While discussing her memoir, Cassandra Peterson spoke about Elvis, ‘New Wave Theater,’ that iconic photo of her alongside a punked-out Paul Reubens, and her song picks for ‘The So… ...

Unlike her vampire vixen alter ego, Cassandra Peterson has been known to take frights in a stride that’s more like a sprint. There was that one time back in the 1990s, when she accompanied her ...

Elvira debuted her spooky character in 1981 and announced she was "sexually fluid" 40 years later. Here’s everything to know about Cassandra “Elvira” Peterson’s life today.

Leave it to Elvira to find Dracula’s coffin cozy. The ageless late-night horror movie host — still a voluptuous cross between a vampire and a 1980s Valley Girl — says that when sh… ...

Oct. 21, 1985: Cassandra Peterson, right, as Elvira poses with her wax version twin at the Movieland Wax Museum in Buena Park. This photo was published in the Oct. 31, 1985, Los Angeles Times.

On this day in horror history, Cassandra Peterson was born in Manhattan, Kansas, in 1951. Peterson is best known as horror hostess Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. As a toddler, she spent three ...

This year marks 35 years since actress Cassandra Peterson first donned a black bouffant wig, spooky eye makeup, and a plunging black dress to portray the spunky and buxom Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.