Actor
Cassandra Peterson
75 years · Manhattan, Kansas, USA · 80 films
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.
Best known for
Diamonds Are Forever
1971 · Shady Tree's Acorn (uncredited)
On Amazon Prime Video
Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island
2019 · Elvira (voice)
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
1985 · Biker Mama
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
1988 · Elvira / Aunt Morgana Talbot, Writer
On Plex
Roma
1972 · (uncredited)
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
1986 · Sorais
On Philo
Filmography 80
R.L. Stine's Pumpkinhead 2
2026 · Cassandra
On Tubi TV
Vincent Price: What Keeps Us Alive
2026 · Actor
Commitment to Life
2023 · Self (archive footage)
On Kanopy
In Search of Darkness: Part III
2022 · Self
On AMC+
The Munsters
2022 · Barbara Carr
Le Passeur immobile
2021 · Self
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
2020 · Host - Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!
2020 · Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (voice)
In Search of Darkness: Part II
2020 · Self
On AMC+
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1
2020 · Self
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020 · (archive footage)
Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island
2019 · Elvira (voice)
In Search of Darkness
2019 · Self
On AMC+
Too Macabre: The Making of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
2018 · Self
Making Fun: The Story of Funko
2018 · Self
To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story
2017 · Self
On Plex
LEGO Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood
2016 · Drella Diabolique (voice)
Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed
2014 · Self
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014 · Self - Actress
Rewind This!
2013 · Self
On Plex
First Period
2013 · Ms. Glenn
On Plex
Bruno & Earlene Go to Vegas
2013 · Artie Duke
Devil's Night
2011 · Elvira
Let’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest Groupies
2010 · self