Betsy Palmer
ABOUT BETSY PALMER
Actress who starred as Pamela Voorhees, the mother of Jason Voorhees, in the classic 1980 slasher film Friday the 13th.
She was cast on the soap opera Miss Susan in 1951.
She was a panelist on the game show I've Got a Secret in the 1960's.
She was married to Vincent J. Merendino from 1954 to 1971.
She played a supporting role in the 1955 comedy/drama Mister Roberts, which starred James Cagney and Henry Fonda .
