Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Female

Birthday

1926-11-01

Deathday

2015-05-29 (88 years old)

Place of Birth

East Chicago, Indiana, USA

Also Known As

Betsy Clark
Patricia Betsy Hrunek

Betsy Palmer

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.

Known For

6.4%

Friday the 13th

May 9, 1980

6.2%

Friday the 13th Part 2

May 1, 1981

5.9%

Friday the 13th Part III

Aug 13, 1982

6.1%

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter

Apr 13, 1984

8.1%

Columbo

Sep 15, 1971

7.5%

Murder, She Wrote

Sep 30, 1984

7.5%

Murder, She Wrote

Sep 30, 1984

6.3%

The Love Boat

Sep 24, 1977

6.6%

Just Shoot Me!

Mar 4, 1997

7.0%

Mister Roberts

Jul 10, 1955

6.8%

CHiPs

Sep 15, 1977

7.0%

The Tin Star

Oct 23, 1957

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Acting

2021

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age as Self

2013

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

2010

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

2009

Into the Pit: The Shocking Story of Deadpit.com as Self

2007

Bell Witch: The Movie as Bell Witch

2006		Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film as Self
2006		Betsy Palmer: A Scream Queen Legend as Herself

2005

Penny Dreadful as Trudie Tredwell

2004		The Friday the 13th Chronicles as Self
2004		Friday the 13th: From Crystal Lake to Manhattan (Crystal Lake Victims Tell All - Documentary) as Self

2003

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

2002

Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star as Self - Actress

2000

FreakyLinks as Betty

1999		The Fear: Resurrection as Grandmother
1999		Television: The First Fifty Years as Self

1997

Just Shoot Me! as Rhonda

1996

E! True Hollywood Story

1995

James Dean and Me as Self (uncredited)

1994

Unveiled as Eva

1992

Still Not Quite Human as Aunt Mildred

1988		Goddess of Love as Hera
1988		Windmills of the Gods as Mrs. Hart Brisbane

1984		Charles in Charge as Gloria
1984		Murder, She Wrote as Lila Norris
1984		Murder, She Wrote as Valerie
1984		Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter as Pamela Voorhees (archive footage)

1982		Newhart
1982		Friday the 13th Part III as Mrs. Pamela Voorhees (archive footage)
1982		T. J. Hooker as Anne Armstrong

1981		Isabel's Choice as Ellie Fineman
1981		Maggie as Virginia Sullivan
1981		Friday the 13th Part 2 as Mrs. Voorhees

1980

Friday the 13th as Mrs. Voorhees

1979

Knots Landing as Virginia Bullock

1977		The Love Boat as Millicent Holton
1977		CHiPs as Herself (uncredited)

1971

Columbo as Martha Lamarr

1962		The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1962		The Merv Griffin Show as Self

1959		The Last Angry Man as Anna Thrasher
1959		It Happened to Jane as Betsy Palmer

1958		The True Story of Lynn Stuart as Phyllis Carter / Lynn Stuart
1958		No Time at All as Emmy Verdon

1957		The Tin Star as Nona Mayfield
1957		Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self

1956

Playhouse 90 as Emmy Verdon

1955		Queen Bee as Carol Lee Phillips
1955		Mister Roberts as Lieutenant Ann Girard
1955		The Red, White and Blue Line as Self
1955		Death Tide as Gloria
1955		The Long Gray Line as Kitty Carter

1954		Climax! as Elizabeth
1954		Climax! as Fran Coates
1954		Climax! as Connie Rankin Hill
1954		Inner Sanctum

1953		Death Is My Neighbor as Netta
1953		Sentence of Death as Ellen Morrison
1953		Marty as Virginia
1953		General Electric Theater as (uncredited)

1952

I've Got a Secret as Self - Panelist

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame as Nancy Aragon

1950		Lux Video Theatre
1950		What's My Line? as Self - Panelist

1948		Studio One
1948		Studio One as Edith Olmstead
1948		Studio One as Ann Meade
1948		Studio One as Dony Waller
1948		Studio One as Maureen Drew
1948		Studio One as Mimi
1948		Studio One as Ellen Morrison
1948		The Philco Television Playhouse
1948		The Philco Television Playhouse as Janice Gans
1948		The Ed Sullivan Show as Self