She officially entered showbiz in 2009 with her performance in the MV for the theme song 'Blooming' at the 18th Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival. Read reviews and buy Vida de Una Actriz / Life of an Actress - by Elvira Menendez (Hardcover) at Target. “I’d never been interested in women as anything other than friends. Cai Wen Jing (English name: Elvira) is a Chinese singer-actress and model born in Yichang, Hubei Province and graduated in 2008 from Beijing Film Academy with a bachelor's degree. What the hell was I doing?” Elvira recalled in her memoir. As shocked as she was, I think I was even more surprised. “After coming home from a movie, I told her goodnight and suddenly felt compelled to kiss her - on the mouth. After her divorce, she spent a night out with Wierson, but it was never intended to be a date. In her new memoir, the 70-year-old actress best known for playing Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, reveals that shes been in a relationship with a woman for 19 years. They were just friends as Wierson took over for Elvira’s personal trainer.įor six years, the pop culture personality didn’t even realize she was sexually attracted to women. The actress, who was married to Mark Pierson from 1981 to 2003, didn’t strike up a romantic relationship with Wierson right away. Watching him from the safety of my treadmill made my heart beat faster and the time pass much more quickly. (CNN) Elvira, the famed 'Mistress of the Dark,' has shared she identifies as a member of the LGBTQ+ community. “A typical sexy bad boy, he was unaware he was so charismatic that he’d garnered his own unofficial fan club. Cassandra Peterson opens up about her life in a new autobiography. As she writes, 'I thought if I can share my story, it might make one person out there feel like, 'Wow, this can happen to anybody at any time and no, I'm not, I didn't do anything wrong. “Dark and brooding, he gave off such intense energy that when he crossed the enormous gym floor, the waters parted and people stopped in their tracks to stare,” Elvira, born Cassandra Peterson, wrote of their introduction. The Elvira actress hopes that by finally going public, she can help other sexual assault victims report the crimes and release their unearned guilt. At the time, the horror icon didn’t realize she was checking out a woman, mistaking Wierson for a male trainer. In Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark, the 70-year-old recalled her first time seeing her now-partner, Teresa Wierson. Celebrity Coming Out Stories Read article