‘Friday the 13th’: Late ’50s star, killer cook Betsy Palmer once called horror script ‘a piece of dreck’

‘Friday the 13th’: Late ’50s star, killer cook Betsy Palmer once called horror script ‘a piece of dreck’

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,” passed away in 2015 at age 88.