Betsy Palmer

Known for: Acting

Born: 1926-11-01 – 2015-05-29 (aged 88)

From: East Chicago, Indiana, USA

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 (66)

MOVIE
Friday the 13th: Origin of Evil - Part 3
2023
MOVIE
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.9
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th
2013
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.7
His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th
2010
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.8
Into the Pit: The Shocking Story of Deadpit.com
2009
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
Friday's Legacy: Horror Conventions
2009
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.5
Bell Witch: The Movie
2007
as Bell Witch
MOVIE★ 6.8
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film
2006
as Self
MOVIE
Betsy Palmer: A Scream Queen Legend
2006
as Herself
MOVIE★ 4.8
Penny Dreadful
2005
as Trudie Tredwell
MOVIE★ 7.0
Friday the 13th: From Crystal Lake to Manhattan (Crystal Lake Victims Tell All - Documentary)
2004
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.3
The Friday the 13th Chronicles
2004
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.4
Return to Crystal Lake: Making 'Friday the 13th'
2003
as Herself
MOVIE★ 6.9
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
2002
as Self - Actress
TV★ 6.6
FreakyLinks
2000
as Betty
MOVIE★ 3.8
The Fear: Resurrection
1999
as Grandmother
MOVIE
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
as Self
TV★ 6.6
Just Shoot Me!
1997
as Rhonda
TV★ 8.2
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
MOVIE★ 8.8
James Dean and Me
1995
as Self (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 3.6
Unveiled
1994
as Eva
MOVIE★ 4.9
Still Not Quite Human
1992
as Aunt Mildred
MOVIE★ 5.5
Goddess of Love
1988
as Hera
TV★ 6.1
Windmills of the Gods
1988
as Mrs. Hart Brisbane
TV★ 6.1
Charles in Charge
1984
as Gloria
TV★ 7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Lila Norris
MOVIE★ 6.1
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
1984
as Pamela Voorhees (archive footage)
TV★ 7.1
Newhart
1982
MOVIE★ 5.9
Friday the 13th Part III
1982
as Mrs. Pamela Voorhees (archive footage)
TV★ 6.5
T. J. Hooker
1982
as Anne Armstrong
MOVIE
Isabel's Choice
1981
as Ellie Fineman
TV★ 10.0
Maggie
1981
as Virginia Sullivan
MOVIE★ 6.2
Friday the 13th Part 2
1981
as Mrs. Voorhees
MOVIE★ 6.4
Friday the 13th
1980
as Mrs. Voorhees
TV★ 7.0
Knots Landing
1979
as Virginia Bullock
TV★ 6.3
The Love Boat
1977
as Millicent Holton
TV★ 6.9
CHiPs
1977
as Self (uncredited)
TV★ 8.1
Columbo
1971
as Martha Lamarr
TV★ 7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TV★ 6.6
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Last Angry Man
1959
as Anna Thrasher
MOVIE★ 6.2
It Happened to Jane
1959
as Betsy Palmer
MOVIE★ 7.0
The True Story of Lynn Stuart
1958
as Phyllis Carter / Lynn Stuart
MOVIE★ 8.0
No Time at All
1958
as Emmy Verdon
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Tin Star
1957
as Nona Mayfield
TV★ 7.5
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
TV★ 7.6
Playhouse 90
1956
as Emmy Verdon
MOVIE★ 6.3
Queen Bee
1955
as Carol Lee Phillips
MOVIE★ 7.1
Mister Roberts
1955
as Lieutenant Ann Girard
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Red, White and Blue Line
1955
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.7
Death Tide
1955
as Gloria
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Long Gray Line
1955
as Kitty Carter
TV★ 3.8
Climax!
1954
as Elizabeth
TV★ 8.0
Inner Sanctum
1954
MOVIE★ 7.0
Death Is My Neighbor
1953
as Netta
MOVIE★ 7.3
Sentence of Death
1953
as Ellen Morrison
MOVIE★ 8.0
Marty
1953
as Virginia
TV★ 6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
as (uncredited)
TV★ 7.7
I've Got a Secret
1952
as Self
TV★ 8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Nancy Aragon
TV★ 6.5
Miss Susan
1951
TV★ 6.7
Lux Video Theatre
1950
TV★ 7.0
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Panelist
TV★ 5.4
Studio One
1948
TV★ 6.6
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
TV★ 6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self