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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Filmography
all 96
Movies 75
TV Shows 21
Writer 1
Rooster Cogburn (1975)
The Day of the Wolves (1971)
McCloud (1970)
Crossplot (1969)
Once You Kiss a Stranger... (1969)
The Name of the Game (1968)
Another Man's Wife (1967)
House of 1,000 Dolls (1967)
Catch As Catch Can (1967)
Judd for the Defense (1967)
The Happening (1967)
Some May Live (1967)
Picture Mommy Dead (1966)
Family Affair (1966)
Cuernavaca in Spring (1966)
The Night of the Grizzly (1966)
The Chase (1966)
War Italian Style (1965)
The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
Branded (1965)
Blood on the Arrow (1964)
Bewitched (1964)
Bikini Beach (1964)
First Men in the Moon (1964)
The Carpetbaggers (1964)
Pyro... The Thing Without a Face (1964)
Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963)
Burke's Law (1963)
The Greatest Show on Earth (1963)
Wives and Lovers (1963)
The Man from the Diners' Club (1963)
A Girl Named Tamiko (1962)
The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
The Last Time I Saw Archie (1961)
The Right Approach (1961)
Desire in the Dust (1960)
Route 66 (1960)
Mistress of the World - Part II (1960)
Mistress of the World - Part I (1960)
Ice Palace (1960)
The Best of Everything (1959)
The Big Fisherman (1959)
Rawhide (1959)
Some Came Running (1958)
Houseboat (1958)
Once Upon a Horse... (1958)
Paris Holiday (1958)
My Man Godfrey (1957)
The Delicate Delinquent (1957)
Kelly and Me (1957)
Mister Cory (1957)
Battle Hymn (1957)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
Showdown at Abilene (1956)
Red Sundown (1956)
Paris Follies of 1956 (1955)
Kiss of Fire (1955)
Francis in the Navy (1955)
Trouble on the Trail (1954)
Cry Vengeance (1954)
Climax! (1954)
Sabrina (1954)
Down Three Dark Streets (1954)
Battle of Rogue River (1954)
Lucky Me (1954)
Wyoming Renegades (1954)
Public Defender (1954)
The Scarlet Spear (1954)
Riders to the Stars (1954)
So Big (1953)
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)
Four Star Playhouse (1952)
Yukon Gold (1952)
Geisha Girl (1952)
Wild Stallion (1952)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
Oriental Evil (1951)
Racket Squad (1951)
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951)
The Kangaroo Kid (1950)
Lux Video Theatre (1950)
Frisco Tornado (1950)
The Lawless (1950)
Salt Lake Raiders (1950)
Outcasts of Black Mesa (1950)
Roughshod (1949)
Rustlers (1949)
The Clay Pigeon (1949)
Gun Smugglers (1948)
The Velvet Touch (1948)
The Judge Steps Out (1947)
The Woman on the Beach (1947)
Thunder Mountain (1947)
Born to Kill (1947)
The Locket (1946)
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GenderFemale
Birthday1924-08-10
Deathday2014-05-31 (89 years old)
Birth PlaceFort Worth, Texas, United States of America
RelationshipsC. Ray Stahl (1951-01-01 - 1954-01-01), Hal B. Wallis (1966-01-01 - 1986-01-01)
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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