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Cassandra Peterson

1951 - Today

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Cassandra Gay Peterson ( kuh-SAHN-druh; born September 17, 1951) 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. A member of the Los Angeles-based improvisational and sketch comedy troupe The Groundlings, Peterson based her Elvira persona in part on a "Valley girl"-type character she created while a member of the troupe. The popularity of Elvira's Movie Macabre led to the 1988 film Elvira: Mistress of the Dark, and later the 2001 film Elvira's Haunted Hills, both starring Peterson as Elvira. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 24 in 2024). Cassandra Peterson is the 3,810th most popular actor (up from 4,043rd in 2024), the 6,177th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,013th in 2019) and the 1,785th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Cassandra Peterson ranks 3,810 out of 13,578. Before her are Donovan Scott, Dalila Di Lazzaro, Danièle Delorme, Christian Berkel, Warren Clarke, and Jenette Goldstein. After her are Neslihan Atagül, Emmanuelle Devos, Jeremy Bulloch, Robert Picardo, JoBeth Williams, and Jean Porter.

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Among people born in 1951, Cassandra Peterson ranks 299. Before her are Anatoly Alyabyev, Dragan Pantelić, Walter Meeuws, Jagdeep Dhankhar, Phyllis Smith, and Gilbert Baker. After her are Robert Joy, Eugenio Torre, Steve Perryman, Michel Pollentier, Kim Manners, and Stephen Root.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Cassandra Peterson ranks 6,178 out of 20,380. Before her are Randy Meisner (1946), Haddon Sundblom (1899), Marty Walsh (1967), Alan Cooper (1952), L. L. Langstroth (1810), and Jenette Goldstein (1960). After her are Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (1886), Joe Exotic (1963), Jack Kramer (1921), Helen Jacobs (1908), Robert G. Ingersoll (1833), and Louis Clarke (1901).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Cassandra Peterson ranks 1,785. Before her are Robert Urich (1946), Felicia Farr (1932), Lauren Cohan (1982), Elizabeth Wilson (1921), Donovan Scott (1947), and Jenette Goldstein (1960). After her are Robert Picardo (1953), JoBeth Williams (1948), Jean Porter (1922), Bobby Driscoll (1937), Frances Lee McCain (1943), and Jerry Van Dyke (1931).

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