Betsy Palmer (born November 1, 1926) is an American actress. Probably best known for playing the part of Jason Voorhees's mother Pamela in the horror film Friday the 13th (1980), she has appeared in numerous movies, TV programs and game shows. Image File history File links Mrsvor. ... is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... East Chicago is a city in Lake County, Indiana, opposite Chicago, Illinois. ... is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... Jason Voorhees is a fictional character from the Friday the 13th series of slasher films. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... Horror Movie redirects here. ... Friday the 13th is a 1980 independent slasher film directed by Sean S. Cunningham and written by Victor Miller. ...

Palmer was born Patricia Betsy Hrunek in East Chicago, Indiana to Marie (Love) and Vincent R. Hrunek.^[1] She graduated from DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois. East Chicago is a city in Lake County, Indiana, opposite Chicago, Illinois. ... DePaul University is a private institution of higher education and research in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Founded by the Vincentians in 1898, the university takes its name from the 17th century French priest who valued philanthropy, Saint Vincent de Paul. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ...

Palmer got her first acting job in 1951 when she joined the cast of the 15 minute long, daily soap opera Miss Susan which was produced in Philadelphia. She was "discovered" for this role while enjoying a party in the apartment of Frank Sutton (Sgt. Carter of Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.). She had been in New York City less than one week. She was a long-time panelist on the panel show I've Got a Secret (from 1957 to 1967). Palmer played Lt. Ann Girard (the most prominent female character) in the movie Mister Roberts (1955) and the character of Carol Lee Phillips in the film Queen Bee (1956) starring actress legend Joan Crawford. She starred alongside Henry Fonda and Anthony Perkins in the low budget Western The Tin Star (1957), which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing, Story or Screenplay. Miss Susan was a daytime drama which aired on NBC from March 12, 1951 - December 28, 1951. ... Frank Spencer Sutton (October 23, 1923 - June 28, 1974) was an American actor who is best remembered for his role as the loud, hard-nosed drill instructor Sergeant Vincent Carter on the CBS television series Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. Sutton was born in Clarksville, Tennessee in 1923. ... Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. is an American situation comedy that originally aired on CBS from September 25, 1964 to May 2, 1969. ... Ive Got a Secret (abbreviated as IGAS) was a weekly panel game show produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman for CBS television and was created by Allan Sherman as essentially a knockoff of Whats My Line?. The original version of the show premiered in June 19, 1952... Mister Roberts was a novel, then a Tony Award–winning play and later, a 1955 Academy Award–nominated film, all of which are set during World War II. The title character, a naval junior-grade lieutenant stands up for his crew against the petty tyranny of the ships commanding... Queen Bee is a film released in 1955. ... Joan Crawford (March 23, 1905 – May 10, 1977),[1] was an acclaimed, iconic, Academy Award-winning American actress, arguably one of the greatest from the Golden Age of Hollywood from the 1920s through 1940s. ... Henry Jaynes Fonda (May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was a highly acclaimed Academy Award-winning American film actor, best known for his roles as plain-speaking idealists. ... Anthony Perkins (April 4, 1932 – September 12, 1992) was an Academy Award-nominated American stage and screen actor known for his role as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcocks Psycho and its three sequels, Psycho II, Psycho III and Psycho IV: The Beginning. ... The Tin Star is a 1957 American western movie directed by Anthony Mann and starring Henry Fonda and Anthony Perkins, in one of Perkins first roles. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... The Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay is one of the Academy Awards, the most prominent film awards in the United States. ...

Palmer on I've Got A Secret

Ironically, if it hadn't been for the fact that she needed a new car, Palmer would not have taken her most famous role in Friday the 13th. She recounts, in an interview, her initial reaction to the film was "What a piece of junk! Nobody is ever going to see this piece of crap".^[2] She has since embraced her role in the film, appearing in the 2006 documentary Betsy Palmer:A Scream Queen Legend. Image File history File linksMetadata Palmer1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Palmer1. ... Ive Got a Secret (abbreviated as IGAS) was a weekly panel game show produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman for CBS television and was created by Allan Sherman as essentially a knockoff of Whats My Line?. The original version of the show premiered in June 19, 1952... Friday the 13th is a 1980 slasher film directed by Sean S. Cunningham and written by Victor Miller, admittedly made to cash in on the success of Halloween, the films theme was to take mom and apple pie and turn it on its head. ...

From 1989 to 1990, she appeared on the CBS prime time soap opera, Knots Landing as "Aunt Ginny Bullock," the aunt of Valene Ewing (played by series star Joan Van Ark). She acted in a Mayfield Dinner Theatre production of "On Golden Pond" in 1997 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, playing the role of Ethel Thayer. Now 80, Palmer continues to act. In 2005, she provided the voice of the title character, the ghost of a witch, in Bell Witch: The Movie. In 2006, she appeared in the independent horror film Penny Dreadful and in 2007, she appeared as the older version of the title character in Waltzing Anna. For Philippine soap opera, see Teleserye. ... Knots Landing was a primetime television soap opera that aired for 14 seasons, from December 27th, 1979 to May 13th, 1993 on CBS. Set in a fictitious coastal suburb of Los Angeles in California, the show initially centered around the lives of four married couples residing in a cul-de... Valene Clements Ewing Ewing Gibson Waleska Ewing, also known as Val , was a character in the American television series Knots Landing and also in the television series Dallas, played by Joan Van Ark. ... Joan Van Ark (born June 16, 1943 in New York, New York, sometime credited as Joan Van Arc) is an actress who is best known for playing Larry Hagmans troubling sister-in-law and Michele Lees neighbor and best friend, Valene (Val) Clements Ewing Gibson Waleska Ewing on...

Filmography

From 1953 to 2001 she was a guest star on 73 programs including (but not limited to and in no particular order):

• Marty (the TV Adaptation)
• Just Shoot Me!
• Murder, She Wrote
• Columbo (Death Hits the Jackpot - 1991)
• Newhart
• Charles in Charge
• The Love Boat
• Hallmark Hall of Fame
• The Mike Douglas Show
• The Joey Bishop Show
• Toast of the Town
• Password
• Kraft Television Theatre
• Philco Television Playhouse
• Lux Video Theatre
• Studio One

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References

BELL WITCH: THE MOVIE

External links

• Betsy Palmer at the Internet Movie Database
• Betsy Palmer Myspace PageEmail Betsy and watch some of her videos
• Interview with Betsy Palmer on the podcast The Future And You (recorded Sept 4, 2005) (Assorted anecdotes about her career and the story of how she got her first acting job.)