Post by Kaz ~:~ on Dec 10, 2016 7:33:02 GMT -6
Cassandra Peterson Biography
Date of Birth 17 September 1951, Manhattan, Kansas, USA
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Nicknames::
The Mistress of the Dark
Elvira
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Bio:
Cassandra Peterson was born in Manhattan, Kansas, and grew up in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She began her career at age 17 as the youngest showgirl in Las Vegas history in the show "Vive Les Girls" at the Dunes Hotel. After receiving advice from "The King" himself, Elvis Presley, she traveled to Europe where she pursued a career as a singer and actor. She worked in several Italian films, including Federico Fellini's Roma (1972) and performed throughout Europe as lead singer of an Italian rock band.
Upon returning to the United States, she toured the country as star of her own musical-comedy show, "Mama's Boys". She eventually settled in Hollywood, where she spent four and a half years with L.A.'s foremost improvisational comedy group, The Groundlings. In 1981, she auditioned for the role of horror hostess: on a local Los Angeles television station. Her show, Movie Macabre (1981), and her newly created character, Elvira, became an overnight sensation.
Cassandra has used Elvira's celebrity status to bring attention to many worthy causes and organizations over the years, including her well-known work for animal welfare and raising money and awareness for the prevention of HIV/AIDS. In addition to co-writing and performing in both the local L.A. and nationally syndicated television versions of "Movie Macabre", she co-wrote, produced and starred in two feature films, Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988) and Elvira's Haunted Hills (2001). Her latest endeavors include producing, writing and starring in the reality series The Search for the Next Elvira (2007) on Fox Reality and the nationally syndicated series Elvira's Movie Macabre (2010).
Cassandra Peterson has spent over three decades solidifying the Elvira brand and building it into an international cult icon that has become synonymous with Halloween and the horror genre.
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Spouse
Mark Pierson (4 July 1981 - 14 February 2003) (divorced) (1 child)
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As Elvira: Beauty mark (mole) under her right eye, black dress with the plunging neckline and slit on the right side, ruby ring, snake-shapped earrings, black fingernails, black pumps, the dagger she stores on her belt, and her bouffant hairstyle.
Strawberry blonde hair
Sparkling blue eyes
Curvaceous, buxom figure
Double entendre sense of humor
Seductive deep voice
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Comic Book Men (TV Series) - Mistress of the Stash (2016) ... Elvira
2016 Lego Scooby-Doo!: Haunted Hollywood (Video) Drella Diabolique (voice)
2013-2016 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV Series)
- The War for Dimension X (2016) ... Utrom Queen (voice)
- Battle for New York: Part 2 (2015) ... Ms. Campbell (voice)
- Target: April O'Neil (2013) ... Ms. Campbell (voice)
- TCRI (2013) ... Ms. Campbell / Computer Voice (voice)
- The Alien Agenda (2013) ... Ms. Campbell (voice)
2014 13 Nights of Elvira (TV Series)
- Evil Bong (2014) ... Elvira
- Night of the Living Dead (2014) ... Elvira
- Trancers (2014) ... Elvira
- Shrunken Heads (2014) ... Elvira
- Seed People (2014) ... Elvira
2014 Vault of the Macabre (Short) Elvira - Narrator
2013 First Period - Ms. Glenn
2013 Bruno & Earlene Go to Vegas - Artie Duke
2013 Written by a Kid (TV Series) - Valentimes Day... That I Don't Believe (2013) ... Mother
2011 The Marilyn Denis Show (TV Series) - Halloween Spook-tacular (2011) ... Elvira
2011 Last Man Standing (TV Series) - Last Halloween Standing (2011) ... Elvira
2010-2011 Elvira's Movie Macabre (TV Series)
- A Bucket of Blood (2011) ... Elvira
- Hercules and the Captive Women (2011) ... Elvira
- Manos: The Hands of Fate (2011) ... Elvira
- Tormented (2011) ... Elvira
- The Manster (2011) ... Elvira
2010 All About Evil - Linda
2009 Medium (TV Series) - Allison Dubois
2009 The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (Video) Amber (voice)
