# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cassandra-peterson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:04:34.529Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cassandra-peterson"
name: "Cassandra Peterson"
slug: "cassandra-peterson"
description: "Cassandra Gay Peterson 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. A member of the Los Angeles-based improvisational and sketch comedy troupe The Groundlings, Peterson based her Elvira persona in part on a \"Valley girl\"-type character she created while a member of the troupe."
tagline: "American actress"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cassandra_Peterson_GalaxyCon_Nashville_052026-53.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Comedians"
  slug: "comedians"
profileType:
  name: "Comedian"
  slug: "comedian"
birthDate: "1951-09-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           60.79
  momentum:             4.094919444598169
  historical:           25.251604
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 151
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/therealelvira/"
    handle:    "therealelvira"
  - platform:  "TIKTOK"
    url:       "https://www.tiktok.com/@therealelvira"
    handle:    "therealelvira"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/TheRealElvira"
    handle:    "TheRealElvira"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005308/"
    handle:    "nm0005308"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.elvira.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Cassandra Peterson"
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    title: "カサンドラ・ピーターソン"
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    title: "კასანდრა პეტერსონი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "커샌드라 피터슨"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Cassandra Peterson"
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    title: "Петерсон, Кассандра"
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    title: "Кассандра Петерсон"
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    title: "کیسینڈرا پیٹرسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "卡桑德拉·皮特森"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/44810"
    title: "Cassandra Peterson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump