Betsy Palmer photo

Betsy Palmer

Acting

  • Born
  • November 1, 1926
  • Died
  • May 29, 2015
  • Place of birth
  • 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).

As actor 66

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Columbo poster
Columbo
1971
The Love Boat poster
The Love Boat
1977
The Merv Griffin Show poster
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
Murder, She Wrote poster
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Newhart poster
Newhart
1982
Knots Landing poster
Knots Landing
1979
What's My Line? poster
What's My Line?
1950
Charles in Charge poster
Charles in Charge
1984
I've Got a Secret poster
I've Got a Secret
1952
T. J. Hooker poster
T. J. Hooker
1982
Studio One poster
Studio One
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse poster
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Just Shoot Me! poster
Just Shoot Me!
1997
Tonight Starring Jack Paar poster
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
Climax! poster
Climax!
1954
The Ed Sullivan Show poster
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Friday the 13th poster
Friday the 13th
1980
Playhouse 90 poster
Playhouse 90
1956
CHiPs poster
CHiPs
1977
Miss Susan
1951
Friday the 13th Part 2 poster
Friday the 13th Part 2
1981
Inner Sanctum poster
Inner Sanctum
1954
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter poster
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
1984
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Friday the 13th Part III poster
Friday the 13th Part III
1982
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
The Tin Star poster
The Tin Star
1957
FreakyLinks poster
FreakyLinks
2000
Mister Roberts poster
Mister Roberts
1955
General Electric Theater poster
General Electric Theater
1953
E! True Hollywood Story poster
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The Long Gray Line poster
The Long Gray Line
1955
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th poster
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th
2013
Maggie poster
Maggie
1981
Goddess of Love poster
Goddess of Love
1988
It Happened to Jane poster
It Happened to Jane
1959
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age poster
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
Windmills of the Gods poster
Windmills of the Gods
1988
Queen Bee poster
Queen Bee
1955
His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th poster
His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th
2010
The Fear: Resurrection poster
The Fear: Resurrection
1999
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film poster
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film
2006
Death Tide poster
Death Tide
1955
Friday the 13th: Origin of Evil - Part 3
2023
James Dean and Me poster
James Dean and Me
1995
The Last Angry Man poster
The Last Angry Man
1959
Marty poster
Marty
1953
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star poster
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
2002
No Time at All poster
No Time at All
1958
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
Bell Witch: The Movie poster
Bell Witch: The Movie
2007
Into the Pit: The Shocking Story of Deadpit.com
2009
Still Not Quite Human poster
Still Not Quite Human
1992
The True Story of Lynn Stuart poster
The True Story of Lynn Stuart
1958
Death Is My Neighbor poster
Death Is My Neighbor
1953
Return to Crystal Lake: Making 'Friday the 13th' poster
Return to Crystal Lake: Making 'Friday the 13th'
2003
Isabel's Choice poster
Isabel's Choice
1981
The Friday the 13th Chronicles poster
The Friday the 13th Chronicles
2004
Sentence of Death poster
Sentence of Death
1953
The Red, White and Blue Line poster
The Red, White and Blue Line
1955
Friday's Legacy: Horror Conventions poster
Friday's Legacy: Horror Conventions
2009
Penny Dreadful poster
Penny Dreadful
2005
Unveiled
1994
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)
2004
Betsy Palmer: A Scream Queen Legend poster
Betsy Palmer: A Scream Queen Legend
2006