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Cassandra Peterson

1951 - Today

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Cassandra Gay Peterson (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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cassandra Peterson has received more than 10,433,383 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Cassandra Peterson is the 4,047th most popular actor (up from 4,081st in 2019), the 6,014th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,160th in 2019) and the 1,822nd most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 10M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Cassandra Peterson ranks 4,047 out of 13,578. Before her are Leila Hyams, Paul Verhoeven, Wojciech Bogusławski, Ed Begley Jr., Mike Starr, and Linda Thompson. After her are Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Vladimir Mashkov, Pia Degermark, Richard Thomas, Art LaFleur, and Matthew Gray Gubler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Cassandra Peterson ranks 304. Before her are Phyllis Smith, Ivano Bordon, Dan Bricklin, Luis Llosa, Patrick Bergin, and François Bracci. After her are Mark Isham, Richard Thomas, Pier Luigi Bersani, Timothy Zahn, Mike D'Antoni, and Anton Tkáč.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Cassandra Peterson ranks 6,014 out of 20,380. Before her are Jeane Kirkpatrick (1926), Leila Hyams (1905), Ed Begley Jr. (1949), Mike Starr (1950), Norah Jones (1979), and Linda Thompson (1950). After her are Mark Isham (1951), William Lombardy (1937), Richard Thomas (1951), Christopher Scarver (1969), Art LaFleur (1943), and Reginald Rose (1920).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Cassandra Peterson ranks 1,822. Before her are Beverly Aadland (1942), Pia Zadora (1953), Leila Hyams (1905), Ed Begley Jr. (1949), Mike Starr (1950), and Linda Thompson (1950). After her are Richard Thomas (1951), Art LaFleur (1943), Matthew Gray Gubler (1980), Beulah Bondi (1889), Zach Braff (1975), and Paul Dooley (1928).

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Television and Movie Roles

Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
Elvira / Aunt Morgana Talbot
Arriving in the small town of Fallwell, Massachusetts to claim her inheritance, horror hostess Elvira receives a less than enthusiastic reception from the conservative locals -- amongst them, her sinister uncle Vincent, who, unbeknownst to her, is an evil warlock.
Sep 30th 19886.591 / 10
Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island
Elvira (voice)
Scooby-Doo and his pals win an all-expense paid vacation and embark on a trip of a lifetime to a tropical paradise. Their destination however, turns out to be Zombie Island. As soon as they arrive, they realize the place looks strangely familiar and is reminiscent of a trip they took years ago, in which they became wrapped up in a mystery involving zombies. The gang soon learns that their trip to paradise comes with a price when the zombies re-emerge and attack their hotel. Will Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. gang finally solve the mystery behind Zombie Island?
Sep 3rd 20197 / 10
Elvira's Haunted Hills
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
The setting is Carpathia. The year is 1851. When Elvira gets kicked out of an Inn for a slight monetary discrepancy, she is rescued by a local who takes her to stay at the castle in the hills high above the village. The fact that she happens to resemble the count's former "missing" wife opens a can of worms or two.
Oct 31st 20025.4 / 10