Cassandra Peterson ist eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin, geboren am 17. September 1951 in Manhattan, Kansas. Bekannt wurde sie vor allem mit ihrer Bühnenfigur Elvira, die in den USA große Popularität erlangte. Peterson besuchte die General William J. Palmer High School. Für ihre Arbeit wurde sie unter anderem mit dem Out100 und dem Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement ausgezeichnet; außerdem erhielt sie eine Nominierung für die Goldene Himbeere als schlechteste Schauspielerin.
Filmografie
Filme
2026 – R.L. Stine's Pumpkinhead 2
2026 – Vincent Price: What Keeps Us Alive
2023 – Commitment to Life
2023 – The SF Sketchfest Roast of Bruce Campbell
2022 – In Search of Darkness: Part III
2022 – Die Munsters
2021 – Le Passeur immobile
2020 – In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
2020 – Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!
2020 – In Search of Darkness: Part II
2020 – AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1
2020 – The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2019 – Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island
2019 – In Search of Darkness - Eine Reise durch den Horrorfilm der 80er Jahre
2018 – Too Macabre: The Making of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
2018 – Making Fun: The Story of Funko
2017 – To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story
2016 – LEGO: Scooby Doo! - Spuk in Hollywood
2014 – Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed
2014 – Electric Boogaloo
2013 – Rewind This!
2013 – First Period
2013 – Bruno & Earlene Go to Vegas
2011 – Devil's Night
2010 – Let’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest Groupies
2010 – Elvira’s Movie Macabre: Night Of The Living Dead
2010 – Elvira's Movie Macabre: The Satanic Rites Of Dracula
2010 – All About Evil
2009 – El Superbeasto
2008 – The Boneyard Collection
2007 – The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness
2006 – Vampira: The Movie
2006 – American Scary
2006 – Red Riding Hood - Rotkäppchen kehrt zurück
2006 – Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
2004 – Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures
2004 – Monsterama: A Tribute to Horror Hosts
2002 – Elvira's Haunted Hills
2000 – Bride of Monster Mania
1999 – Encounter in the Third Dimension
1999 – Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania
1997 – KCAL Halloween Scream
1997 – Superstition
1997 – Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun
1997 – Monster Mania
1996 – Hilfe, ich komm' in den Himmel
1996 – The Ketchup Vampires II
1996 – It's My Party
1995 – Halloween Jam II at Universal Studios
1995 – The Ketchup Vampires
1995 – Attack of the Killer B-Movies
1994 – Spooky World
1993 – Rosen sind tot
1993 – The Elvira Show
1992 – Heartstoppers: Horror at the Movies
1992 – WrestleMania: The Greatest Hits
1991 – Hulkamania 6
1991 – The Horror Hall of Fame II
1991 – Ted & Venus
1991 – The Crawling Hand
1988 – Metallica - Live at Hammersmith Odeon
1988 – Elvira - Herrscherin der Dunkelheit
1988 – Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
1986 – Quatermain II - Auf der Suche nach der geheimnisvollen Stadt
1986 – Elvira's Halloween Special
1986 – WrestleMania II
1986 – Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors
1985 – Echo Park
1985 – Cheech & Chong - Jetzt hats sich ausgeraucht!
1985 – Pee-Wee’s irre Abenteuer
1984 – Cheeseball Presents
1984 – Last of the Great Survivors
1984 – Uncensored
1983 – Der rasende Gockel
1983 – Zwei ausgekochte Gauner
1983 – The Paragon of Comedy
1983 – Balboa
1983 – Filmgore
1982 – Jekyll und Hyde - Die schärfste Verwandlung aller Zeiten
1982 – Elvira's Movie Macabre: Legacy of Blood
1982 – The Best of Sex and Violence
1982 – Famous T & A
1981 – Helden der Straße
1980 – Von Küste zu Küste
1980 – Cheech & Chong - Noch mehr Rauch um überhaupt nichts
1974 – The Working Girls
1972 – Roma
1971 – James Bond 007 – Diamantenfieber
Untitled KROQ Documentary Serien
2025 – Celebrity Weakest Link
2025 – Pee-wee as Himself
2024 – John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.
2022 – The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans
2022 – Dr. Jackie
2022 – Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow
2021 – Netflix and Chills with Dr. Elvira
2021 – Elvira's 40th Anniversary, Very Scary, Very Special Special
2021 – DOTA: Dragon’s Blood
2019 – The Tamron Hall Show
2016 – To Tell the Truth
2014 – 13 Nights of Elvira
2014 – Elvira's 10 Nights of Halloween
2013 – Die Goldbergs
2013 – RuPaul Drives...
2012 – RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
2012 – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2012 – Die Werkstatt-Helden
2012 – Comic Book Men
2011 – Last Man Standing
2011 – Halloween Wars
2011 – Face Off
2010 – Elvira's Movie Macabre
2010 – RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
2009 – Übersinnliche Begegnungen - Stars erzählen
2009 – RuPaul's Drag Race
2007 – The Search for the Next Elvira
2006 – Elvira's Something Weird
2005 – Medium - Nichts bleibt verborgen
2004 – Monsterama
2004 – Elvira's Movies to Die For
2004 – Elvira's Horror Classics
2004 – The Tony Danza Show
2000 – Raise the Dead Featuring Elvira
1998 – Hollywood Squares
1997 – EP Daily
1996 – E! True Hollywood Story
1994 – Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1993 – Elvira's Halloween Movie Schlock-A-Thon
1990 – Midnight Madness
1990 – Parker Lewis – Der Coole von der Schule
1989 – Heavy Metal Heaven Hosted by Elvira
1989 – Die Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
1989 – Elvira's Thriller Theatre
1987 – Die besten Jahre
1985 – Elvira's ThrillerVideo
1982 – Chefarzt Dr. Westphall
1981 – Elvira's Movie Macabre
1980 – Beyond Westworld
1978 – Fantasy Island
1977 – CHiPs
1976 – Alice
1975 – Saturday Night Live
1962 – The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Cinema Insomnia
Filme
2026 – R.L. Stine's Pumpkinhead 2
2026 – Vincent Price: What Keeps Us Alive
2023 – Commitment to Life
2023 – The SF Sketchfest Roast of Bruce Campbell
2022 – In Search of Darkness: Part III
2022 – Die Munsters
2021 – Le Passeur immobile
2020 – In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
2020 – Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!
