Name
Betsy Palmer
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1926-11-01
Deathday
2015-05-29 (89 years old)
Place of Birth
East Chicago, Indiana, USA
Biography
Betsy Palmer (November 1, 1926 – May 29, 2015) was an American actress, best known as a regular panelist on the game show I've Got a Secret and later for playing Mrs. Voorhees in the slasher film Friday the 13th (1980).
Known For
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Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a ...
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Five years after the horrible bloodbath at Camp Crystal Lake, new counselors roam the area...
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After his revival in a hospital morgue, Jason fixes his vengeful attention on the Jarvis f...
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An idyllic summer turns into a nightmare of unspeakable terror for yet another group of na...
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An experienced bounty hunter helps a young sheriff learn the meaning of his badge....
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Mr. Roberts is a Navy officer who's yearning for battle but is stuck in the backwaters of ...
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Taking inspiration from Peter M. Bracke's definitive book of the same name, this seven-hou...
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The life story of a salt-of-the-earth Irish immigrant, who becomes an Army Noncommissioned...
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Jane Osgood runs a lobster business, which supports her two young children. Railroad staff...
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A retrospective documentary about the groundbreaking horror series, Friday the 13th, featu...
- 1980 Friday the 13th as Mrs. Voorhees
- 1957 The Tin Star as Nona Mayfield
- 1981 Friday the 13th Part 2 as Mrs. Voorhees
- 1955 Queen Bee as Carol Lee Phillips
- 1955 The Long Gray Line as Kitty Carter
- 1955 Mister Roberts as Ann Girard
- 2006 Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film as Self
- 1982 Friday the 13th Part III as Mrs. Pamela Voorhees (archive footage)
- 1953 Death Is My Neighbor as Netta
- 1959 The Last Angry Man as Anna Thrasher
- 2009 Into the Pit: The Shocking Story of Deadpit.com as Self
- 2004 Friday the 13th: From Crystal Lake to Manhattan (Crystal Lake Victims Tell All - Documentary) as Self
- 2004 The Friday the 13th Chronicles as Self
- 2002 Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star as Self - Actress
- 1958 No Time at All as Emmy Verdon
- 1958 The True Story of Lynn Stuart as Phyllis Carter / Lynn Stuart
- 1994 Unveiled as Eva
- 1999 Television: The First Fifty Years as Self
- 1999 The Fear: Resurrection as Grandmother
- 1988 Goddess of Love as Hera
- 2003 Return to Crystal Lake: Making 'Friday the 13th' as Herself
- 1995 James Dean and Me as Self (uncredited)
- 2007 Bell Witch: The Movie as Bell Witch
- 2010 His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th as Self
- 2006 Betsy Palmer: A Scream Queen Legend as Herself
- 2005 Penny Dreadful as Trudie Tredwell
- 1953 Sentence of Death as Ellen Morrison
- 1981 Isabel's Choice as Ellie Fineman
- 1984 Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter as Pamela Voorhees (archive footage)
- 2013 Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th as Self
- 1959 It Happened to Jane as Betsy Palmer
- 1955 The Red, White and Blue Line as Self
- 1955 Death Tide as Gloria
- 1992 Still Not Quite Human as Aunt Mildred
- 1953 Marty as Virginia
- 2021 Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age as Self
- 2009 Friday's Legacy: Horror Conventions as Self
- 2023 Friday the 13th: Origin of Evil - Part 3
- 1984 Murder, She Wrote ( 1 episode ) as Lila Norris
- 1977 CHiPs ( 1 episode ) as Self (uncredited)
- 1984 Charles in Charge ( 1 episode ) as Gloria
- 1982 T. J. Hooker ( 1 episode ) as Anne Armstrong
- 1996 E! True Hollywood Story ( 1 episode )
- 1979 Knots Landing ( 29 episodes ) as Virginia Bullock
- 1982 Newhart ( 1 episode )
- 1948 Studio One ( 2 episodes )
- 1953 General Electric Theater ( 1 episode ) as (uncredited)
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Nancy Aragon
- 1952 I've Got a Secret ( 399 episodes ) as Self
- 1997 Just Shoot Me! ( 1 episode ) as Rhonda
- 1950 Lux Video Theatre ( 1 episode )
- 1954 Climax! ( 1 episode ) as Elizabeth
- 1948 The Philco Television Playhouse ( 2 episodes )
- 1954 Inner Sanctum ( 1 episode )
- 1984 Murder, She Wrote ( 1 episode ) as Valerie
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1948 Studio One ( 1 episode ) as Edith Olmstead
- 1948 Studio One ( 2 episodes ) as Ann Meade
- 1948 Studio One ( 1 episode ) as Dony Waller
- 1948 Studio One ( 1 episode ) as Maureen Drew
- 1948 Studio One ( 1 episode ) as Mimi
- 1954 Climax! ( 1 episode ) as Fran Coates
- 1954 Climax! ( 1 episode ) as Connie Rankin Hill
- 1948 The Philco Television Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Janice Gans
- 2000 FreakyLinks ( 1 episode ) as Betty
- 1977 The Love Boat ( 1 episode ) as Millicent Holton
- 1950 What's My Line? ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1948 Studio One ( 1 episode ) as Ellen Morrison
- 1981 Maggie ( 1 episode ) as Virginia Sullivan
- 1956 Playhouse 90 ( 1 episode ) as Emmy Verdon
- 1971 Columbo ( 1 episode ) as Martha Lamarr
- 1988 Windmills of the Gods ( 2 episodes ) as Mrs. Hart Brisbane
- 1957 Tonight Starring Jack Paar ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1962 The Merv Griffin Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1951 Miss Susan ( 210 episodes )
