Pamela Voorhees Pamela Voorhees Pamela Voorhees is a character from the "Friday the 13th" film series. She first appeared in Sean S. Cunningham's original film as the vengeful mother of Jason Voorhees, simply known as Mrs. Voorhees. The character was created by Victor Miller, and was portrayed by Betsy Palmer in the original film as well as briefly in "Friday the 13th Part 2" (1981). She was portrayed by Paula Shaw in "Freddy vs. Jason" (2003). According to Palmer, she was asked to reprise her role as Pamela Voorhees for "Freddy vs. Jason" but she turned the part down after she read
Jason Voorhees Stephanie impales him before Tommy decapitates him with a shard of glass. Jason's soul is then absorbed by Freddy, who uses it to increase his own power. Initially created by Victor Miller, Jason's final design was a combined effort by Miller, Ron Kurz, and Tom Savini. The name "Jason" is a combination of "Josh" and "Ian", Miller's two sons, and "Voorhees" was inspired by a girl that Miller knew at high school whose last name was Van Voorhees. Miller felt it was a "creepy-sounding name", which was perfect for his character. Miller initially wrote Jason as a normal-looking child, but