Betsy Palmer

Betsy Palmer

Known for
Acting
Born
November 1, 1926
Died
May 29, 2015 (aged 88)
Birthplace
East 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

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Filmography

2026
Stab poster

Stab

Movie · as Pamela Voorhees (archive footage) (uncredited)

2023
Friday the 13th: Origin of Evil - Part 3

Friday the 13th: Origin of Evil - Part 3

Movie

2021
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age poster

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

Movie · as Self

2013
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th poster

Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th

Movie · as Self

2010
His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th poster

His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th

Movie · as Self

2009
Into the Pit: The Shocking Story of Deadpit.com

Into the Pit: The Shocking Story of Deadpit.com

Movie · as Self

2009
Friday's Legacy: Horror Conventions poster

Friday's Legacy: Horror Conventions

Movie · as Self

2007
Bell Witch: The Movie poster

Bell Witch: The Movie

Movie · as Bell Witch

2006
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film poster

Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film

Movie · as Self

2006
Betsy Palmer: A Scream Queen Legend poster

Betsy Palmer: A Scream Queen Legend

Movie · as Herself

2005
Penny Dreadful poster

Penny Dreadful

Movie · as Trudie Tredwell

2005
James Dean: Forever Young poster

James Dean: Forever Young

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2004
Friday the 13th: From Crystal Lake to Manhattan (Crystal Lake Victims Tell All - Documentary) poster

Friday the 13th: From Crystal Lake to Manhattan (Crystal Lake Victims Tell All - Documentary)

Movie · as Self

2004
The Friday the 13th Chronicles poster

The Friday the 13th Chronicles

Movie · as Self

2003
Return to Crystal Lake: Making 'Friday the 13th' poster

Return to Crystal Lake: Making 'Friday the 13th'

Movie · as Herself

2002
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star poster

Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star

Movie · as Self - Actress

2000
FreakyLinks poster

FreakyLinks

TV · as Betty · 1 ep

1999
Television: The First Fifty Years

Television: The First Fifty Years

Movie · as Self

1999
The Fear: Resurrection poster

The Fear: Resurrection

Movie · as Grandmother

1997
Just Shoot Me! poster

Just Shoot Me!

TV · as Rhonda · 1 ep

1996
E! True Hollywood Story poster

E! True Hollywood Story

TV · 1 ep

1995
James Dean and Me poster

James Dean and Me

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

1994
Unveiled poster

Unveiled

Movie · as Eva

1992
Still Not Quite Human poster

Still Not Quite Human

Movie · as Aunt Mildred

1988
Goddess of Love poster

Goddess of Love

Movie · as Hera

1988
Windmills of the Gods poster

Windmills of the Gods

TV · as Mrs. Hart Brisbane · 2 eps

1984
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter poster

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter

Movie · as Mrs. Voorhees (archive footage)

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Lila Norris, Valerie · 1 ep

1984
Charles in Charge poster

Charles in Charge

TV · as Gloria · 1 ep

1982
Friday the 13th Part III poster

Friday the 13th Part III

Movie · as Mrs. Voorhees (archive footage)

1982
T. J. Hooker poster

T. J. Hooker

TV · as Anne Armstrong · 1 ep

1982
Newhart poster

Newhart

TV · as Gayle Crowley

1981
Friday the 13th Part 2 poster

Friday the 13th Part 2

Movie · as Mrs. Voorhees

1981
Isabel's Choice poster

Isabel's Choice

Movie · as Ellie Fineman

1981
Maggie poster

Maggie

TV · as Virginia Sullivan · 1 ep

1980
Friday the 13th poster

Friday the 13th

Movie · as Mrs. Voorhees

1979
Knots Landing poster

Knots Landing

TV · as Virginia Bullock · 29 eps

1977
CHiPs poster

CHiPs

TV · as Self (uncredited) · 1 ep

1977
The Love Boat poster

The Love Boat

TV · as Millicent Holton · 1 ep

1971
Columbo poster

Columbo

TV · as Martha Lamarr · 1 ep

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1962
The Merv Griffin Show poster

The Merv Griffin Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1959
The Last Angry Man poster

The Last Angry Man

Movie · as Anna Thrasher

1959
It Happened to Jane poster

It Happened to Jane

Movie · as Betsy Palmer

1958
No Time at All poster

No Time at All

Movie · as Emmy Verdon

1958
The True Story of Lynn Stuart poster

The True Story of Lynn Stuart

Movie · as Phyllis Carter / Lynn Stuart

1957
The Tin Star poster

The Tin Star

Movie · as Nona Mayfield

1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar poster

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1956
Playhouse 90 poster

Playhouse 90

TV · as Emmy Verdon · 1 ep

1955
Queen Bee poster

Queen Bee

Movie · as Carol Lee Phillips

1955
The Long Gray Line poster

The Long Gray Line

Movie · as Kitty Carter

1955
Mister Roberts poster

Mister Roberts

Movie · as Ann Girard

1955
The Red, White and Blue Line poster

The Red, White and Blue Line

Movie · as Self

1955
Death Tide poster

Death Tide

Movie · as Gloria

1954
Climax! poster

Climax!

TV · as Elizabeth, Fran Coates, Connie Rankin Hill · 1 ep

1954
Inner Sanctum poster

Inner Sanctum

TV · 1 ep

1953
Death Is My Neighbor poster

Death Is My Neighbor

Movie · as Netta

1953
Sentence of Death poster

Sentence of Death

Movie · as Ellen Morrison

1953
Marty poster

Marty

Movie · as Virginia

1953
General Electric Theater poster

General Electric Theater

TV · as (uncredited) · 1 ep

1952
I've Got a Secret poster

I've Got a Secret

TV · as Self · 399 eps

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Nancy Aragon · 1 ep

1951
Miss Susan

Miss Susan

TV · 210 eps

1950
Lux Video Theatre poster

Lux Video Theatre

TV · 1 ep

1950
What's My Line? poster

What's My Line?

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1948
Studio One poster

Studio One

TV · as Edith Olmstead, Ann Meade, Dony Waller, Maureen Drew, Mimi, Ellen Morrison · 2 eps

1948
The Philco Television Playhouse poster

The Philco Television Playhouse

TV · as Janice Gans · 2 eps

1948
The Ed Sullivan Show poster

The Ed Sullivan Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep