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