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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 1, 1926
Died
May 29, 2015
Place of Birth
East Chicago, Indiana, USA
Also Known As
- Betsy Clark
- Patricia Betsy Hrunek
Betsy Palmer
0.8 Popularity
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 Pamela Voorhees in the slasher film Friday the 13th (1980).
Known For
0.0
Self
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
7.9
Self
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th
2013
6.7
Self
His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th
2010
🎬
5.8
Self
Into the Pit: The Shocking Story of Deadpit.com
2009
🎬
0.0
Self
Friday's Legacy: Horror Conventions
2009
2.0
Bell Witch
Bell Witch: The Movie
2007
6.8
Self
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film
2006
0.0
Herself
Betsy Palmer: A Scream Queen Legend
2006
3.8
Trudie Tredwell
Penny Dreadful
2005
8.3
Self
The Friday the 13th Chronicles
2004
Credits
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
2021
0.0
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th
as Self
2013
7.9
His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th
as Self
2010
6.7
🎬
Into the Pit: The Shocking Story of Deadpit.com
as Self
2009
5.8
🎬
Friday's Legacy: Horror Conventions
as Self
2009
0.0
Bell Witch: The Movie
as Bell Witch
2007
2.0
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film
as Self
2006
6.8
Betsy Palmer: A Scream Queen Legend
as Herself
2006
0.0
Penny Dreadful
as Trudie Tredwell
2005
3.8
The Friday the 13th Chronicles
as Self
2004
8.3
Friday the 13th: From Crystal Lake to Manhattan (Crystal Lake Victims Tell All - Documentary)
as Self
2004
7.0
Return to Crystal Lake: Making 'Friday the 13th'
as Herself
2003
6.0
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
as Self - Actress
2002
6.7
FreakyLinks
as Betty
2000
6.2
The Fear: Resurrection
as Grandmother
1999
3.3
🎬
Television: The First Fifty Years
as Self
1999
0.0
Just Shoot Me!
as Rhonda
1997
6.6
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
8.1
James Dean and Me
as Self (uncredited)
1995
8.7
🎬
Unveiled
as Eva
1994
2.5
Still Not Quite Human
as Aunt Mildred
1992
4.7
Goddess of Love
as Hera
1988
4.0
Windmills of the Gods
as Mrs. Hart Brisbane
1988
5.8
Charles in Charge
as Gloria
1984
6.1
Murder, She Wrote
as Lila Norris
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Valerie
1984
7.5
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
as Pamela Voorhees (archive footage)
1984
6.1
Newhart
1982
7.1
Friday the 13th Part III
as Mrs. Pamela Voorhees (archive footage)
1982
5.9
T. J. Hooker
as Anne Armstrong
1982
6.4
Isabel's Choice
as Ellie Fineman
1981
0.0
Maggie
as Virginia Sullivan
1981
0.0
Friday the 13th Part 2
as Mrs. Voorhees
1981
6.2
Friday the 13th
as Mrs. Voorhees
1980
6.4
Knots Landing
as Virginia Bullock
1979
6.7
The Love Boat
as Millicent Holton
1977
6.3
CHiPs
as Self (uncredited)
1977
6.8
Columbo
as Martha Lamarr
1971
8.1
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The Last Angry Man
as Anna Thrasher
1959
6.9
It Happened to Jane
as Betsy Palmer
1959
6.1
The True Story of Lynn Stuart
as Phyllis Carter / Lynn Stuart
1958
6.5
No Time at All
as Emmy Verdon
1958
0.0
The Tin Star
as Nona Mayfield
1957
7.0
🎬
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1957
7.0
Playhouse 90
as Emmy Verdon
1956
7.6
Queen Bee
as Carol Lee Phillips
1955
6.3
Mister Roberts
as Lieutenant Ann Girard
1955
7.0
The Red, White and Blue Line
as Self
1955
6.0
Death Tide
as Gloria
1955
6.0
The Long Gray Line
as Kitty Carter
1955
7.0
Climax!
as Elizabeth
1954
3.3
Climax!
as Fran Coates
1954
3.3
Climax!
as Connie Rankin Hill
1954
3.3
Inner Sanctum
1954
7.0
Death Is My Neighbor
as Netta
1953
7.0
Sentence of Death
as Ellen Morrison
1953
7.3
Marty
as Virginia
1953
8.0
General Electric Theater
as (uncredited)
1953
6.4
I've Got a Secret
as Self
1952
7.4
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Nancy Aragon
1951
8.6
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
1950
6.3
What's My Line?
as Self - Panelist
1950
6.9
Studio One
1948
5.0
Studio One
as Edith Olmstead
1948
5.0
Studio One
as Ann Meade
1948
5.0
Studio One
as Dony Waller
1948
5.0
Studio One
as Maureen Drew
1948
5.0
Studio One
as Mimi
1948
5.0
Studio One
as Ellen Morrison
1948
5.0
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
6.3
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Janice Gans
1948
6.3
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8