ActingBorn: 1926-11-01 in East Chicago, Indiana, USA

Betsy Palmer

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).

Betsy Palmer

Featured Movies (35)

James Dean and Me

The Friday the 13th Chronicles

No Time at All

Marty

Friday's Legacy: Horror Conventions

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

The Tin Star

The Long Gray Line

Mister Roberts

Death Is My Neighbor

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

The True Story of Lynn Stuart

The Last Angry Man

Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star

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

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

Death Tide

Sentence of Death

Television & Series (36)

Maggie

Hallmark Hall of Fame

E! True Hollywood Story

Columbo

Inner Sanctum

I've Got a Secret

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Playhouse 90

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

Newhart

What's My Line?

Knots Landing

General Electric Theater

The Merv Griffin Show

CHiPs

The Ed Sullivan Show