Betsy Palmer

Betsy Palmer was born on Nov 01, 1926 in USA. Betsy Palmer's big-screen debut came with The United States Steel Hour - Season 2 directed by Alex Segal in 1954. Betsy Palmer is known for Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th directed by Daniel Farrands, Corey Feldman stars as Self - 'Tommy Jarvis' and Peter M. Bracke as Camp Counselor. Betsy Palmer has got 1 awards and 1 nominations so far. The most recent award Betsy Palmer achieved is Fantasporto. The upcoming new movie Betsy Palmer plays is Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th which will be released on Sep 13, 2013.

Betsy Palmer was probably best known for playing Jason Voorhees' mother in the horror film Vendredi 13 (1980), but her career as an actress began many years before.Palmer was born Patricia Betsy Hrunek in East Chicago, Indiana, to Marie (née Love), who launched the Chicago Business College, and Rudolph Vincent Hrunek, a Czech-born industrial chemist. Palmer played a young female officer opposite Jack Lemmon in Permission jusqu'à l'aube (1955), and appeared in another war film the same year, Ce n'est qu'un au revoir... (1955). Throughout the late 1950s, Palmer was recognized as a news reporter on Today (1952) on NBC, then became largely involved in television. She remained in made-for-TV films and notable guest appearances, before playing the murderous avenging mother, Mrs. Voorhees, in the horror film Vendredi 13 (1980). She also continued working in television, and appearing in low-budget films like La nuit d'Halloween (1999). Palmer spent her later years between her home in New York City and Sedona, Arizona.Betsy Palmer died of natural causes on a Friday, May 29, 2015, at a hospice care center in Danbury, Connecticut.