She eventually made her way to Los Angeles, where she joined the famed comedy improv group The Groundlings, and worked alongside Phil Hartman and Paul "Pee-wee" Reubens, honing her comedic skills. Then a chance encounter with her idol Elvis Presley changed the course of her life forever. Run-ins with the likes of Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., and Tom Jones helped her grow up fast. But she survived.ĭue to a complicated relationship with her mother, Cassandra left home at 14, and by age 17 she was performing at the famed Dunes Hotel in Las Vegas. Third-degree burns covered 35% of her body, and the prognosis wasn't good. On Good Friday in 1953, at only 18 months old, 25 miles from the nearest hospital in Manhattan, Kansas, Cassandra Peterson reached for a pot on the stove and doused herself in boiling water. The woman behind the icon known as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, the undisputed Queen of Halloween, reveals her full story, filled with intimate bombshells, told by the bombshell herself. Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark Celebrate the release of Yours Cruelly, Elvira with author (and Elvira herself!) Cassandra Peterson! Your ticket includes a copy of the book and a signed bookplate, as well as entrance to the virtual event.
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