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Sunday, October 16, 2011

Whatever Happened to: Jason's Mother in the original Friday the 13th

Thanks to the Movie Scream, many people know that the original killer in the Friday the 13th movies was not Jason, but Jason's Mother. Blaming camp counselors who were not watching her son, Mrs. Voorhees decides to get revenge on the new camp counselors. She kills them one by one. Mrs. Voorhees was played by veteran American actress, Betsy Palmer. Before she was swinging around a knife, Betsy was a regular panelist on the game show I've Got a Secret. She appeared in acclaimed movies like, Mister Roberts, Queen Bee, and The Tin Star. Palmer created the role of "Suz Becker" on the CBS daytime soap opera As the World Turns. From 1981 to 1982, she appeared on Knots Landing as Virginia "Ginny" Bullock, the aunt of Valene Ewing. Today, she continues acting. The last thing she has done is voice over work for Bell Witch: The Movie.

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