2009 The Scream (Video) Elvira
2008 Zombie Killer (Short) Elvira (voice)
2008 Her Morbid Desires (Video) Elvira
2007 Pain (Video Game) Elvira (voice)
2007 The Search for the Next Elvira (TV Series)
Elvira
- The Chosen One (2007) ... Elvira
- Dining with the Devil (2007) ... Elvira
- Undressed to Kill (2007) ... Elvira
- The Odd-itions from Hell (2007) ... Elvira
2006 The Girls Next Door (TV Series) Elvira - Mistress of the Dark
2006 Tomoko's Kitchen (Short) Mary Mulders
2006 Red Riding Hood = Hunter's Mom
2005 Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! (TV Series) - Season of the Skull (2005) ... Severina (voice)
2001 Scares & Dares (TV Movie) Elvira
2001 Elvira's Haunted Hills - Elvira, Mistress of the Dark / Lady Elura Hellsubus
1999 Encounter in the Third Dimension (Short) Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
1998 The RuPaul Show (TV Series) - Episode dated 7 April 1998 (1998) ... Elvira
1997 Nash Bridges (TV Series) - Sniper (1997) ... Frankie (as Elvira)
1997 Superstition (Short) Elvira
1996 The Anti Gravity Room (TV Series) - Monsters and Evil (1996) ... Elvira
1996 Space Ghost Coast to Coast (TV Series) - Switcheroo (1996) ... Elvira
1996 Strange Universe (TV Series) - Episode dated 15 February 1996 (1996) ... Elvira
1996 It's My Party = Party Guest (uncredited)
1995 Attack of the Killer B-Movies (TV Movie) Elvira
1993 The Elvira Show (TV Series) Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
1993 Acting on Impulse (TV Movie) Roxy
1992 Ring of the Musketeers (TV Movie) Jennifer (as Cassandra Petersen)
1992 The Ketchup Vampires (TV Series) Elvira
1992 Parker Lewis Can't Lose (TV Series) - Boy Meets Girl II (1992) ... Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
1991 Ted & Venus - Lisa
1990 Heavy Metal Heaven (TV Series) Elvira
1989-1990 Elvira's Thriller Theatre (TV Series)
- Episode #2.1 (1990) ... Elvira
- Episode #1.1 (1989) ... Elvira
1989 Totally Hidden Video (TV Series)
- Episode dated 31 October 1989 (1989) ... Elvira
1989 On the Television (TV Series)
- The Not-so-Wonderful Years ... Various
1989 Just Say Julie (TV Series)
- Episode dated 17 March 1989 (1989) ... Elvira
1988 Elvira: Mistress of the Darkness as Elvira
1987 Saturday Night Live (TV Series)
- Dabney Coleman/The Cars (1987) ... Elvira
1986 Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold - Queen Sorais
1986 Elvira's Halloween Special (TV Movie) Elvira
1984-1985 The Fall Guy (TV Series)
- October the 32nd (1985) ... Elvira
- October the 31st (1984) ... Elvira
1985 Echo Park - Sheri
1985 Pee-wee's Big Adventure - Biker Mama
1981-1985 Movie Macabre (TV Series)
Elvira:
- House of Dark Shadows (1985) ... Elvira
- The Great Alligator (1985) ... Elvira
- Curse of Bigfoot (1985) ... Elvira
- Revenge of Frankenstein (1985) ... Elvira
- Yeti The Giant of the 20th Century (1985) ... Elvira
1985 Bob Hope Lampoons Television (TV Movie) Elvira
Elvira (segment "Born in East L.A.") (as Elvira)
1984 Last of the Great Survivors (TV Movie) Elvira
1978-1983 Fantasy Island (TV Series)
Esther / Ptatateetah
- God Child/Curtain Call (1983) ... Esther
- What's the Matter with Kids?/Island of Horrors (1983) ... Esther
- Homecoming/The Sheikh (1978) ... Ptatateetah
1983 St. Elsewhere (TV Series) - Ties That Bind (1983) ... Judy
1983 The Richard Simmons Show (TV Series) Elvira
1983 Balboa - Angie Stoddard
1983 Stroker Ace Girl with Lugs
1983 Alice (TV Series) - Mel's Dream Car (1983) ... Monique
1983 CHiPs (TV Series) Elvira
- Things That Go Creep in the Night (1983) ... Elvira
- Rock Devil Rock (1982) ... Elvira
1983 The Sting II - O'Malley's Girl
1983 The Paragon of Comedy (TV Movie)
1982 Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again - Busty Nurse
1982 Harper Valley P.T.A. (TV Series) - Stella Rae (1982) ... Red Head
1982 Open All Night (TV Series) - Sitting Ducks (1982) ... Taffy
1981 King of the Mountain - Neighbor
1980 Coast to Coast - Dinner Party Guest
1980 Cheech and Chong's Next Movie - Hostage (Groundling)
1980 Beyond Westworld- Westworld Destroyed (1980) ... Dance Hall Girl
1979 Happy Days (TV Series) - Girl
- Burlesque (1979) ... Girl (uncredited)
1979 Flying High (TV Series) -Sexy Hooker
Ladies of the Night (1979) ... Sexy hooker
1974 The Working Girls - Katya