Betsy Palmer
Acting • Born 1926-11-01 – Died 2015-05-29
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).
Filmography
75 credits
Friday the 13th
Movie • 1980
Mrs. Voorhees
The Tin Star
Movie • 1957
Nona Mayfield
Friday the 13th Part 2
Movie • 1981
Mrs. Voorhees
Queen Bee
Movie • 1955
Carol Lee Phillips
The Long Gray Line
Movie • 1955
Kitty Carter
Mister Roberts
Movie • 1955
Lieutenant Ann Girard
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film
Movie • 2006
Self
Friday the 13th Part III
Movie • 1982
Mrs. Pamela Voorhees (archive footage)
Death Is My Neighbor
Movie • 1953
Netta
The Last Angry Man
Movie • 1959
Anna Thrasher
Into the Pit: The Shocking Story of Deadpit.com
Movie • 2009
Self
Friday the 13th: From Crystal Lake to Manhattan (Crystal Lake Victims Tell All - Documentary)
Movie • 2004
Self
The Friday the 13th Chronicles
Movie • 2004
Self
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
Movie • 2002
Self - Actress
No Time at All
Movie • 1958
Emmy Verdon
The True Story of Lynn Stuart
Movie • 1958
Phyllis Carter / Lynn Stuart
Unveiled
Movie • 1994
Eva
Television: The First Fifty Years
Movie • 1999
Self
The Fear: Resurrection
Movie • 1999
Grandmother
Goddess of Love
Movie • 1988
Hera
Return to Crystal Lake: Making 'Friday the 13th'
Movie • 2003
Herself
James Dean and Me
Movie • 1995
Self (uncredited)
Bell Witch: The Movie
Movie • 2007
Bell Witch
His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th
Movie • 2010
Self
Betsy Palmer: A Scream Queen Legend
Movie • 2006
Herself
Penny Dreadful
Movie • 2005
Trudie Tredwell
Sentence of Death
Movie • 1953
Ellen Morrison
Isabel's Choice
Movie • 1981
Ellie Fineman
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Movie • 1984
Pamela Voorhees (archive footage)
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th
Movie • 2013
Self
It Happened to Jane
Movie • 1959
Betsy Palmer
The Red, White and Blue Line
Movie • 1955
Self
Death Tide
Movie • 1955
Gloria
Still Not Quite Human
Movie • 1992
Aunt Mildred
Marty
Movie • 1953
Virginia
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Movie • 2021
Self
Friday's Legacy: Horror Conventions
Movie • 2009
Self
Friday the 13th: Origin of Evil - Part 3
Movie • 2023
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Lila Norris
CHiPs
TV • 1977
Self (uncredited)
Charles in Charge
TV • 1984
Gloria
T. J. Hooker
TV • 1982
Anne Armstrong
E! True Hollywood Story
TV • 1996
Knots Landing
TV • 1979
Virginia Bullock
Newhart
TV • 1982
Studio One
TV • 1948
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
(uncredited)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Nancy Aragon
I've Got a Secret
TV • 1952
Self
Just Shoot Me!
TV • 1997
Rhonda
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Climax!
TV • 1954
Elizabeth
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV • 1948
Inner Sanctum
TV • 1954
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Valerie
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
Studio One
TV • 1948
Edith Olmstead
Studio One
TV • 1948
Ann Meade
Studio One
TV • 1948
Dony Waller
Studio One
TV • 1948
Maureen Drew
Studio One
TV • 1948
Mimi
Climax!
TV • 1954
Fran Coates
Climax!
TV • 1954
Connie Rankin Hill
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV • 1948
Janice Gans
FreakyLinks
TV • 2000
Betty
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Millicent Holton
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self - Panelist
Studio One
TV • 1948
Ellen Morrison
Maggie
TV • 1981
Virginia Sullivan
Playhouse 90
TV • 1956
Emmy Verdon
Columbo
TV • 1971
Martha Lamarr
Windmills of the Gods
TV • 1988
Mrs. Hart Brisbane
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV • 1957
Self
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self