Person
Betsy Palmer
Acting · 1926–2015 · 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
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Columbo
Martha Lamarr
Murder, She Wrote
Lila Norris
The Love Boat
Millicent Holton
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
Knots Landing
Virginia Bullock
What's My Line?
Self - Panelist
Newhart
1982
T. J. Hooker
Anne Armstrong
Climax!
Elizabeth
Filmography
- 2023Friday the 13th: Origin of Evil - Part 3
- 2021Broadway: Beyond the Golden AgeSelf
- 2013Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13thSelf
- 2010His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13thSelf
- 2009Into the Pit: The Shocking Story of Deadpit.comSelf
- 2009Friday's Legacy: Horror ConventionsSelf
- 2007Bell Witch: The MovieBell Witch
- 2006Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher FilmSelf
- 2006Betsy Palmer: A Scream Queen LegendHerself
- 2005Penny DreadfulTrudie Tredwell
- 2004Friday the 13th: From Crystal Lake to Manhattan (Crystal Lake Victims Tell All - Documentary)Self
- 2004The Friday the 13th ChroniclesSelf
- 2003Return to Crystal Lake: Making 'Friday the 13th'Herself
- 2002Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie StarSelf - Actress
- 2000FreakyLinksBetty
- 1999The Fear: ResurrectionGrandmother
- 1999Television: The First Fifty YearsSelf
- 1997Just Shoot Me!Rhonda
- 1996E! True Hollywood Story
- 1995James Dean and MeSelf (uncredited)
- 1994UnveiledEva
- 1992Still Not Quite HumanAunt Mildred
- 1988Goddess of LoveHera
- 1988Windmills of the GodsMrs. Hart Brisbane
- 1984Charles in ChargeGloria
- 1984Murder, She WroteLila Norris
- 1984Friday the 13th: The Final ChapterPamela Voorhees (archive footage)
- 1982Newhart
- 1982Friday the 13th Part IIIMrs. Pamela Voorhees (archive footage)
- 1982T. J. HookerAnne Armstrong
- 1981Isabel's ChoiceEllie Fineman
- 1981MaggieVirginia Sullivan
- 1981Friday the 13th Part 2Mrs. Voorhees
- 1980Friday the 13thMrs. Voorhees
- 1979Knots LandingVirginia Bullock
- 1977The Love BoatMillicent Holton
- 1977CHiPsSelf (uncredited)
- 1971ColumboMartha Lamarr
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
- 1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelf
- 1959The Last Angry ManAnna Thrasher
- 1959It Happened to JaneBetsy Palmer
- 1958The True Story of Lynn StuartPhyllis Carter / Lynn Stuart
- 1958No Time at AllEmmy Verdon
- 1957The Tin StarNona Mayfield
- 1957Tonight Starring Jack PaarSelf
- 1956Playhouse 90Emmy Verdon
- 1955Queen BeeCarol Lee Phillips
- 1955Mister RobertsLieutenant Ann Girard
- 1955The Red, White and Blue LineSelf
- 1955Death TideGloria
- 1955The Long Gray LineKitty Carter
- 1954Climax!Elizabeth
- 1954Inner Sanctum
- 1953Death Is My NeighborNetta
- 1953Sentence of DeathEllen Morrison
- 1953MartyVirginia
- 1953General Electric Theater(uncredited)
- 1952I've Got a SecretSelf
- 1951Hallmark Hall of FameNancy Aragon
- 1951Miss Susan
- 1950Lux Video Theatre
- 1950What's My Line?Self - Panelist
- 1948Studio One
- 1948The Philco Television Playhouse
- 1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
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