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Betsy Palmer was an American actress, known as a regular supporting movie and Broadway actress and television guest star, as a panelist on the game show I've Got a Secret, and later for playing Jason Voorhees' mother, Pamela Voorhees, in the popular slasher film Friday the 13th (1980).
Birth Name
Patricia Betsy Hrunek
Born
Monday, 01 November 1926
Died
Friday, 29 May 2015
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Self | 2021 |
| Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th | Self - 'Mrs. Voorhees' | 2013 |
| Into the Pit: The Shocking Story of Deadpit.com | Herself / Self | 2009 |
| His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th | Self - 'Mrs. Voorhees' - Part 1 / Self | 2009 |
| Pioneers of Television | Self | 2008 |
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Mrs. Pamela Voorhees | 2007 |
| Bell Witch: The Movie | Bell Witch | 2007 |
| The Bob Show | Self | 2007 |
| Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film | Self | 2006 |
| Waltzing Anna | Anna Rhoades | 2006 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Self | 2021 |
| Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th | Self - 'Mrs. Voorhees' | 2013 |
| Into the Pit: The Shocking Story of Deadpit.com | Herself / Self | 2009 |
| His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th | Self - 'Mrs. Voorhees' - Part 1 / Self | 2009 |
| Pioneers of Television | Self | 2008 |
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Mrs. Pamela Voorhees | 2007 |
| Bell Witch: The Movie | Bell Witch | 2007 |
| The Bob Show | Self | 2007 |
| Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film | Self | 2006 |
| Waltzing Anna | Anna Rhoades | 2006 |
| Candid Camera: 5 Decades of Smiles | Self | 2005 |
| James Dean: Forever Young | Self | 2005 |
| The 100 Scariest Movie Moments | Self | 2004 |
| Friday the 13th Chronicles | Herself / Self | 2004 |
| Super Secret Movie Rules | Self ("Mrs. Voorhees" - Friday the 13th) | 2004 |
| Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star | Self - Actress | 2002 |
| FreakyLinks | Betty | 2000 |
| The Fear: Resurrection | Grandmother | 1999 |
| Television: The First Fifty Years | Self - Interviewee | 1999 |
| Just Shoot Me! | Rhonda | 1997 |
| Hang Time | Sweet Old Lady | 1995 |
| James Dean and Me | Herself / Self | 1995 |
| Unveiled | Eva | 1994 |
| Still Not Quite Human | Aunt Mildred | 1992 |
| Goddess of Love | Hera | 1988 |
| Windmills of the Gods | Mrs. Hart Brisbane | 1988 |
| Out of This World | Donna's Mom | 1987 |
| Blacke's Magic | Mrs. Sneed | 1986 |
| Charles in Charge | Gloria | 1984 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Valerie / Lila Norris | 1984 |
| Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter | Mrs. Pamela Voorhees / Pamela Voorhees (archive footage) | 1984 |
| Newhart | Gayle Crowley | 1982 |
| Friday the 13th: Part 3 | Mrs. Pamela Voorhees / Mrs. Pamela Voorhees (archive footage) | 1982 |
| T.J. Hooker | Anne Armstrong | 1982 |
| Friday the 13th Part 2 | Mrs. Voorhees | 1981 |
| Number 96 | Maureen Galloway | 1980 |
| Friday the 13th | Mrs. Voorhees | 1980 |
| Knots Landing | Virginia Bullock | 1979 |
| The 32nd Annual Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | 1978 |
| CHiPs | Betsy Palmer | 1977 |
| The Love Boat | Millicent Holton | 1977 |
| Ryan's Hope | Self | 1975 |
| The $10,000 Pyramid | Herself - Celebrity Contestant / Herself | 1973 |
| Columbo | Martha Lamarr | 1971 |
| Love, American Style | Barbara Kreitman (segment "Love and the Ghost") | 1969 |
| To Tell the Truth | Self - Panelist | 1969 |
| You're Putting Me On | Self | 1969 |
| What's My Line? | Self - Mystery Guest | 1968 |
| Personality | Self | 1967 |
| The Joey Bishop Show | Self | 1967 |
| The Face Is Familiar | Self | 1966 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Herself - Guest / Herself | 1962 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Herself - Co-Host / Herself - Co-Hostess / Herself - Actress / Herself | 1961 |
| Password | Self - Celebrity Contestant | 1961 |
| The Last Angry Man | Anna Thrasher | 1959 |
| Our American Heritage | Catherine Miller | 1959 |
| Sunday Showcase | Catherine Miller | 1959 |
| It Happened to Jane | Betsy Palmer - Panelist / Betsy Palmer | 1959 |
| The Garry Moore Show | Self | 1958 |
| The True Story of Lynn Stuart | Phyllis Carter - aka Lynn Stuart / Phyllis Carter / Lynn Stuart | 1958 |
| The Tin Star | Nona Mayfield | 1957 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar | Herself | 1957 |
| To Tell the Truth | Self - Panelist | 1956 |
| Playhouse 90 | Emmy Verdon / Kitty Duval | 1956 |
| Queen Bee | Carol Lee Phillips | 1955 |
| The Alcoa Hour | Ann Fenn | 1955 |
| Mister Roberts | Lt. Ann Girard / Ann Girard | 1955 |
| Death Tide | Gloria | 1955 |
| The Long Gray Line | Kitty Carter | 1955 |
| Climax! | Fran Coates / Elizabeth / Connie Rankin Hill | 1954 |
| Inner Sanctum | Karen | 1954 |
| The United States Steel Hour | Anne Gaines / Honoria McCord / Julie Bower / Mrs. Lizzie Newberry / Naomi / Sue Swales | 1953 |
| I've Got a Secret | Self - Panelist | 1952 |
| Goodyear Playhouse | Paula Ferris | 1951 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Intermission Guest | 1950 |
| Danger | Netta | 1950 |
| What's My Line? | Herself - Panelist | 1950 |
| Studio One | Ann Meade / Mimi / Maureen Drew / Ellen Morrison / Edith Olmstead / Dony Waller | 1948 |
| The Philco Television Playhouse | Janice Gans / Virginia | 1948 |
| Candid Camera | 1948 | |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948 |
| Front Row Center | Emily | 1945 |
