Betsy Palmer

Betsy Palmer (born Patricia Betsy Hrunek on November 1, 1926 - May 29, 2015) was an American actress, known as a regular supporting movie and Broadway actress and television guest star, as a panelist on the game show I've Got a Secret, and later for playing the murderous serial killer mother, Pamela Voorhees in the popular slasher film Friday the 13th.
==History==
===Early life===
Betsy Palmer was born Patricia Betsy Hrunek on November 1, 1926 in East Chicago, Indiana to Marie (née Love), who launched the Chicago Business College, and Robert Vincent Hrunek, a Czech industrial chemist.
===Acting career===
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===Personal life===
In 1954, Palmer met and married obstetrician-gynecologist Dr. Vincent J. Merendino, M.D.. After 17 years of marriage, they got a divorce in 1971. They had one child.
===Death===
On May 29, 2015, Palmer passed away at age 88 from natural causes. She passed away at a hospital care center in Danbury, Connecticut.
==Filmography==
* Death Tide (1955) as Gloria
* The Long Gray Line (1955) as Kitty Carter
* Mister Roberts (1955) as Lt. Ann Girard
* Queen Bee (1955) as Carol Lee Phillips
* The Tin Star (1957) as Nona Mayfield
* The True Story of Lynn Stuart (1958) as Phyllis Carter/Lynn Stuart
* It Happened to Jane (1959) as himself
* The Ballad of Louie the Louise (1959) as Tina Adams
* The Last Angry Man (1959) as Anna Thrasher
* A Punt, a Pass, and a Prayer (1968) as Nancy
* Friday the 13th (1980) as Pamela Voorhees
* Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) as Pamela Voorhees
* Isabel's Choice (1981) as Ellie Fineman
* Windmills of the Gods (1988) as Mrs. Hart Brisbane
* Goddess of Love (1988) as Hera
* Still Not Quite Human (1992) as Aunt Mildred
* Unveiled (1994) as Eva
* The Fear: Resurrection (1999) as Grandmother
* Penny Dreadful (2005) as Trudie Tredwell
* Waltzing Anna (2006) as Anna Rhoades
* Bell Witch: The Movie (2007) as Bell Witch
==Awards==
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==External links==
Category:1926 births
Category:2015 deaths
Category:Actresses from Indiana
Category:Actors Studio members
Category:American film actresses
Category:American stage actresses
Category:American television actresses
Category:American people of Czech descent