writer
2010
Elvira's Movie Macabre: The Satanic Rites Of Dracula
as Elvira
2010
Elvira's Movie Macabre: The Satanic Rites Of Dracula
Writer
2010
Elvira's Movie Macabre: The Satanic Rites Of Dracula
Executive Producer
2010
Elvira's Movie Macabre: The Satanic Rites Of Dracula
Producer
2010
All About Evil
as Linda
2010
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
as Self - Guest Judge
2010
Celebrity Ghost Stories
as Self
2009
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
as Amber (voice)
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Special Honoree
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Guest Judge
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Judge (archive footage)
2009
The Boneyard Collection
as Elvira (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
2008
The Search for the Next Elvira
2007
The Search for the Next Elvira
Producer
2007
The Search for the Next Elvira
Creator
2007
The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness
as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
2007
Vampira: The Movie
as Herself
2006
American Scary
as Elvira (archive footage)
2006
Elvira's Something Weird
as Elvira
2006
Red Riding Hood
as Hunter's Mom
2006
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
as Self
2006
Medium
as Elvira
2005
Monsterama
as Elvira
2004
Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures
as Elvira
2004
Elvira's Movies to Die For
as Elvira
2004
Elvira's Horror Classics
as Elvira
2004
The Tony Danza Show
as Self - Guest (as Elvira)
2004
Monsterama: A Tribute to Horror Hosts
as Self
2004
Elvira's Haunted Hills
as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
2002