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Martha Hyer

Born
August 10, 1924
Died
May 31, 2014
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Martha Hyer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Sabrina
(1954)
Elizabeth Tyson
The Sons of Katie Elder
(1965)
Mary Gordon
Houseboat
(1958)
Carolyn Gibson
The Chase
(1966)
Mary Fuller
Some Came Running
(1958)
Gwen French
Bikini Beach
(1964)
Vivien Clements
First Men in the Moon
(1964)
Kate Callender
Born to Kill
(1947)
Maid (uncredited)
Battle Hymn
(1957)
Mary Hess
Wyoming Renegades
(1954)
Nancy Warren
Ice Palace
(1960)
Dorothy Wendt Kennedy
The Carpetbaggers
(1964)
Jennie Denton
The Night of the Grizzly
(1966)
Angela Cole
Catch As Catch Can
(1967)
Luisa Chiaramonte
Crossplot
(1969)
Jo Grinling
Full Filmography
Acting
The Locket
(1946)
bridesmaid
The Woman on the Beach
(1947)
Mrs. Barton (uncredited)
The Judge Steps Out
(1947)
Catherine Bailey Struthers III
Born to Kill
(1947)
Maid (uncredited)
Thunder Mountain
(1947)
Ellie Jorth
The Velvet Touch
(1948)
Helen Adams
Gun Smugglers
(1948)
Judy Davis
Rustlers
(1949)
Ruth Abbott
Roughshod
(1949)
Marcia
The Clay Pigeon
(1949)
Miss Harwick
Outcasts of Black Mesa
(1950)
Ruth Dorn
The Kangaroo Kid
(1950)
Mary Corbett
The Lawless
(1950)
Caroline Tyler
Frisco Tornado
(1950)
Jean Martin
Salt Lake Raiders
(1950)
Helen Thornton
Oriental Evil
(1951)
Cheryl Banning
Wild Stallion
(1952)
Caroline (as an adult)
Yukon Gold
(1952)
Marie Briand
Geisha Girl
(1952)
Peggy Burns
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
(1953)
Janie Howe
So Big
(1953)
Paula Hempel
Wyoming Renegades
(1954)
Nancy Warren
Battle of Rogue River
(1954)
Brett McClain
Riders to the Stars
(1954)
Dr. Jane Flynn
Down Three Dark Streets
(1954)
Connie Anderson
Cry Vengeance
(1954)
Peggy Harding
Lucky Me
(1954)
Lorraine Thayer
The Scarlet Spear
(1954)
Christine
Trouble on the Trail
(1954)
Kidnapped Singer
Sabrina
(1954)
Elizabeth Tyson
Paris Follies of 1956
(1955)
Ruth Harmon
Francis in the Navy
(1955)
Betsy Donevan
Kiss of Fire
(1955)
Felicia
Red Sundown
(1956)
Caroline Murphy
Showdown at Abilene
(1956)
Peggy Bigelow
Battle Hymn
(1957)
Mary Hess
The Delicate Delinquent
(1957)
Martha Henshaw
Kelly and Me
(1957)
Lucy Castle
Mister Cory
(1957)
Abby Vollard
My Man Godfrey
(1957)
Cordelia Bullock
Once Upon a Horse...
(1958)
Miss Amity Babb
Some Came Running
(1958)
Gwen French
Paris Holiday
(1958)
Ann McCall
Houseboat
(1958)
Carolyn Gibson
The Big Fisherman
(1959)
Herodias
The Best of Everything
(1959)
Barbara Lamont
Mistress of the World - Part II
(1960)
Karin Johanson
Desire in the Dust
(1960)
Melinda Marquand
Ice Palace
(1960)
Dorothy Wendt Kennedy
Mistress of the World - Part I
(1960)
Karin Johanson
The Last Time I Saw Archie
(1961)
Peggy Kramer
The Right Approach
(1961)
Anne Perry
A Girl Named Tamiko
(1962)
Fay Wilson
The Man from the Diners' Club
(1963)
Lucy
Wives and Lovers
(1963)
Lucinda Ford
Bikini Beach
(1964)
Vivien Clements
Blood on the Arrow
(1964)
Nancy Mailer
The Carpetbaggers
(1964)
Jennie Denton
First Men in the Moon
(1964)
Kate Callender
Pyro... The Thing Without a Face
(1964)
Laura Blanco
War Italian Style
(1965)
Lt. Inge Schultze
The Sons of Katie Elder
(1965)
Mary Gordon
The Chase
(1966)
Mary Fuller
The Night of the Grizzly
(1966)
Angela Cole
Cuernavaca in Spring
(1966)
Picture Mommy Dead
(1966)
Francene Shelley
Catch As Catch Can
(1967)
Luisa Chiaramonte
Some May Live
(1967)
Kate Meredith
House of 1,000 Dolls
(1967)
Rebecca
Another Man's Wife
(1967)
Ana María
The Happening
(1967)
Monica Delmonico
Crossplot
(1969)
Jo Grinling
Once You Kiss a Stranger...
(1969)
Lee Marshall
The Day of the Wolves
(1971)
Maggie Anderson
Writing
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