Pierson and Peterson then marketed and licensed Elvira for more than 350 products-”from perfume to beer,” he said.

Elsewhere.” She married Pierson 21 years ago and shortly after became a horror-movie host on the former KHJ-TV in Los Angeles.Įlvira was born, and through the TV show “Movie Macabre” she became nationally syndicated as a horror-film host in 1983, with her show playing in syndication until 1989. While in Italy, she joined a rock band for about a year as its lead singer and had a part in the 1972 movie “Fellini’s Roma.”Īfter she left Italy, she became a member of the L.A.-based comedy group the Groundlings and appeared in supporting roles on such series as “Happy Days” and “St. Prior to moving to Italy, she performed as one of the youngest showgirls in Las Vegas. Peterson learned to cook in Italy, where she lived after graduating from high school in Colorado. So it’s not opulent, but it is comfortable.” “We have no big freezers, no granite counters. Peterson likes to cook, but her kitchen isn’t remarkable, her husband said. “We were vegetarians for eight years and then we fell off the wagon when I got pregnant and had cravings for chicken and dumplings.” Miniature pink roses cover the playhouse, which is next to a small vegetable garden where Peterson grows tomatoes, basil and other herbs.

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