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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.
Cassandra Peterson is best known as Elvira, the horror hostess and movie star. She has also appeared in films, TV shows, videos, and video games, and has co-written and produced several projects featuring Elvira.
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Learn about Cassandra Peterson, the actress who created the iconic horror hostess Elvira in 1981. Find out her background, career, family, trivia, and quotes on IMDb.
- September 17, 1951
- Cassandra Peterson saw her first horror movie—William Castle’s House On Haunted Hill—when she was just a kid. In an interview for David Weiner’s 2019 documentary In Search of Darkness, Peterson recalled seeing the 1959 Vincent Price shocker when she was very young, maybe 7 or 8 years old, and being “gobsmacked.”
- Cassandra Peterson credits a terrible childhood injury with setting her on the path to creating Elvira. Peterson suffered horrific, near-fatal third degrees burns after overturning a pot of boiling water when she was 18 months old.
- Cassandra Peterson became a Las Vegas showgirl when she was just 17 years old. When Peterson was a teenager, one of her idols was Ann-Margret, the Swedish-American singer, dancer, and actress who co-starred with Elvis Presley in 1964’s Viva Las Vegas.
- Cassandra Peterson was an extra in a James Bond movie. When she was working as a dancer with Vive Les Girls, Peterson and several of her colleagues served as extras in the 1971 James Bond movie Diamonds Are Forever.
Cassandra 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.
Sep 24, 2021 · The woman behind the iconic character Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, Cassandra Peterson exclusively sits down for the first interview since revealing a 19-year relationship with a woman.
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Oct 10, 2022 · The actress who plays Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, talks about her memoir, her coming out, and her love of horror movies. She shares her favorite queer horror films, from "Dracula's Daughter" to "Interview with the Vampire".
