I met Betsy Palmer briefly at a thing called the Game Show Congress which was out in Burbank in 2006. Since she just passed away at the age of 88, that would mean she was 79 then. She sure didn't look it. She looked maybe fifteen years older than the last episode of the original I've Got a Secret instead of 39 years older. That was probably my favorite game show and she was an integral part of it.
She's known for that and her roles in the Friday the 13th horror movies. She should also be remembered for all the acting she did on stage and screen, including stints on Broadway shows like Same Time, Next Year and Cactus Flower. She also did a lot of regional productions of South Pacific and Annie, Get Your Gun and a few other shows that required a strong, forceful female lead who could sing. I never saw her in any of those but the reviews said she was pretty darn good in them.
I really don't have anything to say about her except that she was charming when I met her and charming on the screen. With the passing of Bess Myerson last year, Jayne Meadows not long ago and now Betsy, it means everyone who was ever a regular panelist on the original I've Got a Secret is gone. How sad.