Cassandra Peterson, more famously known as her campy character Elvira first created her gothic persona in 1981. Her star began to grow when she was a member of the iconic improv trope The Groundlings ...

Cassandra Peterson has been Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, for almost half a century, but this October marks her one-year anniversary of becoming an official queer icon. Peterson came out in her memoir ...

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 30 (UPI) --Cassandra Peterson, who has played Elvira since 1981, released Elvira's Cookbook from Hell on Tuesday. The book contains recipes for breakfast, picnics, appetizers, ...

To many, Elvira is the horror hostess who gained notoriety in the 1980s with that signature fitted black dress, raven black nails and stark red lips. To her friends and family, she is simply Cassandra ...

Cassandra Peterson is sharing her personal life with fans like never before. In her new memoir, the 70-year-old actress best known for playing Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, reveals that she's been in ...

Unique and at times scandalous, Yours Cruelly, Elvira tells the story of a small-town girl's journey to becoming the world's most glamorous Hollywood Halloween icon. Elvira came to life in 1981, when ...

Before Cassandra Peterson was the beehive-haired, buxom “Mistress of the Dark” known as Elvira, she was one of thousands of starstruck teenage girls vying for the attention of bands and artists like ...