Born in Manhattan, Kansas, Cassandra Peterson grew up in Colorado Springs, beginning her career at age 17 as the youngest showgirl in Las Vegas history in Vive Les Girls at the Dunes Hotel. She relocated to Europe in the early 1970s becoming the lead singer for Italian rock bands I Latins 80 and The Snails. She landed an uncredited role as a showgirl in the 1971 film Diamonds Are Forever, as well as a small part in the 1972 film Roma. In 1974 she landed her first credited role in the film The Working Girls. She played Katya, a stripper, which was her only onscreen nude scene.
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A. (2024)
Guest starring as Cassandra Peterson
- Episode 1x04: PARANORMAL (May 8, 2024)
Charles Band's Full Moon Freakshow (2022)
Guest starring as Cassandra Peterson
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x08: Cassandra Peterson (AKA Elvira) - Part 2 (Jul 19, 2022)
- Episode 1x07: Cassandra Peterson (AKA Elvira) - Part 1 (Jul 14, 2022)
Elvira's 40th Anniversary, Very Scary, Very Special Special (2021)
Starring as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
(4 episodes)
- Episode 1x04: Messiah of Evil (Sep 25, 2021)
- Episode 1x03: City of the Dead (Sep 25, 2021)
- Episode 1x02: House on Haunted Hill (1959) (Sep 25, 2021)
- Episode 1x01: Mistress of the Dark (Sep 25, 2021)
DOTA: Dragon's Blood (2021)
Guest starring as Lirrak
(3 episodes)
- Episode 2x03: Chapter Three: The Lady of Situations (Jan 18, 2022)
- Episode 1x07: Chapter Seven: Speak the Words (Mar 25, 2021)
- Episode 1x05: Chapter Five: The Fire Sermon (Mar 25, 2021)
I Like to Watch (2019)
Guest starring as Elvira
- Episode 4x15: The Twilight Saga (Part 1) (Oct 30, 2021)
Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum (2018)
Guest starring as Cassandra Peterson
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x340: CASSANDRA PETERSON: Retiring ELVIRA, Elvis' Big Warning & Embracing Being Different (Oct 29, 2024)
- Episode 1x57: Elvira (May 21, 2019)
To Tell the Truth (2016)
Guest starring as Cassandra Peterson
- Episode 5x02: Tom Lennon, D'Arcy Carden, Alfonso Ribeiro, Andrea Savage (May 28, 2020) [Special Guest Star]
13 Nights of Elvira (2014)
Starring as Elvira
(13 episodes)
- Episode 1x13: Night of the Living Dead (Oct 31, 2014)
- Episode 1x12: Seedpeople (Oct 30, 2014)
- Episode 1x11: Evil Bong (Oct 29, 2014)
- Episode 1x10: Hideous! (Oct 28, 2014)
- Episode 1x09: Shrunken Heads (Oct 27, 2014)
- Episode 1x08: Oblivion (Oct 26, 2014)
- Episode 1x07: Trancers (Oct 19, 2014)
- Episode 1x06: Dollman (Oct 24, 2014)
- Episode 1x05: The Gingerdead Man (Oct 23, 2014)
- Episode 1x04: Hobgoblins (Oct 22, 2014)
- Episode 1x03: Demonic Toys (Oct 21, 2014)
- Episode 1x02: Puppet Master (Oct 20, 2014)
- Episode 1x01: Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death (Oct 19, 2014)
The Goldbergs (2013)
Guest starring as Elvira Mistress of the Dark
- Episode 9x06: The Hunt for the Great Albino Pumpkin (Oct 27, 2021) [Special Guest Star]
