Name
Martha Hyer
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1924-08-10
Deathday
2014-05-31 (90 years old)
Place of Birth
Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Biography
Martha Hyer (August 10, 1924, Fort Worth, Texas - May 31, 2014, Santa Fe, New Mexico) was an American actress.
She attended Northwestern University and was a member of Pi Beta Phi fraternity. After completing her education, she next appeared in The Locket in 1946. She had roles in So Big (1953), Sabrina (1954), The Delicate Delinquent in 1956 (Jerry Lewis' first film without Dean Martin), Houseboat (1958), Ice Palace (1960), Desire in the Dust (1960), The Carpetbaggers (1964), First Men in the Moon (1964), Blood on the Arrow (1964) and The Sons of Katie Elder (1965), Night of the Grizzly (1966), among many others. She costarred with Keenan Wynn in Bikini Beach (1964), one of the Beach Party movies with Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello.
On television, Hyer played the part of "Hannah Haley" in the episode "Incident West of Lano" on the Western series Rawhide.
Her most significant role came as the love interest of Frank Sinatra in Some Came Running for director Vincente Minnelli in 1958, for which she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Hyer was one of the actresses considered for the Janet Leigh role of the doomed Marion Crane in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller Psycho. Her last film was Day of the Wolves in 1973.
Hyer married producer Hal B. Wallis in 1966, and the couple remained together until his death in 1986.
She died on May 31, 2014, at the age of 89 from natural causes, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she had lived for many years.
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- 1958 Houseboat as Carolyn Gibson
- 1966 The Night of the Grizzly as Angela Cole
- 1954 Sabrina as Elizabeth Tyson
- 1966 The Chase as Mary Fuller
- 1954 Lucky Me as Lorraine Thayer
- 1953 Abbott and Costello Go to Mars as Janie Howe
- 1964 First Men in the Moon as Kate Callender
- 1958 Paris Holiday as Ann McCall
- 1964 Pyro... The Thing Without a Face as Laura Blanco
- 1948 The Velvet Touch as Helen Adams
- 1954 Cry Vengeance as Peggy Harding
- 1949 The Clay Pigeon as Miss Harwick
- 1947 The Woman on the Beach as Mrs. Barton (uncredited)
- 1964 The Carpetbaggers as Jennie Denton
- 1954 Down Three Dark Streets as Connie Anderson
- 1955 Francis in the Navy as Betsy Donevan
- 1957 The Delicate Delinquent as Martha Henshaw
- 1965 The Sons of Katie Elder as Mary Gordon
- 1958 Some Came Running as Gwen French
- 1964 Bikini Beach as Vivien Clements
- 1960 Ice Palace as Dorothy Wendt Kennedy
- 1953 So Big as Paula Hempel
- 1969 Once You Kiss a Stranger... as Lee Marshall
- 1957 Battle Hymn as Mary Hess
- 1959 The Best of Everything as Barbara Lamont
- 1967 The Happening as Monica Delmonico
- 1954 Riders to the Stars as Dr. Jane Flynn
- 1961 The Last Time I Saw Archie as Peggy Kramer
- 1967 Another Man's Wife as Ana María
- 1969 Crossplot as Jo Grinling
- 1967 House of 1,000 Dolls as Rebecca
- 1966 Picture Mommy Dead as Francene Shelley
- 1949 Roughshod as Marcia
- 1947 Thunder Mountain as Ellie Jorth
- 1954 Wyoming Renegades as Nancy Warren
- 1956 Showdown at Abilene as Peggy Bigelow
- 1950 The Kangaroo Kid as Mary Corbett
- 1956 Red Sundown as Caroline Murphy
- 1957 Mister Cory as Abby Vollard
- 1963 The Man from the Diners' Club as Lucy
- 1955 Kiss of Fire as Felicia
- 1963 Wives and Lovers as Lucinda Ford
- 1959 The Big Fisherman as Herodias
- 1957 Kelly and Me as Lucy Castle
- 1967 Catch As Catch Can as Luisa Chiaramonte
- 1962 A Girl Named Tamiko as Fay Wilson
- 1952 Wild Stallion as Caroline (as an adult)
- 1954 Battle of Rogue River as Brett McClain
- 1960 Mistress of the World - Part I as Karin Johanson
- 1961 The Right Approach as Anne Perry
- 1971 The Day of the Wolves as Maggie Anderson
- 1952 Geisha Girl as Peggy Burns
- 1957 My Man Godfrey as Cordelia Bullock
- 1966 Cuernavaca in Spring
- 1954 The Scarlet Spear as Christine
- 1947 The Judge Steps Out as Catherine Bailey Struthers III
- 1949 Rustlers as Ruth Abbott
- 1950 The Lawless as Caroline Tyler
- 1960 Desire in the Dust as Melinda Marquand
- 1954 Trouble on the Trail as Kidnapped Singer
- 1952 Yukon Gold as Marie Briand
- 1947 Born to Kill as Maid (uncredited)
- 1958 Once Upon a Horse... as Miss Amity Babb
- 1967 Some May Live as Kate Meredith
- 1960 Mistress of the World - Part II as Karin Johanson
- 1948 Gun Smugglers as Judy Davis
- 1964 Blood on the Arrow as Nancy Mailer
- 1950 Frisco Tornado as Jean Martin
- 1950 Salt Lake Raiders as Helen Thornton
- 1950 Outcast of Black Mesa as Ruth Dorn
- 1951 Oriental Evil as Cheryl Banning
- 1955 Paris Follies of 1956 as Ruth Harmon
- 1946 The Locket as Bridesmaid (uncredited)
- 1965 War Italian Style as Lt. Inge Schultze
- 1966 Family Affair ( 1 episode )
- 1963 Burke's Law ( 1 episode ) as Jerri Vaughn
- 1963 Kraft Suspense Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Helen Blaine
- 1962 The Beverly Hillbillies ( 1 episode )
- 1960 Route 66 ( 1 episode )
- 1964 Bewitched ( 1 episode ) as Margaret Marshall
- 1963 The Greatest Show on Earth ( 1 episode )
- 1959 Rawhide ( 1 episode ) as Hannah Haley
- 1950 Lux Video Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Lois
- 1970 McCloud ( 1 episode )
- 1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars ( 1 episode ) as Lisa
- 1954 Climax! ( 1 episode ) as Vi Johnson
- 1967 Judd, for the Defense ( 1 episode )
- 1951 The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok ( 1 episode )
- 1965 Branded ( 1 episode )
- 1951 Racket Squad ( 1 episode )
- 1954 Public Defender ( 1 episode )
- 1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Laurie Pritchard
- 1950 Lux Video Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Ivy
- 1950 Lux Video Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Jean
- 1950 Lux Video Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Julie
- 1950 Lux Video Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Trudy
- 1963 Burke's Law ( 1 episode ) as Penny Allen
- 1963 Burke's Law ( 1 episode ) as Clarissa Montgomery
- 1963 Burke's Law ( 1 episode ) as Gloria Vickers
- 1963 Burke's Law ( 1 episode ) as Adrienne Shelton
- 1963 Burke's Law ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Serena Standish
- 1952 Four Star Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Gloria
- 1952 Four Star Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Jan
- 1963 Kraft Suspense Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Caroline Glenn
- 1968 The Name of the Game ( 1 episode ) as Billie Ramsey
- 1962 The Virginian ( 1 episode ) as Amalia Clark
- 1962 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour ( 1 episode ) as Alice Marsden
- 1962 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour ( 1 episode ) as Judy Mullett
- 1959 The Deputy ( 1 episode ) as Joy Cartwright
