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Betsy Palmer

Betsy Palmer

Known For Acting
Birthday Nov 01, 1926
Died May 29, 2015 (88)
Birthplace East Chicago, Indiana, USA
Popularity 0.6 (history)
Updated Aug 09, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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. ...

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Bell Witch: The Movie

Bell Witch: The Movie

2007

as Bell Witch

Penny Dreadful

Penny Dreadful

2005

as Trudie Tredwell

The Fear: Resurrection

The Fear: Resurrection

1999

as Grandmother

Still Not Quite Human

Still Not Quite Human

1992

as Aunt Mildred

Goddess of Love

Goddess of Love

1988

as Hera

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter

1984

as Pamela Voorhees (archive footage)

Friday the 13th Part III

Friday the 13th Part III

1982

as Mrs. Pamela Voorhees (archive footage)

Friday the 13th Part 2

Friday the 13th Part 2

1981

as Mrs. Voorhees

Isabel's Choice

Isabel's Choice

1981

as Ellie Fineman

Friday the 13th

Friday the 13th

1980

as Mrs. Voorhees

The Last Angry Man

The Last Angry Man

1959

as Anna Thrasher

It Happened to Jane

It Happened to Jane

1959

as Betsy Palmer

The True Story of Lynn Stuart

The True Story of Lynn Stuart

1958

as Phyllis Carter / Lynn Stuart

No Time at All

No Time at All

1958

as Emmy Verdon

The Tin Star

The Tin Star

1957

as Nona Mayfield

Mister Roberts

Mister Roberts

1955

as Lieutenant Ann Girard

Queen Bee

Queen Bee

1955

as Carol Lee Phillips

The Long Gray Line

The Long Gray Line

1955

as Kitty Carter

Sentence of Death

Sentence of Death

1953

as Ellen Morrison

Death Is My Neighbor

Death Is My Neighbor

1953

as Netta

Marty

Marty

1953

as Virginia

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Knots Landing

as Virginia Bullock

Episodes: 29

First Aired: Dec 27, 1979

Studio One

as Ann Meade

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Nov 07, 1948

Windmills of the Gods

as Mrs. Hart Brisbane

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Feb 07, 1988

Murder, She Wrote

as Lila Norris

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1984

Charles in Charge

as Gloria

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 03, 1984

T. J. Hooker

as Anne Armstrong

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 13, 1982

General Electric Theater

as (uncredited)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 01, 1953

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Nancy Aragon

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 24, 1951

Just Shoot Me!

as Rhonda

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 04, 1997

Climax!

as Elizabeth

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 07, 1954

Murder, She Wrote

as Valerie

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1984

Studio One

as Edith Olmstead

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 07, 1948

Studio One

as Dony Waller

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 07, 1948

Studio One

as Maureen Drew

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 07, 1948

Studio One

as Mimi

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 07, 1948

Climax!

as Fran Coates

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 07, 1954

Climax!

as Connie Rankin Hill

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 07, 1954

The Philco Television Playhouse

as Janice Gans

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 03, 1948

FreakyLinks

as Betty

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 06, 2000

The Love Boat

as Millicent Holton

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1977

Studio One

as Ellen Morrison

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 07, 1948

Maggie

as Virginia Sullivan

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 24, 1981

Playhouse 90

as Emmy Verdon

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 04, 1956

Columbo

as Martha Lamarr

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 15, 1971

I've Got a Secret

as Self - Panelist

Episodes: 399

First Aired: Jun 19, 1952

Studio One

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Nov 07, 1948

The Philco Television Playhouse

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 03, 1948

What's My Line?

as Self - Panelist

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Feb 02, 1950

CHiPs

as Herself (uncredited)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 15, 1977

E! True Hollywood Story

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 21, 1996

Newhart

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1982

Lux Video Theatre

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1950

Inner Sanctum

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 09, 1954

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 01, 1962

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 20, 1948

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 29, 1957

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