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 Pamela Voorhees in the slasher film Friday the 13th (1980).
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Known For
Acting History
2021
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age as Self
2013Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th as Self
2010His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th as Self
2009Into the Pit: The Shocking Story of Deadpit.com as Self
2009Friday's Legacy: Horror Conventions as Self
2007Bell Witch: The Movie as Bell Witch
2006Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film as Self
2006Betsy Palmer: A Scream Queen Legend as Herself
2005Penny Dreadful as Trudie Tredwell
2004The Friday the 13th Chronicles as Self
2004Friday the 13th: From Crystal Lake to Manhattan (Crystal Lake Victims Tell All - Documentary) as Self
2003Return to Crystal Lake: Making 'Friday the 13th' as Herself
2002Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star as Self - Actress
2000FreakyLinks as Betty
1999The Fear: Resurrection as Grandmother
1999Television: The First Fifty Years as Self
1997Just Shoot Me! as Rhonda
1996E! True Hollywood Story
1995James Dean and Me as Self (uncredited)
1994Unveiled as Eva
1992Still Not Quite Human as Aunt Mildred
1988Goddess of Love as Hera
1988Windmills of the Gods as Mrs. Hart Brisbane
1984Charles in Charge as Gloria
1984Murder, She Wrote as Lila Norris
1984Murder, She Wrote as Valerie
1984Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter as Pamela Voorhees (archive footage)
1982Newhart
1982Friday the 13th Part III as Mrs. Pamela Voorhees (archive footage)
1982T. J. Hooker as Anne Armstrong
1981Isabel's Choice as Ellie Fineman
1981Maggie as Virginia Sullivan
1981Friday the 13th Part 2 as Mrs. Voorhees
1980Friday the 13th as Mrs. Voorhees
1979Knots Landing as Virginia Bullock
1977The Love Boat as Millicent Holton
1977CHiPs as Self (uncredited)
1971Columbo as Martha Lamarr
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1962The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1959The Last Angry Man as Anna Thrasher
1959It Happened to Jane as Betsy Palmer
1958The True Story of Lynn Stuart as Phyllis Carter / Lynn Stuart
1958No Time at All as Emmy Verdon
1957The Tin Star as Nona Mayfield
1957Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
1956Playhouse 90 as Emmy Verdon
1955Queen Bee as Carol Lee Phillips
1955Mister Roberts as Lieutenant Ann Girard
1955The Red, White and Blue Line as Self
1955Death Tide as Gloria
1955The Long Gray Line as Kitty Carter
1954Climax! as Elizabeth
1954Climax! as Fran Coates
1954Climax! as Connie Rankin Hill
1954Inner Sanctum
1953Death Is My Neighbor as Netta
1953Sentence of Death as Ellen Morrison
1953Marty as Virginia
1953General Electric Theater as (uncredited)
1952I've Got a Secret as Self
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as Nancy Aragon
1950Lux Video Theatre
1950What's My Line? as Self - Panelist
1948Studio One
1948Studio One as Edith Olmstead
1948Studio One as Ann Meade
1948Studio One as Dony Waller
1948Studio One as Maureen Drew
1948Studio One as Mimi
1948Studio One as Ellen Morrison
1948The Philco Television Playhouse
1948The Philco Television Playhouse as Janice Gans
1948The Ed Sullivan Show as Self