Betsy Palmer, Actress Best Known As Killer Cook In 'Friday The 13th,' Dead At 88, Betsy Palmer, the veteran character performer who accomplished enduring, however not so much looked for after, popularity as the deadly camp cook in the mushy thriller "Friday the 13th," has kicked the bucket at age 88.
Palmer passed on Friday of regular reasons at a hospice consideration focus in Connecticut, her long-lasting director, Brad Lemack, told The Associated Press on Sunday.
Palmer had showed up in movies, on Broadway and in TV shows for a considerable length of time before she took the part of Mrs. Voorhees in the awkward 1980 motion picture in which youthful camp instructors all of a sudden start meeting their ridiculous death. The back story was that she was the mother of Jason Voorhees, who had passed on at the camp years prior. He would become full of energy all of a sudden in a few spin-offs that Palmer went on.
She would say in later years that she just took the part in that first film in light of the fact that she needed the cash to purchase another auto.
Palmer had showed up in various TV shows dating to the mid 1950s Golden Age of Television. Among them were such exemplary dramatizations as "Kraft Theater," ''Playhouse 90" and "Studio One."
Her film credits included "Mr. Roberts" with Henry Fonda, "The Long Gray Line" with Tyrone Power and Maureen O'Hara, "Ruler Bee" with Joan Crawford, and "The Tin Star" with Fonda and Anthony Perkins.
Other TV credits incorporated "Hitch's Landing," ''The Love Boat," ''Newhart," ''Just Shoot Me" and "Homicide, She Wrote." She additionally showed up in a few Broadway plays, including "Same Time, Next Year" and "Cactus Flower."
Palmer passed on Friday of regular reasons at a hospice consideration focus in Connecticut, her long-lasting director, Brad Lemack, told The Associated Press on Sunday.
Palmer had showed up in movies, on Broadway and in TV shows for a considerable length of time before she took the part of Mrs. Voorhees in the awkward 1980 motion picture in which youthful camp instructors all of a sudden start meeting their ridiculous death. The back story was that she was the mother of Jason Voorhees, who had passed on at the camp years prior. He would become full of energy all of a sudden in a few spin-offs that Palmer went on.
She would say in later years that she just took the part in that first film in light of the fact that she needed the cash to purchase another auto.
Palmer had showed up in various TV shows dating to the mid 1950s Golden Age of Television. Among them were such exemplary dramatizations as "Kraft Theater," ''Playhouse 90" and "Studio One."
Her film credits included "Mr. Roberts" with Henry Fonda, "The Long Gray Line" with Tyrone Power and Maureen O'Hara, "Ruler Bee" with Joan Crawford, and "The Tin Star" with Fonda and Anthony Perkins.
Other TV credits incorporated "Hitch's Landing," ''The Love Boat," ''Newhart," ''Just Shoot Me" and "Homicide, She Wrote." She additionally showed up in a few Broadway plays, including "Same Time, Next Year" and "Cactus Flower."
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