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    Cassandra Peterson

    American actress.

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  1. 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.

  2. Oct 18, 2021 · Here are 14 things you should know about the wisecracking, tassel-twirling Mistress of the Dark. 1. Cassandra Peterson saw her first horror movie—William Castle’s House On Haunted Hill —when ...

  3. Oct 29, 2021 · At 70, Peterson is finally lifting the veil on Elvira and putting herself in the spotlight as an L.A. icon with “Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark.”

  4. Oct 31, 2021 · In celebration of Elvira's next chapter -- and hey, it's Halloween -- take a look back at these boo-tiful portraits over the years proving why she is the undisputed Queer Queen of Spooky.

  5. Oct 27, 2021 · Read ahead as we discuss the strange, and perhaps destined, origins of the name “Elvira,” along with Elvis, her favorite comedian Norm Macdonald, her yin-yang relationship with Dolly Parton ...

  6. Elvira: Mistress of the Dark is a 1988 American comedy horror film directed by James Signorelli, starring Cassandra Peterson as eccentric horror host Elvira. The film's screenplay, written by Peterson, John Paragon, and Sam Egan, follows Elvira inheriting a house nestled in the heart of an overtly prudish community.

  7. Sep 30, 1988 · "Elvira: Mistress of the Dark" is a 1988 comedy, horror movie - upon arriving in a small town where Elvira has inherited a rundown mansion, the famous horror host must battle an evil uncle, and townspeople who want her burned at the stake.

  8. Elvira’s reign as ‘Queen of Halloween’ has spanned more than three decades and includes an IMAX movie, music CDs, books and more than a thousand licensed products. She co-wrote and starred in the feature films Elvira, Mistress of the Dark and Elvira’s Haunted Hills.

  9. Sep 22, 2021 · Queen of Halloween, Elvira, also known as actor Cassandra Peterson, revealed in her memoir that she's had a secret relationship with a woman for nearly two decades.

  10. Sep 21, 2021 · Cassandra Peterson, the woman behind the pop culture icon Elvira (pictured performing at Knott’s Scary Farm in 2017), shares intimate stories about her life and how she came to be known as the...

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