Betsy Palmer
Acting1926East 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
Friday the 13th
Mrs. Voorhees
Friday the 13th Part 2
Mrs. Voorhees
Friday the 13th Part III
Mrs. Pamela Voorhees (archive footage)
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Pamela Voorhees (archive footage)
Columbo
Martha Lamarr
Murder, She Wrote
Valerie / Lila Norris
The Love Boat
Millicent Holton
Mister Roberts
Lieutenant Ann Girard
Acting History
2021
2007
Bell Witch: The Movie
as Bell Witch
2005
Penny Dreadful
as Trudie Tredwell
2003
2002
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
as Self - Actress
2000
FreakyLinks
TVas Betty
1999
The Fear: Resurrection
as Grandmother
1998
Just Shoot Me!
TVas Rhonda• 1 eps
1995
James Dean and Me
as Self (uncredited)
1994
Unveiled
as Eva
1992
Still Not Quite Human
as Aunt Mildred
1991
Columbo
TVas Martha Lamarr• 1 eps
1989
Murder, She Wrote
TVas Valerie / Lila Norris• 1 eps
Knots Landing
TVas Virginia Bullock• 29 eps
1988
Goddess of Love
as Hera
Windmills of the Gods
TVas Mrs. Hart Brisbane
1987
Charles in Charge
TVas Gloria• 1 eps
1984
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
as Pamela Voorhees (archive footage)
1983
T. J. Hooker
TVas Anne Armstrong• 1 eps
1982
Friday the 13th Part III
as Mrs. Pamela Voorhees (archive footage)
The Love Boat
TVas Millicent Holton• 1 eps
1981
1980
Friday the 13th
as Mrs. Voorhees
CHiPs
TVas Self (uncredited)• 1 eps
1968
The Merv Griffin Show
TVas Self• 2 eps
1962
1960
What's My Line?
TVas Self - Panelist• 2 eps
1959
The Last Angry Man
as Anna Thrasher
It Happened to Jane
as Betsy Palmer
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TVas Self• 1 eps
1958
No Time at All
as Emmy Verdon
The True Story of Lynn Stuart
as Phyllis Carter / Lynn Stuart
Playhouse 90
TVas Emmy Verdon• 1 eps
I've Got a Secret
TVas Self• 399 eps
1957
The Tin Star
as Nona Mayfield
Climax!
TVas Connie Rankin Hill• 1 eps
1956
General Electric Theater
TVas (uncredited)• 1 eps
1955
The Long Gray Line
as Kitty Carter
Mister Roberts
as Lieutenant Ann Girard
Queen Bee
as Carol Lee Phillips
Death Tide
as Gloria
The Red, White and Blue Line
as Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
The Philco Television Playhouse
TVas Janice Gans• 1 eps
1953
Death Is My Neighbor
as Netta
Marty
as Virginia
Sentence of Death
as Ellen Morrison
Studio One
TVas Ellen Morrison• 1 eps
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TVas Nancy Aragon