Betsy Palmer

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1926-11-01 (89 years old)

Deathday

2015-05-29

Place of Birth

East Chicago, Indiana, USA

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.

Acting

1980

Friday the 13th

as Mrs. Voorhees

1957

The Tin Star

as Nona Mayfield

1981

Friday the 13th Part 2

as Mrs. Voorhees

1955

Queen Bee

as Carol Lee Phillips

1955

The Long Gray Line

as Kitty Carter

1955

Mister Roberts

as Lieutenant Ann Girard

1982

Friday the 13th Part III

as Mrs. Pamela Voorhees (archive footage)

1959

The Last Angry Man

as Anna Thrasher

1958

No Time at All

as Emmy Verdon

1958

The True Story of Lynn Stuart

as Phyllis Carter / Lynn Stuart

1994

Unveiled

as Eva

1999

1988

1995

James Dean and Me

as Self (uncredited)

2007

2005

Penny Dreadful

as Trudie Tredwell

1953

Sentence of Death

as Ellen Morrison

1981

Isabel's Choice

as Ellie Fineman

1984

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter

as Pamela Voorhees (archive footage)

1959

It Happened to Jane

as Betsy Palmer

1955

Death Tide

as Gloria

1992

Still Not Quite Human

as Aunt Mildred

1953

Marty

as Virginia

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