Betsy Palmer was around 79 years old in 2005 and 81 years old in 2007 .
Palmer acted in a Mayfield Dinner Theatre production of On Golden Pond in Edmonton , Alberta , in 1997.In 2005 , at around 79 years old , she appeared as Trudie Tredwell in the horror short Penny Dreadful , and in 2007 , at 81 , as the older version of the title character in Waltzing Anna .