2020 – In Search of Darkness: Part II
2020 – AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1
2020 – The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2019 – Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island
2019 – In Search of Darkness - Eine Reise durch den Horrorfilm der 80er Jahre
2018 – Too Macabre: The Making of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
2018 – Making Fun: The Story of Funko
2017 – To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story
2016 – LEGO: Scooby Doo! - Spuk in Hollywood
2014 – Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed
2014 – Electric Boogaloo
2013 – Rewind This!
2013 – First Period
2013 – Bruno & Earlene Go to Vegas
2011 – Devil's Night
2010 – Let’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest Groupies
2010 – Elvira’s Movie Macabre: Night Of The Living Dead
2010 – Elvira's Movie Macabre: The Satanic Rites Of Dracula
2010 – All About Evil
2009 – El Superbeasto
2008 – The Boneyard Collection
2007 – The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness
2006 – Vampira: The Movie
2006 – American Scary
2006 – Red Riding Hood - Rotkäppchen kehrt zurück
2006 – Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
2004 – Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures
2004 – Monsterama: A Tribute to Horror Hosts
2002 – Elvira's Haunted Hills
2000 – Bride of Monster Mania
1999 – Encounter in the Third Dimension
1999 – Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania
1997 – KCAL Halloween Scream
1997 – Superstition
1997 – Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun
1997 – Monster Mania
1996 – Hilfe, ich komm' in den Himmel
1996 – The Ketchup Vampires II
1996 – It's My Party
1995 – Halloween Jam II at Universal Studios
1995 – The Ketchup Vampires
1995 – Attack of the Killer B-Movies
1994 – Spooky World
1993 – Rosen sind tot
1993 – The Elvira Show
1992 – Heartstoppers: Horror at the Movies
1992 – WrestleMania: The Greatest Hits
1991 – Hulkamania 6
1991 – The Horror Hall of Fame II
1991 – Ted & Venus
1991 – The Crawling Hand
1988 – Metallica - Live at Hammersmith Odeon
1988 – Elvira - Herrscherin der Dunkelheit
1988 – Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
1986 – Quatermain II - Auf der Suche nach der geheimnisvollen Stadt
1986 – Elvira's Halloween Special
1986 – WrestleMania II
1986 – Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors
1985 – Echo Park
1985 – Cheech & Chong - Jetzt hats sich ausgeraucht!
1985 – Pee-Wee’s irre Abenteuer
1984 – Cheeseball Presents
1984 – Last of the Great Survivors
1984 – Uncensored
1983 – Der rasende Gockel
1983 – Zwei ausgekochte Gauner
1983 – The Paragon of Comedy
1983 – Balboa
1983 – Filmgore
1982 – Jekyll und Hyde - Die schärfste Verwandlung aller Zeiten
1982 – Elvira's Movie Macabre: Legacy of Blood
1982 – The Best of Sex and Violence
1982 – Famous T & A
1981 – Helden der Straße
1980 – Von Küste zu Küste
1980 – Cheech & Chong - Noch mehr Rauch um überhaupt nichts
1974 – The Working Girls
1972 – Roma
1971 – James Bond 007 – Diamantenfieber
Untitled KROQ Documentary Serien
2025 – Celebrity Weakest Link
2025 – Pee-wee as Himself
2024 – John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.
2022 – The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans
2022 – Dr. Jackie
2022 – Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow
2021 – Netflix and Chills with Dr. Elvira
2021 – Elvira's 40th Anniversary, Very Scary, Very Special Special
2021 – DOTA: Dragon’s Blood
2019 – The Tamron Hall Show
2016 – To Tell the Truth
2014 – 13 Nights of Elvira
2014 – Elvira's 10 Nights of Halloween
2013 – Die Goldbergs
2013 – RuPaul Drives...
2012 – RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
2012 – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2012 – Die Werkstatt-Helden
2012 – Comic Book Men
2011 – Last Man Standing
2011 – Halloween Wars
2011 – Face Off
2010 – Elvira's Movie Macabre
2010 – RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
2009 – Übersinnliche Begegnungen - Stars erzählen
2009 – RuPaul's Drag Race
2007 – The Search for the Next Elvira
2006 – Elvira's Something Weird
2005 – Medium - Nichts bleibt verborgen
2004 – Monsterama
2004 – Elvira's Movies to Die For
2004 – Elvira's Horror Classics
2004 – The Tony Danza Show
2000 – Raise the Dead Featuring Elvira
1998 – Hollywood Squares
1997 – EP Daily
1996 – E! True Hollywood Story
1994 – Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1993 – Elvira's Halloween Movie Schlock-A-Thon
1990 – Midnight Madness
1990 – Parker Lewis – Der Coole von der Schule
1989 – Heavy Metal Heaven Hosted by Elvira
1989 – Die Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
1989 – Elvira's Thriller Theatre
1987 – Die besten Jahre
1985 – Elvira's ThrillerVideo
1982 – Chefarzt Dr. Westphall
1981 – Elvira's Movie Macabre
1980 – Beyond Westworld
1978 – Fantasy Island
1977 – CHiPs
1976 – Alice
1975 – Saturday Night Live
1962 – The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Cinema Insomnia