RuPaul Drives... (2013)
Guest starring as Cassandra Peterson
- Episode 1x11: Cassandra Peterson AKA Elvira (Oct 28, 2013)
RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars (2012)
Guest starring as Judge
- Episode 1x05: Dynamic Drag Duos (Nov 19, 2012)
Last Man Standing (2011)
Guest starring as Elvira
- Episode 1x04: Last Halloween Standing (Oct 25, 2011) [Special Guest Star]
Storage Wars (2010)
Guest starring as Cassandra Peterson
- Episode 12x14: Mistress of the Snark (Jan 23, 2019)
Celebrity Ghost Stories (2009)
Guest starring as Cassandra Peterson
- Episode 3x07: Brett Butler, Cassandra Peterson, Phil Varone, Ana Gasteyer (Aug 6, 2011)
RuPaul's Drag Race (2009)
Guest starring as Judge
(2 episodes)
- Episode 11x05: Monster Ball (Mar 28, 2019)
- Episode 4x01: RuPocalypse Now! (Jan 30, 2012)
Guest starring as Cassandra Peterson
- Episode 16x16: Grand Finale (Apr 19, 2024) [Special Guest Star]
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked! (2009)
Guest starring as Elvira
- Episode 11x05: Monster Ball (Mar 28, 2019)
The Search for the Next Elvira (2007)
Starring as Host as Elvira
(4 episodes)
- Episode 1x04: The Chosen One (Oct 31, 2007)
- Episode 1x03: Dining with the Devil (Oct 20, 2007)
- Episode 1x02: Undressed to Kill (Oct 20, 2007)
- Episode 1x01: The Odd-itions from Hell (Oct 13, 2007)
The Fall Guy (1981)
Guest starring as Elvira
(2 episodes)
- Episode 5x06: October the 32nd (Dec 7, 1985) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 4x06: October the 31st (Oct 31, 1984)
Elvira's Movie Macabre (1981)
Starring as Elvira Mistress of the Dark
(174 episodes)
- Episode 7x13: Night of the Living Dead (Oct 31, 2014)
- Episode 7x11: Evil Bong (Oct 29, 2014)
- Episode 7x10: Hideous! (Oct 28, 2014)
- Episode 7x09: Shrunken Heads (Oct 27, 2014)
- Episode 7x08: Oblivion (Oct 26, 2014)
- Episode 7x07: Trancers (Oct 25, 2014)
- Episode 7x06: Dollman (Oct 24, 2014)
- Episode 7x05: The Gingerdead Man (Oct 23, 2014)
- Episode 7x04: Hobgoblins (Oct 22, 2014)
- Episode 7x03: Demonic Toys (Oct 21, 2014)
- Episode 7x02: Puppet Master (Oct 20, 2014)
- Episode 7x01: Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death (Oct 19, 2014)
- Episode 6x21: A Bucket of Blood (May 20, 2011)
- Episode 6x20: Hercules and the Captive Women (May 13, 2011)
- Episode 6x19: Manos, the Hands of Fate (May 6, 2011)
- Episode 6x18: Tormented (Apr 29, 2011)
- Episode 6x17: Wild Women of Wongo (Mar 4, 2011)
- Episode 6x16: The Manster (Feb 25, 2011)
- Episode 6x15: Lady Frankenstein (Feb 18, 2011)
- Episode 6x14: Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter (Feb 11, 2011)
- Episode 6x13: Untamed Women (Feb 4, 2011)
- Episode 6x12: Don't Look in the Basement (Jan 28, 2011)
- Episode 6x11: I Eat Your Skin (Jan 21, 2011)
- Episode 6x10: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (Dec 25, 2010)
- Episode 6x09: Teenagers from Outerspace (Nov 21, 2010)
- Episode 6x08: Eagah! (Nov 13, 2010)
- Episode 6x07: The Werewolf of Washington (Nov 7, 2010)
