Cassandra Peterson filmography

Last updated May 18, 2025

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. Peterson has made Elvira and non-Elvira appearances in a number of films and television programs.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1971	Diamonds are Forever	Dancer	Uncredited
1972	Roma	Dancer	Uncredited
1974	The Working Girls	Katya	^[1]
1980	Cheech and Chong's Next Movie	Hostage	^[2]
1980	Coast to Coast	Dinner Party Guest	^[3]
1981	King of the Mountain	Neighbor	^[4]
1982	Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again	Busty Nurse	^[5]
1983	The Sting II	O'Malley's Girl
	Filmgore	Elvira
	Stroker Ace	Girl with Lugs	^[6]
1985	Pee-wee's Big Adventure	Biker Mama
1985	Get Out of My Room	Elvira
1986	Echo Park	Sheri
1986	Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold	Sorais
1988	Elvira: Mistress of the Dark	Elvira/Morgana Talbot
1991	Ted & Venus	Lisa
1992	The Ketchup Vampires	Elvira (voice)
1993	Acting on Impulse	Roxy
1996	It's My Party	Party Guest	Uncredited
	The Ketchup Vampires II	Elvira (voice)
	Dear God	Herself	Uncredited
1999	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Elvira
2001	Elvira's Haunted Hills	Elvira/Lady Elura Hellsubus	^[7]
2006	Red Riding Hood	Hunter's Mom
	Tomoko's Kitchen	Mary Mulders	Short
	Vampira: The Movie	Herself	Documentary
2007	The Secret World of Superfans	Herself	Documentary
2008	The Boneyard Collection	Elvira	Segment: "Her Morbid Desires"
2009	The Haunted World of El Superbeasto	Amber (voice)
2010	All About Evil	Linda Thompson
2013	Rewind This!	Herself	Documentary
	Bruno & Earlene Go to Vegas	Artie Duke
	First Period	Ms. Glenn
2014	Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films	Herself	Documentary
2014	Vault of the Macabre	Narrator	Short
2016	LEGO Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood	Drella Diabolique (voice)
2019	In Search of Darkness	Herself	Documentary
2019	Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island	Elvira (voice)
2020	Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!	Elvira (voice)
2020	In Search of Darkness: Part II	Herself	Documentary
2021	Shoplifters of the World	Vintage Clerk
2022	The Munsters	Barbara Carr	^[8]^[9]
2022	In Search of Darkness: Part III	Herself	Documentary

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978–1983	Fantasy Island	Ftatateetah/Esther	3 episodes ^[10]
1979	Happy Days	Lola	Episode: "Burlesque"
1979	Flying High	Hooker	Episode: "Ladies of the Night"
1980	Beyond Westworld	Dance Hall Girl	Episode: "Westworld Destroyed"
1981–1986	Elvira's Movie Macabre	Elvira	140 episodes
1982	Open All Night	Taffy	Episode: "Sitting Ducks"
	Harper Valley PTA	Redhead	Episode: "Stella Rae"
	Counterattack: Crime in America	Blackjack Dealer	Episode: "March 28, 1982"
	New Wave Theatre	Elvira	Episode: "1.2"
1982–1983	CHiPs		2 episodes
1983	The Paragon of Comedy		TV special
	Alice	Monique	Episode: "Mel's Dream Car"
	Balboa	Angie Stockard	TV movie
	St. Elsewhere	Judy	Episode: "Ties That Bind"
	Real People	Elvira	Episode: "October 26, 1983"
	Thicke of the Night		Episode: "November 30, 1983"
1984	Last of the Great Survivors		TV movie
	Cheeseball Presents		TV special
	Uncensored	Various	TV special
	Elvira's MTV Halloween Party	Elvira	TV special
1984–1985	The Fall Guy		2 episodes
1985	Bob Hope Lampoons Television		TV Special
1985	Bob Hope Buys NBC?		TV special
1985–1987	ThrillerVideo		24 episodes
1986	WrestleMania 2		TV special
1986	Elvira's Halloween Special		TV special
1987	Saturday Night Live		Episode: "Dabney Coleman/The Cars"
1988	Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz		TV special
1988	The Magical World of Disney		TV special
1989	Just Say Julie		Episode: "March 17, 1989"
	On The Television	Various	Episode: "The Not-so-Wonderful Years"
	The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!	Elvira	2 episodes
	WCW Saturday Night		Episode: "September 30, 1989"
	Totally Hidden Video		Episode: "October 31, 1989"
1989–1990	Elvira's Thriller Theatre		19 episodes
1989–1990	Heavy Metal Heaven		6 episodes
1990–1991	Elvira's Midnight Madness		15 episodes
1991	The Horror Hall of Fame II		TV special
1991	Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater		Episode: "October 31, 1991"
1992	Parker Lewis Can't Lose		Episode: "Boy Meets Girl II"
	Heartstoppers: Horror at the Movies		TV special
	Ring of the Musketeers	Jennifer	TV movie
1993	The Elvira Show	Elvira	Unaired CBS pilot^[11]^[12]
1993	Elvira's Halloween Movie Schlock-A-Thon		TV special
1994	Fox Halloween Bash		TV special
1995	Attack of the Killer B-Movies		TV special
1996	Space Ghost Coast to Coast		Episode: "Switcheroo"
1997	Nash Bridges	Frankie	Episode: "Sniper"
1997	Monster Mania	Elvira	TV special
1999	Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania		TV special
2000	Bride of Monster Mania		TV special
2001	Scares & Dares		TV special
2004	Monsterama: A Tribute to Horror Hosts		TV special
	Elvira's Horror Classics		6 episodes
	Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures		TV special
2005	Playboy Presents: Hef's Halloween Spooktacular		TV special
2005	Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!	Severina (voice)	Episode: "Season of the Skull"
2007	The Search for the Next Elvira	Herself/Elvira	4 episodes
2009	The Scream	Elvira	Web series
2009	Medium		Episode: "Bite Me"
2010–2011	Elvira's Movie Macabre		26 episodes
2011	Last Man Standing		Episode: "Last Halloween Standing"
2012	RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars		Episode: "Dynamic Drag Duos"
2012–2024	RuPaul's Drag Race	Elvira/Herself	3 episodes
2013	Written By a Kid	Mother	Episode: "Valentine's Day...That I Don't Believe"
2013	Face Off	Elvira	Episode: "Living Art"
2013–2017	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Mrs. Campbell/Computer Voice/Utrom Queen (voice)	6 episodes
2014	13 Nights of Elvira	Elvira	13 episodes
2015–2019	Halloween Wars		3 episodes
2018	Storage Wars		Episode: "Scariest Lockers"
2019	RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked		Episode: "Monster Ball"
2020	JJ Villard's Fairy Tales	Queen (voice)	Episode: "Snow White"
2020	In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover	Elvira	TV special
2021	Elvira's 40th Anniversary, Very Scary, Very Special Special		4 episodes
	The Goldbergs		Episode: "The Hunt for the Great Albino Pumpkin"^[13]
	Netflix and Chills with Dr. Elvira	Dr. Elvira	Netflix shorts
2021–2022	Dota: Dragon's Blood	Lirrak (voice)	3 episodes
2022	The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs	Herself	Episode: "Joe Bob's Haunted Halloween Hangout"
2022	The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans	Herself	Episode: "Halloween House Party"
2024	John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in LA	Self	1 episode
2025	Pee-wee as Himself	Self

