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Betsy Palmer, the veteran character actress who achieved lasting, though not necessarily sought-after, fame as the murderous camp cook in the cheesy horror film "Friday the 13th," has died at age 88. Palmer died Friday of natural causes at a hospice care center in Connecticut, her longtime manager, Brad Lemack, told The Associated Press on Sunday.

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Posted on 5/31/15 at 10:17 pm to tigerfan84

RIP Miss Voorhees.

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Posted on 6/1/15 at 7:16 am to tigerfan84

She was a veteran actress at the time she portrayed Jason's mother. She took the role only because she needed money to buy a car. She said she thought the original script was a "piece of shite" when she first read it, but it became her signature role to many people. And she grew fond of the series, making many appearances to discuss her role in the film. RIP Ms. Palmer.

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Kliph Nesteroff: Your love affair with James Dean came about from working together in these dramas...

Besty Palmer: Yes. I was a single girl and he was a single guy (laughs) y'know? So we dated and had a thing (laughs). I'll let you figure out what the "thing" is (laughs). We had a romance! I vaguely remember him saying, "Talk dirty to me." And I didn't know what to do. I didn't know what to say - whether I should say "shite" or...

Kliph Nesteroff: (laughs)

Betsy Palmer: Or "frick" or whatever (laughs).

Kliph Nesteroff: (laughs)

Betsy Palmer: I was naive at that time. Just a little girl from a small town in Indiana. I'm surprised you're even calling me to talk about this stuff!