- Episode 6x06: Scared to Death (Oct 30, 2010)
- Episode 6x05: The Satanic Rites of Dracula (Oct 23, 2010)
- Episode 6x04: The Brain That Wouldn't Die (Sep 10, 2010)
- Episode 6x03: The Giant Gila Monster (Oct 9, 2010)
- Episode 6x02: The Terror (Oct 2, 2010)
- Episode 6x01: Night of the Living Dead (Sep 25, 2010)
- Episode 5x20: Nightmare City (Nov 2, 1986)
- Episode 5x19: Nightwing (Oct 26, 1986)
- Episode 5x18: Empire of the Ants (Oct 19, 1986)
- Episode 5x17: Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (Oct 12, 1986)
- Episode 5x16: House of the Long Shadows (Oct 5, 1986)
- Episode 5x15: Horror of the Zombies (Sep 28, 1986)
- Episode 5x14: Let's Scare Jessica to Death (Sep 21, 1986)
- Episode 5x13: The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (Sep 14, 1986)
- Episode 5x12: The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (Sep 7, 1986)
- Episode 5x11: Tomb of the Living Dead (Aug 31, 1986)
- Episode 5x10: They Saved Hitler's Brain (Aug 24, 1986)
- Episode 5x09: Straight Jacket (Aug 17, 1986)
- Episode 5x08: Scream, Baby, Scream (Aug 10, 1986)
- Episode 5x07: The Mighty Gorga (Aug 3, 1986)
- Episode 5x06: The Meateater (Jul 27, 1986)
- Episode 5x05: The Mad Butcher (Jul 20, 1986)
- Episode 5x04: The Legend of Lizzie Borden (Jul 13, 1986)
- Episode 5x03: Kill and Go Hide (Jul 6, 1986)
- Episode 5x02: The Horror of Death (Jun 29, 1986)
- Episode 5x01: House of Dark Shadows (Jun 22, 1986)
- Episode 4x14: The Beast in the Cellar (Aug 4, 1985)
- Episode 4x13: The Great Alligator (May 4, 1985)
- Episode 4x12: Curse of Bigfoot (Mar 24, 1985)
- Episode 4x11: Revenge of Frankenstein (Mar 10, 1985)
- Episode 4x10: Yeti: The Giant of the 20th Century (Feb 9, 1985)
- Episode 4x09: The Last Bride of Salem (Jan 12, 1985)
- Episode 4x08: The Navy vs the Night Monsters (Dec 1, 1984)
- Episode 4x07: The Other (Nov 25, 1984)
- Episode 4x06: The Legend of Hell House (Nov 10, 1984)
- Episode 4x05: Village of the Giants (Nov 3, 1984)
- Episode 4x04: The Capture of Bigfoot (Sep 22, 1984)
- Episode 4x03: Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks (Sep 15, 1984)
- Episode 4x02: Tombs of the Blind Dead (Sep 8, 1984)
- Episode 4x01: Inn of the Damned (Sep 1, 1984)
- Episode 3x29: Night of the Zombies (Aug 26, 1984)
- Episode 3x28: So Sad About Gloria (Aug 19, 1984)
- Episode 3x27: Mark of the Devil (Aug 11, 1984)
- Episode 3x26: The Human Duplicators (Aug 5, 1984)
- Episode 3x25: The Love War (Jul 28, 1984)
- Episode 3x24: Kiss Daddy Goodbye (Jul 14, 1984)
- Episode 3x23: Blood Bath (Jul 8, 1984)
- Episode 3x22: The Godsend (Jun 30, 1984)
- Episode 3x21: Schizoid (Jun 24, 1984)
- Episode 3x20: The Pigs (Jun 17, 1984)
- Episode 3x19: Circus of Horrors (Jun 10, 1984)
- Episode 3x18: House of the Dead (May 26, 1984)
- Episode 3x17: The Beast in the Cellar (May 19, 1984)
- Episode 3x16: Monstroid (Monster) (May 12, 1984)
- Episode 3x15: Village of the Damned (Apr 14, 1984)
- Episode 3x14: Alien Contamination (Mar 24, 1984)
