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name: "Betsy Palmer"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 November 1926"
died: "29 May 2015"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T02:54:19.015511+00:00"
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# Betsy Palmer

Actor. Born 1 November 1926 in East Chicago, Indiana, USA. Died 29 May 2015.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 November 1926, East Chicago, Indiana, USA
- **Died:** 29 May 2015
- **Also known as:** Betsy Clark, Patricia Betsy Hrunek
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betsy_Palmer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q263765, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0658133/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/37469

## Biography

Betsy Palmer, born Patricia Betsy Hrunek, was an American actress. She played Lieutenant Ann Girard in the 1955 film *Mister Roberts*.

Palmer was a regular panelist on the CBS game show *I've Got a Secret* from 1958 until its original run ended in 1967. She is also known for portraying Pamela Voorhees in *Friday the 13th* (1980) and its 1981 sequel.

Born on 1 November 1926 in East Chicago, Indiana, she appeared in numerous films and television guest roles, including *Columbo* and *Murder, She Wrote*, before her death on 29 May 2015.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Mister Roberts* (1955), Fi1m 76, as Ann Girard — [page](https://film.one/film/mister-roberts.md)

## Complete filmography (45)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Friday the 13th: Origin of Evil - Part 3* (2023), Actor
- *Bell Witch: The Movie* (2007), as Bell Witch
- *Penny Dreadful* (2005), as Trudie Tredwell
- *FreakyLinks* (2000), series, as Betty
- *The Fear: Resurrection* (1999), as Grandmother
- *Just Shoot Me!* (1997), series, as Rhonda
- *E! True Hollywood Story* (1996), series, Actor
- *Unveiled* (1994), as Eva
- *Still Not Quite Human* (1992), as Aunt Mildred
- *Goddess of Love* (1988), as Hera
- *Windmills of the Gods* (1988), series, as Mrs. Hart Brisbane
- *Charles in Charge* (1984), series, as Gloria
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Lila Norris, Valerie
- *Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter* (1984), as Pamela Voorhees (archive footage)
- *Newhart* (1982), series, Actor
- *Friday the 13th Part III* (1982), as Mrs. Pamela Voorhees (archive footage)
- *T. J. Hooker* (1982), series, as Anne Armstrong
- *Isabel's Choice* (1981), as Ellie Fineman
- *Maggie* (1981), series, as Virginia Sullivan
- *Friday the 13th Part 2* (1981), as Mrs. Voorhees
- *Friday the 13th* (1980), as Mrs. Voorhees
- *Knots Landing* (1979), series, as Virginia Bullock
- *The Love Boat* (1977), series, as Millicent Holton
- *Columbo* (1971), series, as Martha Lamarr — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/columbo.md)
- *The Last Angry Man* (1959), as Anna Thrasher
- *It Happened to Jane* (1959), as Betsy Palmer
- *The True Story of Lynn Stuart* (1958), as Phyllis Carter / Lynn Stuart
- *No Time at All* (1958), as Emmy Verdon
- *The Tin Star* (1957), as Nona Mayfield
- *Playhouse 90* (1956), series, as Emmy Verdon
- *Queen Bee* (1955), as Carol Lee Phillips
- *Mister Roberts* (1955), as Ann Girard — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/mister-roberts.md)
- *Death Tide* (1955), as Gloria
- *The Long Gray Line* (1955), as Kitty Carter
- *Climax!* (1954), series, as Elizabeth, Fran Coates, Connie Rankin Hill
- *Inner Sanctum* (1954), series, Actor
- *Death Is My Neighbor* (1953), as Netta
- *Sentence of Death* (1953), as Ellen Morrison
- *Marty* (1953), as Virginia
- *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, as (uncredited)
- *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Nancy Aragon
- *Miss Susan* (1951), series, Actor
- *Lux Video Theatre* (1950), series, Actor
- *Studio One* (1948), series, as Edith Olmstead, Ann Meade, Dony Waller, Maureen Drew, Mimi, Ellen Morrison
- *The Philco Television Playhouse* (1948), series, as Janice Gans

## Gallery

- ![Betsy Palmer](https://film.one/media/person/1238326/gallery-f292be64fa13.jpg) Betsy Palmer — United States Steel Corporation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Betsy_Palmer_1960.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Betsy Palmer publicity photo for The United States Steel Hour (1958)](https://film.one/media/person/1238326/gallery-7c2dd76e46e0.png) Betsy Palmer publicity photo for The United States Steel Hour (1958) — Unknown, studio, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Betsy_Palmer_1958.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Betsy Palmer](https://film.one/media/person/1238326/gallery-5aba9056a8ab.jpg) Betsy Palmer — Image via TMDB
- ![Betsy Palmer](https://film.one/media/person/1238326/gallery-b9597bb93f77.jpg) Betsy Palmer — Image via TMDB
- ![Betsy Palmer](https://film.one/media/person/1238326/gallery-779ba01583fd.jpg) Betsy Palmer — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress 1981: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress (nominated), for *Friday the 13th*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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