September 17, 1951: Cassandra Peterson at 75 — The Woman, the Wit and the Wickedly Sexy Legacy of Elvira
For more than four decades, she has appeared every autumn like a glamorous emissary from some wonderfully inappropriate corner of the underworld: towering black hair, impossibly plunging gown, scarlet lips, dagger at her waist and a one-liner usually sharp enough to draw blood. But Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, was never simply a costume. Behind one of the most recognizable characters in modern horror stands Cassandra Peterson—a comedian, writer, performer, businesswoman and former Las Vegas showgirl whose improbable career carried her from Kansas to the Strip, across Europe, through Los…
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