RIP Betsy Palmer

[sprite75]

Mrs. Voorhees has passed away;

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.

Palmer died Friday of natural causes at a hospice care center in Connecticut, her longtime manager, Brad Lemack, told The Associated Press on Sunday.

Palmer had appeared in films, on Broadway and in TV shows for decades before she took the role of Mrs. Voorhees in the campy 1980 movie in which young camp counselors suddenly begin meeting their bloody demise. The back story was that she was the mother of Jason Voorhees, who had died at the camp years before. He would come to life in several sequels that Palmer passed on.

She would say in later years that she only took the role in that first film because she wanted the money to buy a new car.

[major jay]

RIP Betsy. You'll always be remembered for that role.
I've read that Tom Savini was paid with a big screen TV for doing the FX.

[BoyScoutKevin]

RIP Betsy. You'll always be remembered for that role.
I've read that Tom Savini was paid with a big screen TV for doing the FX.

Yes, and for the 12 years (1955-1967) she spent as a panelist on "I've Got a Secret" with fellow panelists Henry Morgan, Bill Cullen, and Bess Myerson, host Garry Moore, and a whole bunch of guests. However we remember her, R.I.P. Betsy.