Betsy Palmer
- Acting
- November 1, 1926 · East Chicago, Indiana, USA
- May 29, 2015
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
Filmography
- Friday the 13th: Origin of Evil - Part 3
- Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age · Self
- Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th · Self
- His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th · Self
- Into the Pit: The Shocking Story of Deadpit.com · Self
- Friday's Legacy: Horror Conventions · Self
- Bell Witch: The Movie · Bell Witch
- Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film · Self
- Betsy Palmer: A Scream Queen Legend · Self
- Penny Dreadful · Trudie Tredwell
- James Dean: Forever Young · Self
- Friday the 13th: From Crystal Lake to Manhattan (Crystal Lake Victims Tell All - Documentary) · Self
- The Friday the 13th Chronicles · Self
- Return to Crystal Lake: Making 'Friday the 13th' · Self
- Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star · Self
- FreakyLinks · Betty
- The Fear: Resurrection · Grandmother
- Television: The First Fifty Years · Self
- Just Shoot Me! · Rhonda
- E! True Hollywood Story
- James Dean and Me · Self
- Unveiled · Eva
- Still Not Quite Human · Aunt Mildred
- Goddess of Love · Hera
- Windmills of the Gods · Mrs. Hart Brisbane
- Charles in Charge · Gloria
- Murder, She Wrote · Lila Norris, Valerie
- Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter · Pamela Voorhees (archive footage)
- Newhart · Gayle Crowley
- T. J. Hooker · Anne Armstrong
- Isabel's Choice · Ellie Fineman
- Maggie · Virginia Sullivan
- Friday the 13th Part 2 · Mrs. Voorhees
- Friday the 13th · Pamela Voorhees
- Knots Landing · Virginia Bullock
- The Love Boat · Millicent Holton
- CHiPs · Self
- Columbo · Martha Lamarr
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson · Self
- The Merv Griffin Show · Self
- The Last Angry Man · Anna Thrasher
- It Happened to Jane · Betsy Palmer
- The True Story of Lynn Stuart · Phyllis Carter / Lynn Stuart
- No Time at All · Emmy Verdon
- The Tin Star · Nona Mayfield
- Tonight Starring Jack Paar · Self
- Playhouse 90 · Emmy Verdon
- Queen Bee · Carol Lee Phillips
- Mister Roberts · Ann Girard
- The Red, White and Blue Line · Self
- Death Tide · Gloria
- The Long Gray Line · Kitty Carter
- Climax! · Elizabeth, Fran Coates
- Inner Sanctum
- Death Is My Neighbor · Netta
- Sentence of Death · Ellen Morrison
- Marty · Virginia
- General Electric Theater · (uncredited)
- I've Got a Secret · Self
- Hallmark Hall of Fame · Nancy Aragon
- Miss Susan
- Lux Video Theatre
- What's My Line? · Self
- Studio One · Edith Olmstead, Ann Meade
- The Philco Television Playhouse · Janice Gans
- The Ed Sullivan Show · Self
- Stab · Pamela Voorhees (archive footage) (uncredited)