- Episode 3x13: Dr. Heckyll and Mr. Hype (Mar 17, 1984)
- Episode 3x12: Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! (Mar 3, 1984)
- Episode 3x11: Dracula (Feb 4, 1984)
- Episode 3x10: Homebodies (Jan 28, 1984)
- Episode 3x09: New Year's Evil (Dec 31, 1983)
- Episode 3x08: Gamera Super Monster (Dec 24, 1983)
- Episode 3x07: They Came from Within (Dec 11, 1983)
- Episode 3x06: Maneater of Hydra (Nov 20, 1983)
- Episode 3x05: The Time Travelers (Nov 12, 1983)
- Episode 3x04: Willard (Nov 5, 1983)
- Episode 3x03: Screamers (Oct 29, 1983)
- Episode 3x02: Blue Sunshine (Oct 1, 1983)
- Episode 3x01: They Came from Beyond Space (Sep 17, 1983)
- Episode 2x32: The Doomsday Machine (Aug 27, 1983)
- Episode 2x31: The Haunted Palace (Jun 18, 1983)
- Episode 2x30: Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural (Apr 16, 1983)
- Episode 2x29: The Human Vapor (Apr 9, 1983)
- Episode 2x28: Scream and Scream Again (Apr 2, 1983)
- Episode 2x27: The Vampire People (Mar 26, 1983)
- Episode 2x26: Curse of the Vampires (Mar 20, 1983)
- Episode 2x25: The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism (Mar 12, 1983)
- Episode 2x24: The Devil's Wedding Night (Mar 5, 1983)
- Episode 2x23: The Island of Living Horror (Feb 27, 1983)
- Episode 2x22: Beast of the Dead (Feb 19, 1983)
- Episode 2x21: The Creature's Revenge (Feb 12, 1983)
- Episode 2x20: The Monster Club (Feb 6, 1983)
- Episode 2x19: Craze (Jan 29, 1983)
- Episode 2x18: Inn of the Frightened People (Jan 8, 1983)
- Episode 2x17: The Return of Count Yorga (Jan 1, 1983)
- Episode 2x16: The Bat People (Dec 19, 1982)
- Episode 2x15: The Devil Within Her (Dec 12, 1982)
- Episode 2x14: Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde (Dec 4, 1982)
- Episode 2x13: Crucible of Horror (Nov 27, 1982)
- Episode 2x12: Blood on Satan's Claw (Nov 20, 1982)
- Episode 2x11: The Day It Came to Earth (Nov 13, 1982)
- Episode 2x10: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Nov 7, 1982)
- Episode 2x09: Tales of Terror (Oct 30, 1982)
- Episode 2x08: The House That Dripped Blood (Oct 30, 1982)
- Episode 2x07: Madhouse (Oct 23, 1982)
- Episode 2x06: Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (Oct 16, 1982)
- Episode 2x05: And Now the Screaming Starts! (Oct 9, 1982)
- Episode 2x04: The Conqueror Worm (Oct 2, 1982)
- Episode 2x03: The Raven (Sep 25, 1982)
- Episode 2x02: The Oblong Box (Sep 11, 1982)
- Episode 2x01: War- Gods of the Deep (Sep 4, 1982)
- Episode 1x46: Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (Aug 14, 1982)
- Episode 1x45: Psychomania (Aug 7, 1982)
- Episode 1x44: The House of Seven Corpses (Jul 31, 1982)
- Episode 1x43: The Baby (Jul 24, 1982)
- Episode 1x42: Terror House (Jul 17, 1982)
- Episode 1x41: The Fearless Vampire Killers (Jul 10, 1982)
- Episode 1x40: The Incredible Melting Man (Jul 3, 1982)
- Episode 1x39: The Tomb of Ligeia (Jun 26, 1982)
- Episode 1x38: Masque of the Red Death (Jun 19, 1982)
- Episode 1x37: Jennifer The Snake Goddess (Jun 12, 1982)
