20 Boo-tiful Photos of Elvira, Undisputed Queer Queen of Spooky, Over the Years
| 10/31/21
13 Boo-tiful Photos of Elvira, Undisputed Queer Queen of Spooky
Cassandra Peterson -- a.k.a. Elvira, Mistress of the Dark -- has always been a queer icon. But when the ghostly host came out this year, she even further endeared herself to LGBTQ+ fans. Finally, Elvira has come out of the shadows!
In celebration of Elvira's next chapter -- and hey, it's Halloween -- take a look back at these boo-tiful portraits over the years proving why she is the undisputed Queer Queen of Spooky. And make sure to check out her just-released Out100 cover story.
Elvira's Sinema Seance Show at Knott's Scary Farm Halloween Haunt, October 24, 2013
Elvira, Alice Cooper at the 26th Grammy Awards
Elvira at Knott's Scary Farm, September 29, 2017
Elvira, Jaime Lee Curtis, 2007, Annual Dream Halloween Benefit Children Affected By AIDS Foundation
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark Premiere Party, September 27, 1988 at the Loeb Boathouse, Central Park
Elvira, Portrait, 1983
Midnight Screening of Elvira's Haunted Hills, 2019
Elvira, Cannes Film Festival, May 1987
Elvira, Peaches Christ at Horror Hunt Film Festival, Vista Theatre, September 13, 2012
Elvira, 1970
Elvira, 1985
Elvira, 2003, Photocall for Elvira's Haunted Hills, Cannes Film Festival
Cassandra Peterson, RuPaul, Drag Race Season 3 Premiere Party
Elvira, 1986, West Hollywood
Elvira and Imitators
Cassandra Peterson and partner Teresa 'T' Wierson
Elvira, Premiere Party of Elvira's Haunted Hills, 2002
Cassandra Peterson, Paul Reubens, Golden Globes, 1985
Yours Cruelly, Elvira
