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Betsy Palmer
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1 November 1926 - 29 May 2015
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Horror lovers Betsy Palmer is associated with Mrs. Voorhees. Friday the 13th . Anyone who has seen this film will not forget Betsy Palmer, and it is better not to watch it at all. They say that after reading the script, the actress described this role and the whole series very succinctly and not quite literary, and added that hardly anyone will watch this film. However, she accepted the role because, as Betsy herself admitted, “I wanted to buy a new car, and I needed money.”
This recognition of
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Horror lovers Betsy Palmer is associated with Mrs. Voorhees.
Friday the 13th . Anyone who has seen this film will not forget Betsy Palmer, and it is better not to watch it at all.
They say that after reading the script, the actress described this role and the whole series very succinctly and not quite literary, and added that hardly anyone will watch this film. However, she accepted the role because, as Betsy herself admitted, “I wanted to buy a new car, and I needed money.”
This recognition of her then for a long time “remembered” in the press, as the film was received by critics extremely ambiguously. He was even nominated for "Antioscar" - for worst directing and worst supporting female role - the same Pamela Voorhees. "Good words" to the actress was expressed a lot. However, this small role turned Betsy Palmer herself into a cult actress for horror fans, which did not please her.
And when Betsy was offered to revive this character in the films “Jason X” and “Freddie vs. Jason”, the actress refused to act flatly.
Naturally, mother Voorhees with her original popularity is not the only role played by Betsy Palmer.
At the very beginning of her career, she was quite active and often starred on television – in soap operas, as well as in the quiz show “I Have a Secret”. But Palmer wanted to establish herself as a serious dramatic actress, so that she would not be perceived as a "face of day soap." And she did play many serious dramatic roles, noticed and appreciated by the audience: Kitty Carter in “Long Grey Lines”, nurse Anne Girard.
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However, the series still prevail in Palmer’s creative baggage. Betsy Palmer's last film, Bell Witch: The Movie, was released in 2007. /