![]() ![]() Third-degree burns covered 35% of her body, and the prognosis wasn’t good. On Good Friday in 1953, at only 18 months old, 25 miles from the nearest hospital in Manhattan, Kansas, Cassandra Peterson reached for a pot on the stove and doused herself in boiling water. ![]() The woman behind the icon known as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, the undisputed Queen of Halloween, reveals her full story, filled with intimate bombshells, told by the bombshell herself. ![]() ![]() She has spent four decades solidifying her unique brand and building it into an internationally recognized pop culture icon synonymous with Halloween and the horror genre. Peterson also co-wrote, produced, and starred in two feature length films: Elvira, Mistress of the Dark and Elvira’s Haunted Hills. That show, Movie Macabre, and her newly created character, Elvira, became an overnight sensation and gained national syndication. In 1981, she auditioned for the part of “horror hostess” on a local Los Angeles station. She eventually settled in Hollywood, where she spent four years with L.A.’s foremost improvisational comedy group, The Groundlings. Upon returning to the states, Peterson toured America as star of her own musical-comedy show, Mama’s Boys. At age 17, she began performing as a showgirl at the Dunes Hotel in Las Vegas, then traveled to Europe where she pursued a career as a singer and actor. Join Halloween icon and Mistress of the Dark, Cassandra Peterson, for discussion on “Yours Cruelly, Elvira.”Ĭassandra Peterson was born in Manhattan, Kansas, and raised in Colorado Springs, Colorado. ![]()
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