Betsy Palmer
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).
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Friday the 13th
as Mrs. Voorhees
1980
The Tin Star
as Nona Mayfield
1957
Friday the 13th Part 2
as Mrs. Voorhees
1981
Queen Bee
as Carol Lee Phillips
1955
The Long Gray Line
as Kitty Carter
1955
Mister Roberts
as Lieutenant Ann Girard
1955
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film
as Self
2006
Friday the 13th Part III
as Mrs. Pamela Voorhees (archive footage)
1982
Death Is My Neighbor
as Netta
1953
The Last Angry Man
as Anna Thrasher
1959
Into the Pit: The Shocking Story of Deadpit.com
as Self
2009
Friday the 13th: From Crystal Lake to Manhattan (Crystal Lake Victims Tell All - Documentary)
as Self
2004
The Friday the 13th Chronicles
as Self
2004
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
as Self - Actress
2002
No Time at All
as Emmy Verdon
1958
The True Story of Lynn Stuart
as Phyllis Carter / Lynn Stuart
1958
Unveiled
as Eva
1994
Television: The First Fifty Years
as Self
1999
The Fear: Resurrection
as Grandmother
1999
Goddess of Love
as Hera
1988
TV Appearances
Murder, She Wrote
as Lila Norris
1984
CHiPs
as Self (uncredited)
1977
Charles in Charge
as Gloria
1984
T. J. Hooker
as Anne Armstrong
1982
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Knots Landing
as Virginia Bullock
1979
Newhart
1982
Studio One
1948
General Electric Theater
as (uncredited)
1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Nancy Aragon
1951
I've Got a Secret
as Self
1952
Just Shoot Me!
as Rhonda
1997