Betsy Palmer

Actor Nov 1 (died age 88) East Chicago, Indiana, USA 1948–2021 (73 year career)

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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 Pamela Voorhees in the slasher film Friday the 13th (1980).

Known For

Film

Friday the 13th

Mrs. Voorhees

Film

Friday the 13th Part 2

Mrs. Voorhees

Film

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter

Pamela Voorhees (archive footage)

Film

Friday the 13th Part III

Mrs. Pamela Voorhees (archive footage)

Film

Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th

Self

Film

Mister Roberts

Lieutenant Ann Girard

Film

The Tin Star

Nona Mayfield

Film

Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film

Self

Filmography

Acting (64)

Movies (37)

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

2021

as Self

Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th

2013

as Self

7.9

His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th

2010

as Self

6.7

Into the Pit: The Shocking Story of Deadpit.com

2009

as Self

5.8

Friday's Legacy: Horror Conventions

2009

as Self

Bell Witch: The Movie

2007

as Bell Witch

2.0

Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film

2006

as Self

6.8

Betsy Palmer: A Scream Queen Legend

2006

as Herself

Penny Dreadful

2005

as Trudie Tredwell

3.8

The Friday the 13th Chronicles

2004

as Self

8.3

Friday the 13th: From Crystal Lake to Manhattan (Crystal Lake Victims Tell All - Documentary)

2004

as Self

7.0

Return to Crystal Lake: Making 'Friday the 13th'

2003

as Herself

6.0

Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star

2002

as Self - Actress

6.7

The Fear: Resurrection

1999

as Grandmother

3.3

Television: The First Fifty Years

1999

as Self

James Dean and Me

as Self (uncredited)

Unveiled

as Eva

Still Not Quite Human

as Aunt Mildred

Goddess of Love

as Hera

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter

1984

as Pamela Voorhees (archive footage)

6.1

Friday the 13th Part III

1982

as Mrs. Pamela Voorhees (archive footage)

5.9

Friday the 13th Part 2

1981

as Mrs. Voorhees

6.2

Isabel's Choice

1981

as Ellie Fineman

Friday the 13th

as Mrs. Voorhees

The Last Angry Man

as Anna Thrasher

It Happened to Jane

as Betsy Palmer

The True Story of Lynn Stuart

1958

as Phyllis Carter / Lynn Stuart

6.5

No Time at All

1958

as Emmy Verdon

The Tin Star

1957

as Nona Mayfield

7.0

Queen Bee

1955

as Carol Lee Phillips

6.3

Mister Roberts

1955

as Lieutenant Ann Girard

The Long Gray Line

as Kitty Carter

Death Tide

as Gloria

The Red, White and Blue Line

as Self

Marty

as Virginia

Death Is My Neighbor

as Netta

Sentence of Death

as Ellen Morrison

Television (27)

FreakyLinks

as Betty

Just Shoot Me!

as Rhonda

E! True Hollywood Story

1996

8.1

Windmills of the Gods

1988

as Mrs. Hart Brisbane

Murder, She Wrote

as Lila Norris

Charles in Charge

as Gloria

T. J. Hooker

as Anne Armstrong

Newhart

Maggie

as Virginia Sullivan

Knots Landing

as Virginia Bullock

The Love Boat

as Millicent Holton

CHiPs

as Self (uncredited)

Columbo

as Martha Lamarr

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

as Self

6.2

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

as Self

Playhouse 90

as Emmy Verdon

Climax!

as Elizabeth

Inner Sanctum

General Electric Theater

as (uncredited)

I've Got a Secret

as Self

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Nancy Aragon

What's My Line?

as Self - Panelist

Lux Video Theatre

The Philco Television Playhouse

Studio One

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self