Betsy Palmer
Born in East Chicago, Indiana, USA — Nov 01 1926• Died May 29 2015
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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).
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Betsy Palmer's Credits
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Knots Landing
Virginia Bullock
Columbo
Martha Lamarr
Murder, She Wrote
Lila Norris
The Love Boat
Millicent Holton
T. J. Hooker
Anne Armstrong
Climax!
Elizabeth
Newhart
Studio One
Charles in Charge
Gloria
What's My Line?
Self - Panelist
The Philco Television Playhouse
Just Shoot Me!
Rhonda
Playhouse 90
Emmy Verdon
CHiPs
Self (uncredited)
Lux Video Theatre
I've Got a Secret
Self
FreakyLinks
Betty
Friday the 13th
Mrs. Voorhees
Inner Sanctum
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Nancy Aragon
Friday the 13th Part 2
Mrs. Voorhees
Friday the 13th Part III
Mrs. Pamela Voorhees (archive footage)
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Pamela Voorhees (archive footage)
General Electric Theater
(uncredited)
Television: The First Fifty Years
Self
The Tin Star
Nona Mayfield
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
E! True Hollywood Story
Windmills of the Gods
Mrs. Hart Brisbane
Mister Roberts
Lieutenant Ann Girard
His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th
Self
Goddess of Love
Hera
Maggie
Virginia Sullivan
Queen Bee
Carol Lee Phillips
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th
Self
The Long Gray Line
Kitty Carter
The Friday the 13th Chronicles
Self
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
Self - Actress
Unveiled
Eva
Still Not Quite Human
Aunt Mildred
No Time at All
Emmy Verdon
Marty
Virginia
It Happened to Jane
Betsy Palmer
The Last Angry Man
Anna Thrasher
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film
Self
The Fear: Resurrection
Grandmother
Isabel's Choice
Ellie Fineman
Into the Pit: The Shocking Story of Deadpit.com
Self
James Dean and Me
Self (uncredited)
The True Story of Lynn Stuart
Phyllis Carter / Lynn Stuart
Death Is My Neighbor
Netta
Return to Crystal Lake: Making 'Friday the 13th'
Herself
Friday the 13th: From Crystal Lake to Manhattan (Crystal Lake Victims Tell All - Documentary)
Self
Bell Witch: The Movie
Bell Witch
Friday's Legacy: Horror Conventions
Self
The Red, White and Blue Line
Self
Sentence of Death
Ellen Morrison
Death Tide
Gloria
Betsy Palmer: A Scream Queen Legend
Herself
Penny Dreadful
Trudie Tredwell
Friday the 13th: Origin of Evil - Part 3