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Betsy Palmer

1926 - 2015

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Betsy Palmer (born Patricia Betsy Hrunek; November 1, 1926 – May 29, 2015) was an American actress known for her many film and Broadway roles, television guest-starring appearances, as a panelist on the game show I've Got a Secret, and later for playing Pamela Voorhees, the antagonist and mother of Jason Voorhees, in the first Friday the 13th film (1980). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Betsy Palmer is the 2,887th most popular actor (up from 3,584th in 2024), the 4,917th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,372nd in 2019) and the 1,378th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Betsy Palmer ranks 2,887 out of 13,578. Before her are Esai Morales, Mercedes Ruehl, Mae Marsh, Elaine Stewart, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Michael Ballhaus. After her are Danneel Ackles, Richard Tauber, Cedric Hardwicke, Fritz Muliar, Corin Redgrave, and Édgar Ramírez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Betsy Palmer ranks 237. Before her are Avraham Adan, James Hillman, Bhupen Hazarika, Ri Kun-mo, Salvador Jorge Blanco, and Nikita Simonyan. After her are Claudio Villa, Miguel Obando y Bravo, Ibrahim Nasir, Sadegh Khalkhali, Alina Szapocznikow, and Salahuddin of Selangor. Among people deceased in 2015, Betsy Palmer ranks 191. Before her are Lesley Gore, Rico Rodriguez, Ron Clarke, Gunnar Hansen, Richard Johnson, and Wan Li. After her are James Aldridge, John Henry Holland, Hans Erni, Bernard Maris, Gerald Götting, and Roddy Piper.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Betsy Palmer ranks 4,917 out of 20,380. Before her are James L. Elliot (1943), Leontyne Price (1927), Edward Marsh (1874), Bryce Dallas Howard (1981), Samantha Smith (1972), and James Ingram (1952). After her are Danneel Ackles (1979), Budge Patty (1924), Pete Ricketts (1964), Scott Travis (1961), Radia Perlman (1951), and John L. Sullivan (1858).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Betsy Palmer ranks 1,378. Before her are Joanne Dru (1922), Esai Morales (1962), Mercedes Ruehl (1948), Mae Marsh (1894), Elaine Stewart (1930), and Bryce Dallas Howard (1981). After her are Danneel Ackles (1979), Norma Talmadge (1894), Joe Lando (1961), Lisa Niemi (1956), Susan Howard (1944), and Giovanni Ribisi (1974).

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