Biography
Cassandra Gay Peterson is an American actress best known for her portrayal of the horror hostess character Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. Peterson gained fame on Los Angeles television station KHJ-TV in her stage persona as Elvira, hosting Elvira's Movie Macabre, a weekly B movie presentation. A member of the Los Angeles-based improvisational and sketch comedy troupe The Groundlings, Peterson based her Elvira persona in part on a "Valley girl"-type character she created while a member of the troupe.
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Awards & recognition
- Bram Stoker Award — Lifetime Achievement · 2023
- Out100 · 2021
- Golden Raspberry Award — Worst Actress · 1989 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Pee-wee as Himself
To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story
Elvira's 40th Anniversary, Very Scary, Very Special Special
Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Dota: Dragon's Blood
In Search of Darkness Part II: The Journey Into '80s Horror Continues
In Search of Darkness
Hollywood Squares
In Search of Darkness Part III: The Final Journey Into '80s Horror
RuPaul's Drag Race
American Scary
Medium
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Goldbergs
Parker Lewis Can't Lose
LEGO Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
Last Man Standing
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
13 Nights of Elvira
Face Off
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
Alice
Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island
Rewind This!
Comic Book Men
CHiPs
Saturday Night Live
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
Counting Cars
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Fantasy Island
Diamonds Are Forever
Halloween Wars
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked!
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
King of the Mountain
Cheech and Chong's Next Movie
To Tell the Truth
St. Elsewhere
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in LA
The Munsters
Kuso
Elvira's Haunted Hills
Dear God
The Best of Sex and Violence
Get Out of My Room