Betsy Palmer, 'Friday the 13th' Actress, Dead at 88


Actress Betsy Palmer the Czech 'All American Girl' Who Charmed Audiences for 5 Decades

Actress Betsy Palmer, whose long film, stage and television career began back in 1951 in the early days of live television and who later found a new generation of fans in her role as Mrs. Vorhees.


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By Bruce Weber June 1, 2015 Betsy Palmer, an actress bound to be remembered by different generations for different career incarnations — as a performer on live television, as a panelist on.


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Betsy Palmer was probably best known for playing Jason Voorhees' mother in the horror film Friday the 13th (1980), but her career as an actress began many years before.


Actress Betsy Palmer the Czech 'All American Girl' Who Charmed Audiences for 5 Decades

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 the antagonist and mother of Jason Voorhees, Pamela Voorhees, in the first Friday the 13th film .


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Born Patricia Betsy Hrunek in Indiana in 1926, actress Betsy Palmer was a graduate of DePaul University. Palmer's very first acting job came in 1951 when she discovered at a party in the apartment.


OFFBEAT with PHIL POTEMPA Actress Betsy Palmer, E.C. notable, dies at 88 OffBeat with Phil

Born Patricia Betsy Hrunek in Indiana in 1926, actress Betsy Palmer was a graduate of DePaul University. Palmer's very first acting job came in 1951 when she discovered at a party in the apartment of Frank Sutton, an actor later known for his work on the sitcom "Gomer Pyle USMC" (CBS 1964-69). At the time Palmer had only been in New York City.


Actress Betsy Palmer the Czech 'All American Girl' Who Charmed Audiences for 5 Decades

Betsy Palmer died Friday of natural causes at a hospice care center in Danbury Connecticut. Veteran character actress Betsy Palmer has died. Palmer achieved lasting, though not necessarily sought-after, fame as the murderous camp cook in the cheesy 1980 horror film "Friday the 13th." Palmer had a versatile career on television, including as the.


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Betsy Palmer, the stage, TV and film actress whom Tennessee Williams chose to embody the frustrated Alma Winemiller in The Eccentricities of a Nightingale, his 1976 rewrite of Summer and Smoke.


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Betsy Palmer in 1955. MICHAEL OCHS / Getty Images June 1, 2015, 10:06 AM UTC / Updated June 1, 2015, 10:06 AM UTC Betsy Palmer, who is best known for playing Jason Voorhees' mother in.


'Friday The 13th' actress Betsy Palmer dies, aged 88

Betsy Palmer, the veteran character actress who achieved lasting, though not necessarily sought-after, fame as the murderous camp cook in the cheesy horror film Friday the 13th, has died. She.


Actress Betsy Palmer the Czech 'All American Girl' Who Charmed Audiences for 5 Decades

Betsy Palmer (born Patricia Betsy Hrunek; November 1, 1926 - May 29, 2015) 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 the antagonist and mother of Jason Voorhees, Pamela Voorhees, in the first Friday the 13th fi.


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Betsy Palmer Edit Lived with James Dean for eight months. Stated that she never would have played the role of Mrs. Pamela Voorhees in Friday the 13th (1980) if it had not been for the fact that she was in desperate need of a new car.


Actress Betsy Palmer the Czech 'All American Girl' Who Charmed Audiences for 5 Decades

Betsy Palmer was probably best known for playing Jason Voorhees' mother in the horror film Friday the 13th (1980), but her career as an actress began many years before.


Betsy Palmer Dead Actress Known For ‘Friday The 13th’ Role Dies At 88 Hollywood Life

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Betsy Palmer, the veteran character actress who achieved lasting, though not necessarily sought-after, fame as the murderous camp cook in the cheesy horror film "Friday the.


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Actress Betsy Palmer, killer in 'Friday the 13th,' dies By Catherine E. Shoichet and Henry Hanks, CNN 2 minute read Updated 12:51 PM EDT, Mon June 1, 2015 Link Copied! Look back at people who.