Betsy Palmer

Betsy Palmer

Actor 14 · 1952 – 2009 · 🎬 13 📺 1 · 🇺🇸 United States

Betsy Palmer was an American actress known for her many film and Broadway roles, television guest-starring appearances, as a panelist on the game show I've Got a Secret, and later for playing Pamela Voorhees, the antagonist and mother of Jason Voorhees, in the first Friday the 13th film (1980).

All · 14 🎬 Movies · 13 📺 TV · 1

Drama documentary Comedy Horror TV movie

Highlights

Friday's Legacy: Horror Conventions

Friday's Legacy: Horror Conventions

2009

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

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

2006

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

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

2003

Frequent Collaborators

Victor Miller

5 shared

Sean S. Cunningham

Sean S. Cunningham

3 shared

Steve Miner

3 shared

Harry Manfredini

Harry Manfredini

3 shared

Adrienne King

Adrienne King

3 shared

William Leslie

William Leslie

2 shared

All decades 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s

🎬 Movies

Friday's Legacy: Horror Conventions

Friday's Legacy: Horror Conventions

actor

2009

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

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

actor

2006

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

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

actor

2003

Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star

Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star

actor

2002

Goddess of Love

Goddess of Love

actor

1988

Friday the 13th Part III

Friday the 13th Part III

actor

1982

Friday the 13th Part 2

Friday the 13th Part 2

actor

1981

Friday the 13th

Friday the 13th

actor

1980

The Last Angry Man

The Last Angry Man

actor

1959

The Tin Star

actor

1957

Queen Bee

Queen Bee

actor

1955

Mister Roberts

Mister Roberts

actor

1955

The Long Gray Line

The Long Gray Line

actor

1955

📺 TV Shows

I've Got a Secret

I've Got a Secret

actor

1952

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