Cassandra Peterson is an American actress best known for playing the vampish character Elvira on the television show ‘Elvira’s Movie Macabre.’ The show was so successful that she has been called ‘Elvira’ ever since! Her popularity peaked with the release of the comedy horror film ‘Elvira, Mistress of the Dark’. She co-wrote and produced the film, as well as its sequel, ‘Elvira's Haunted Hills’. The character Elvira became so famous that she made several guest appearances on TV shows and movies as Elvira. Before she embarked on an acting career, Cassandra Peterson worked as a dancer in Las Vegas and a pop singer in Italy, singing for an Italian pop-rock band. Peterson made her film debut with a brief role in the James Bond film ‘Diamonds Are Forever’, and was also featured in the role of Queen Sorais in the film ‘Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold’. A gutsy lady, she became the first female to host a national beer ad campaign! Later in her career, she hosted her own reality TV show, ‘The Search for the New Elvira’.
