Elvira

Elvira is mostly an orphan, which too many SF and fantasy writers use as shorthand for "I don't want to deal with preexisting relationships for this character," but for Elvira it's the opposite: not only are Carmichael and Betsy important in her life, and Betsy's parents and Nanny, but also the Evanses and the people who ran her school and so on.

Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway 2008

World's sluttiest 'Mistress of the Dark' still pretty hot for age 58: "Is that a wooden stake in our pockets, or are we just really, REALLY happy to see how great actress Cassandra Peterson -- aka Elvira, Mistress of the Dark -- looks on her 58th birthday?"

Happy Birthday, Elvira! Bill Crider 2009

World's sluttiest 'Mistress of the Dark' still pretty hot for age 58: "Is that a wooden stake in our pockets, or are we just really, REALLY happy to see how great actress Cassandra Peterson -- aka Elvira, Mistress of the Dark -- looks on her 58th birthday?"

Archive 2009-09-13 Bill Crider 2009

One whom I will call Elvira, and we talked of love and Tupper.

The Book of Humorous Verse Various 1902

The prominent numbers of the first act are the pathetic cavatina for Ricardo, "Ah! per sempre io ti perdei," in which he mourns the loss of Elvira; a lovely romanza for tenor ( "A te o cara"); a brilliant polacca ( "Son vergin vezzosa") for Elvira, which is one of the delights of all artists; and a concerted finale, brimming over with melody and closing with the stirring anathema chorus, "Non casa, non spiaggia."

The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers 1876

Then there's 32 year-old Christa Collins, aka Elvira, whose vintage look is more interesting than her voice.

The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - The Washington Post Lisa de Moraes 2011

Rounding out the cast is Cassandra Peterson, better known as Elvira, Mistress of the dark and

ChicagoNow 2010

The description calls the video a "psychedelic gore-fest," which leads me to remind you all that darling Cassandra Peterson, aka Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, is doing Halloween Philly-style this year.

Citizen Mom 2008

Cassandra Peterson, better known as Elvira, will host a 20th anniversary screening of "Elvira, Mistress of the Dark," followed by a gala party known as The Black Cat Ball.

The Seattle Times 2008

If you like movies, you can meet George Takei (Sulu), Kevin Sorbo (from Hercules and Andromeda), Marc Singer (star of Beastmaster), Cassandra Peterson (better known as Elvira), Ron Glass (Shepherd Book, from Firefly and Serenity), and more celebrities.

I-CON 25 James Lynch 2006