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‘Queen of Halloween’ Elvira hangs up Knott’s Berry Farm show

Posted by Ken Stone on October 30, 2017 in Hollywood | Leave a response
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Cult favorite Elvira is ending her long-running Halloween show at Knott’s Berry Farm — a frightening blow to fans of the “Mistress of the Night.”

“I just decided that, you know, doing live shows is really difficult and it takes up a big chunk of time every year,” Cassandra Peterson, 66, told The Gazette in Colorado.

Peterson, who has played Elvira for decades and once told her mom she wanted to be the “Queen of Halloween,” says she wants to finish her autobiography and “work on a long-rumored animated series,” the paper said.

“I would love to be back on TV with a regular show.” sh said. “We’ll see how it goes. And maybe in between there, have a life.”

Peterson recalled how her career “meandered all over the place and I finally settled on comedic acting. Of course, I had to do many, many jobs in between to survive, as all actors do.”

In 1979, she joined The Groundings, the L.A.-based comedy improv theater.

“That’s where she was when she got the call that changed everything,” the paper said. “A local TV station needed a comedic host for a late night B-horror movie showcase. Was she interested?”

LAST WEEKEND to catch my show #elviramistressofthedark at knottsscaryfarm ‼️ Watch the full… https://t.co/tBE7FfiwMv

— Elvira (@TheRealElvira) October 27, 2017

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Peterson said: “When I got the call, and then I got the job, I wasn’t that excited. It was for local TV and wasn’t paying very much at all — $300 a week before taxes.

“It wasn’t something to really survive on, but I was happy to have any job. I wouldn’t have dreamed in a million years that it would have taken off and turned into a career and I’d be doing it 36 years later.”

Her last Elvira appearance at Knott’s Berry Farm in Buena Park is Tuesday night — Halloween.

‘Queen of Halloween’ Elvira hangs up Knott’s Berry Farm show was last modified: August 24th, 2020 by Ken Stone

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