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Cassandra Peterson aka Elvira
Almost solely responsible for displaying the ample charms of a real grown-up woman without raiding Dad's blue movie video stash in the middle of the night while I was in high school during the mid 1980s. Real name Cassandra Peterson, she was already in comedy clubs learning the trade and a bit part actress putting her already fine figure to good use in walk-on parts as showgirls or topless dancers. Her big break came in 1981 when she was offered the part as host and the tv studio's first female host of the old late night tv show "Fright Night" to replace legendary host Larry Vincent that had passed away in the mid 1970s and wanted to revive the show for a new generation of horror fans. Cassandra won the role and as part of her image, she decided to rework the look of "Vampira" made famous by iconic tv star and beauty "Maila Nurmi" back in the 1950s on "The Vampira Show". After a unsuccessful lawsuit by Nurmi to stop her creation being used, Cassandra pushed on and paid homage to the vampy skintight black dress and gothic look but with a very 1980s twist - meaning plenty of exposed heavenly chest and wonderful long legs. With a plunging low-cut cleavage bursting thru, adding a flippant sarcastic tone that resembles the popular "Southern Californian Valley Girl" way of speaking that invaded US teen comedies in the early 1980s and a never-ending barrage of risque double entendres mocking herself of her undoubted beauty and anyone else silly enough to cross her path in either hitting on her or running her outta town, and an 1980s comedy legend was born. Elvira: Mistress of the Dark first appeared on camera in 1982 and became one of the most talked about small time celebrities of late night tv with whoever dared stop up to the the middle of the night to watch any chance of Elvira. Her high spirited good nature, campy humour and potent sex appeal saw her popularity soar and with it a very lucrative brand emerged that has seen Cassandra play Elvira for over 40 years and just this year last month Sept 2021 saw Elvira on the tv screens again for her late night "40th Anniversary Very Scary Special" for 6 hours. Most may have missed that "Special" but most will have seen her most famous of works, her big screen movie debut of "Elvira: Mistress of the Dark" (1988). This comedy horror film is most definitely underrated and is a B-movie classic that deserves to be re-watched for Halloween. Cassandra is now 70 years old (as of 2021) and still looks sexy away from her famous alter-ego signing photos and meeting fans at comic-con conventions. Elvira will be with us for as long as gorgeous Cassandra can still slip her beautiful figure in those skintight black gowns for more campy scary fun.
Cassandra Peterson aka Elvira
Almost solely responsible for displaying the ample charms of a real grown-up woman without raiding Dad's blue movie video stash in the middle of the night while I was in high school during the mid 1980s. Real name Cassandra Peterson, she was already in comedy clubs learning the trade and a bit part actress putting her already fine figure to good use in walk-on parts as showgirls or topless dancers. Her big break came in 1981 when she was offered the part as host and the tv studio's first female host of the old late night tv show "Fright Night" to replace legendary host Larry Vincent that had passed away in the mid 1970s and wanted to revive the show for a new generation of horror fans. Cassandra won the role and as part of her image, she decided to rework the look of "Vampira" made famous by iconic tv star and beauty "Maila Nurmi" back in the 1950s on "The Vampira Show". After a unsuccessful lawsuit by Nurmi to stop her creation being used, Cassandra pushed on and paid homage to the vampy skintight black dress and gothic look but with a very 1980s twist - meaning plenty of exposed heavenly chest and wonderful long legs. With a plunging low-cut cleavage bursting thru, adding a flippant sarcastic tone that resembles the popular "Southern Californian Valley Girl" way of speaking that invaded US teen comedies in the early 1980s and a never-ending barrage of risque double entendres mocking herself of her undoubted beauty and anyone else silly enough to cross her path in either hitting on her or running her outta town, and an 1980s comedy legend was born. Elvira: Mistress of the Dark first appeared on camera in 1982 and became one of the most talked about small time celebrities of late night tv with whoever dared stop up to the the middle of the night to watch any chance of Elvira. Her high spirited good nature, campy humour and potent sex appeal saw her popularity soar and with it a very lucrative brand emerged that has seen Cassandra play Elvira for over 40 years and just this year last month Sept 2021 saw Elvira on the tv screens again for her late night "40th Anniversary Very Scary Special" for 6 hours. Most may have missed that "Special" but most will have seen her most famous of works, her big screen movie debut of "Elvira: Mistress of the Dark" (1988). This comedy horror film is most definitely underrated and is a B-movie classic that deserves to be re-watched for Halloween. Cassandra is now 70 years old (as of 2021) and still looks sexy away from her famous alter-ego signing photos and meeting fans at comic-con conventions. Elvira will be with us for as long as gorgeous Cassandra can still slip her beautiful figure in those skintight black gowns for more campy scary fun.