- Episode 1x36: Count Dracula's Great Love (May 29, 1982)
- Episode 1x35: The Turn of the Screw (May 22, 1982)
- Episode 1x34: The Mad Magician (May 22, 1982)
- Episode 1x33: The Brotherhood of Satan (May 15, 1982)
- Episode 1x32: Good Against Evil (May 8, 1982)
- Episode 1x31: Beware! The Blob (May 1, 1982)
- Episode 1x30: The Deathmaster (Apr 25, 1982)
- Episode 1x29: Deathdream (Apr 18, 1982)
- Episode 1x28: Legacy of Blood (Apr 10, 1982)
- Episode 1x27: Peeping Tom (Apr 3, 1982)
- Episode 1x26: The Spectre of Edgar Allen Poe (Mar 27, 1982)
- Episode 1x25: Necromancy (Mar 20, 1982)
- Episode 1x24: Psychic Killer (Mar 13, 1982)
- Episode 1x23: The Devil's Rain (Mar 6, 1982)
- Episode 1x22: Frankenstein (Feb 28, 1982)
- Episode 1x21: Disciple of Death (Feb 20, 1982)
- Episode 1x20: Rattlers (Feb 13, 1982)
- Episode 1x19: Horror Hospital (Feb 6, 1982)
- Episode 1x18: The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant (Jan 30, 1982)
- Episode 1x17: Horror Express (Jan 23, 1982)
- Episode 1x16: The Murder Clinic (Jan 16, 1982)
- Episode 1x15: The Crimson Cult (Jan 10, 1982)
- Episode 1x14: Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (Jan 3, 1982)
- Episode 1x13: Baron Blood (Dec 27, 1981)
- Episode 1x12: Murders in the Rue Morgue (Dec 12, 1981)
- Episode 1x11: Count Yorga, Vampire (Dec 5, 1981)
- Episode 1x10: Cry of the Banshee (Nov 29, 1981)
- Episode 1x09: The Werewolf of Washington (Nov 21, 1981)
- Episode 1x08: The Thing with Two Heads (Nov 15, 1981)
- Episode 1x07: The Comedy of Terrors (Nov 7, 1981)
- Episode 1x06: Blacula (Nov 1, 1981)
- Episode 1x05: The Dunwich Horror (Oct 25, 1981)
- Episode 1x04: The Fall of the House of Usher (Oct 17, 1981)
- Episode 1x03: The House That Screamed (La Residencia) (Oct 10, 1981)
- Episode 1x02: Silent Night, Bloody Night (Oct 3, 1981)
- Episode 1x01: Grave of the Vampire (Sep 26, 1981)
Beyond Westworld (1980)
Guest starring as Dance Hall Girl
- Episode 1x01: Westworld Destroyed (Mar 5, 1980) [Co-Star]
CHiPs (1977)
Guest starring as Elvira
(2 episodes)
- Episode 6x21: Things That Go Creep in the Night (Apr 10, 1983)
- Episode 6x04: Rock Devil Rock (Oct 31, 1982)
Fantasy Island (1977)
Guest starring as Ptatateetah
- Episode 2x01: The Homecoming / The Sheikh (Sep 16, 1978)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
Guest starring as Cassandra Peterson
- Episode 1985-10-31: Oct 31, 1985 (Oct 31, 1985)
Crew Credits
Elvira's Movie Macabre (1981)
Show crew as Executive Producer
(3 episodes)
- Episode 6x16: The Manster (Feb 25, 2011)
- Episode 6x03: The Giant Gila Monster (Oct 9, 2010)
- Episode 6x02: The Terror (Oct 2, 2010)
Show crew as Producer
(4 episodes)
- Episode 7x08: Oblivion (Oct 26, 2014)
- Episode 6x16: The Manster (Feb 25, 2011)
- Episode 6x03: The Giant Gila Monster (Oct 9, 2010)
- Episode 6x02: The Terror (Oct 2, 2010)
Episode crew as Writer
(2 episodes)
- Episode 6x03: The Giant Gila Monster (Oct 9, 2010)
- Episode 6x02: The Terror (Oct 2, 2010)