Betsy Palmer was horrified when she first read the script for what would become an iconic franchise – for a very different reason. The ‘50s TV star, who would go on to play the murderous camp cook in ...

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 at age 88.

Betsy Palmer, who is best known for playing Jason Voorhees’ mother in “Friday the 13th” and appeared in dozens of other films, plays and TV shows, died Friday in Connecticut of natural causes. She was ...

'Friday the 13th' actress Betsy Palmer has died, aged 88. The American star - who is best known for playing the murderous Pamela Voorhees in the first movie in the iconic 80s horror movie franchise - ...

Last weekend marked a special milestone for my mom Peggy. I joined my parents on Saturday, June 22, to attend Mom’s 75th high school reunion just down the road in the neighboring small town of ...

You remember Pamela Voorhees. She was Jason's mom in the original "Friday the 13th" -- that nice lady with the short hair, blue sweater and the big knife. Her sensible coiff was parted from her body ...

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 game shows and as one of Hollywood's ...

While chatting with a radio caller last week during my airtime on WJOB in Hammond, the topic of East Chicago’s TV and film claim-to-fame Betsy Palmer was on the mind of Andrea Flores, who lives in ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Betsy Palmer is a Correspondent for the CQ Roll Call with 17 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1995 Interview as a Correspondent for CQ Daily ...