Video Games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Elvira and the Party Monsters	Elvira	Pinball game
1990	Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
1991	Elvira: The Arcade Game
1992	Elvira II: The Jaws of Cerberus
1996	Scared Stiff		Pinball game
2007	Pain
2016	Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare		"Attack of the Radioactive Thing!" DLC
2024	Killer Klowns from Outer Space: The Game		DLC character

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist
1980	"Mondo Sinistro"	Al Stewart
1980	"Dangerous Man"	Odds
1985	"Born in East L.A."	Cheech Marin
1986	"My Mistake"	Phantom, Rocker & Slick
2008	"Zombie Killer"	Leslie and the LY's
2009	"Mistress of the Dark"	Ghoultown
2010	"What Can I Do?"	The Black Belles
2012	"Red"	The 69 Eyes
	"Glamazon"	RuPaul
	"Responsitrannity"	RuPaul
2014	"Gimme Something Good"	Ryan Adams

Footnotes

↑ "The Working Girls". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
↑ "Cheech and Chong's Next Movie". catalog.afi.com. AFI|Catalog. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
↑ "Coast to Coast". catalog.afi.com. AFI|Catalog. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
↑ "King of the Mountain". AFI|Catalog. catalog.afi.com. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
↑ "Jekyll and Hyde...Together Again". AFI Catalog. catalog.afi.com. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
↑ "Stroker Ace". AFI. catalog.afi.com Catalog. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
↑ "Elvira's Haunted Hills". AFI|Catalog. catalog.afi.com. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
↑ Collis, Clark (March 11, 2022). "First look at Cassandra 'Elvira' Peterson in Rob Zombie's reboot of 'The Munsters'". EW.com.
↑ Squires, John (March 11, 2022). "Rob Zombie Shares First Look at Cassandra Peterson in 'The Munsters' Movie!".
↑ Hillis, Eric. "The Movie Waffler". www.themoviewaffler.com. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
↑ Vasquez, Felix Jr. (July 25, 2018). "[TV Terrors] "The Elvira Show" Was Cancelled By CBS Before It Even Aired". Bloody Disgusting!. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
↑ "A Look at "The Elvira Show" Pilot |". October 11, 2017. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
↑ Cavanaugh, Patrick (October 12, 2021). "The Goldbergs Halloween Episode to Feature Elvira as Guest Star". ComicBook. Retrieved October 25, 2021.

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[1] "The Working Girls". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved May 9, 2024.

[2] "Cheech and Chong's Next Movie". catalog.afi.com. AFI|Catalog. Retrieved May 9, 2024.

[3] "Coast to Coast". catalog.afi.com. AFI|Catalog. Retrieved May 9, 2024.

[4] "King of the Mountain". AFI|Catalog. catalog.afi.com. Retrieved May 9, 2024.

[5] "Jekyll and Hyde...Together Again". AFI Catalog. catalog.afi.com. Retrieved May 9, 2024.

[6] "Stroker Ace". AFI. catalog.afi.com Catalog. Retrieved May 9, 2024.

[7] "Elvira's Haunted Hills". AFI|Catalog. catalog.afi.com. Retrieved May 9, 2024.

[8] Collis, Clark (March 11, 2022). "First look at Cassandra 'Elvira' Peterson in Rob Zombie's reboot of 'The Munsters'". EW.com.

[9] Squires, John (March 11, 2022). "Rob Zombie Shares First Look at Cassandra Peterson in 'The Munsters' Movie!".

[10] Hillis, Eric. "The Movie Waffler". www.themoviewaffler.com. Retrieved May 9, 2024.

[:0-11] Vasquez, Felix Jr. (July 25, 2018). "[TV Terrors] "The Elvira Show" Was Cancelled By CBS Before It Even Aired". Bloody Disgusting!. Retrieved February 11, 2021.

[:1-12] "A Look at "The Elvira Show" Pilot |". October 11, 2017. Retrieved February 11, 2021.

[13] Cavanaugh, Patrick (October 12, 2021). "The Goldbergs Halloween Episode to Feature Elvira as Guest Star". ComicBook. Retrieved October 25, 2021.

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