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