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Peterson jumped at the opportunity to bridge her Las Vegas showgirl chops that she thought were behind her with her sketch comedy improv skills from the Groundlings, and her new Mistress of the Dark persona.

Elvira’s ease as a performer and sense of humor drove her live shows, things she developed as a teenage showgirl before her Movie Macabre success.

It was common for Peterson to run into walls, get caught in drapes, and nearly fall offstage, which inspired a hit act in which she did all the above, and was always saved from falling by a fellow showgirl.

In “The Last Showgirl,” Pamela Anderson delivers the performance of her career as Shelly, a middle-age dancer at a sudden crossroads when her Las Vegas show, “Le Razzle Dazzle,” closes after a 30-year run.

His father, who died when Marshall was 10, occasionally sang in a minstrel act and Marshall’s sister, actor Joanne Dru, worked as a showgirl at the Copa Club.