Friday the 13th (1980 film)
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Friday the 13th is a 1980 American slasher film produced and directed by Sean S. Cunningham, written by Victor Miller, and starring Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Harry Crosby, Laurie Bartram, Mark Nels
Theatrical release poster by Alex Ebel
Friday the 13th did not have a completed script when Sean S. Cunningham took out this advertisement in Variety.
Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco, where much of the film was shot
Storyboard sketch demonstrating the special effects methods used to achieve Jack's death scene in the film
Betsy Palmer
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Betsy Palmer 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 V
Friday the 13th (1980 film)
…Friday the 13th is a 1980 American slasher film produced and directed by Sean S. Cunningham, written by Victor Miller, and starring Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Harry Crosby, Laurie Bartram, Mark Nelson, Jeannine Taylor, Robbi Morgan, and Kevin Bacon. The plot follows a group of teenage camp…
Palmer in 1960
Palmer (bottom row, right) in TV Guide, October 30, 1954
Betsy Palmer and Jackie Gleason in The Time of Your Life (1958)
Palmer on I've Got a Secret with host Garry Moore and three of Bing Crosby's sons (1961)