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Cassandra Peterson

Cassandra Peterson
Cassandra Peterson was born in Manhattan, Kansas. At age seventeen she became the youngest showgirl in Las Vegas history. After receiving advice from the “King” himself, Elvis Presley, she traveled to Europe where she pursued a career as a singer and actor. Her show, Movie Macabre, and her newly created character, Elvira, became an overnight sensation. Peterson has spent four decades solidifying the Elvira brand and building it into an international cult icon that has become synonymous with Halloween and the horror genre.


How the Iconic Late-Night TV Character of Elvira Came to Be

Cassandra Peterson on Coming Up With the "Mistress of the Dark"
September 24, 2021  By Cassandra Peterson
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