Martha Hyer
Acting
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
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movieThe Day of the Wolves
1971
Maggie Anderson
movieCrossplot
1969
Jo Grinling
movieOnce You Kiss a Stranger...
1969
Lee Marshall
tvThe Name of the Game
1968
Billie Ramsey
movieAnother Man's Wife
1967
Ana María
movieCatch As Catch Can
1967
Luisa Chiaramonte
movieSome May Live
1967
Kate Meredith
movieThe Happening
1967
Monica Delmonico
moviePicture Mommy Dead
1966
Francene Shelley
movieThe Night of the Grizzly
1966
Angela Cole
movieThe Chase
1966
Mary Fuller
movieWar Italian Style
1965
Lt. Inge Schultze
movieThe Sons of Katie Elder
1965
Mary Gordon
movieBlood on the Arrow
1964
Nancy Mailer
tvBewitched
1964
Margaret Marshall
movieFirst Men in the Moon
1964
Kate Callender
movieBikini Beach
1964
Vivien Clements
movieThe Carpetbaggers
1964
Jennie Denton
moviePyro... The Thing Without a Face
1964
Laura Blanco
tvKraft Suspense Theatre
1963
Helen Blaine / Caroline Glenn
tvBurke's Law
1963
Jerri Vaughn / Penny Allen / Clarissa Montgomery / Gloria Vickers / Adrienne Shelton / Dr. Serena Standish
movieWives and Lovers
1963
Lucinda Ford
movieA Girl Named Tamiko
1962
Fay Wilson
tvThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
Alice Marsden / Judy Mullett
tvThe Virginian
1962
Amalia Clark
movieThe Last Time I Saw Archie
1961
Peggy Kramer
movieThe Right Approach
1961
Anne Perry
movieDesire in the Dust
1960
Melinda Marquand
movieMistress of the World - Part II
1960
Karin Johanson
movieMistress of the World - Part I
1960
Karin Johanson
movieIce Palace
1960
Dorothy Wendt Kennedy
movieThe Best of Everything
1959
Barbara Lamont
tvThe Deputy
1959
Joy Cartwright
movieThe Big Fisherman
1959
Herodias
tvRawhide
1959
Hannah Haley
movieSome Came Running
1958
Gwen French
movieHouseboat
1958
Carolyn Gibson
movieOnce Upon a Horse...
1958
Miss Amity Babb
movieParis Holiday
1958
Ann McCall
movieMy Man Godfrey
1957
Cordelia Bullock
movieThe Delicate Delinquent
1957
Martha Henshaw
movieKelly and Me
1957
Lucy Castle
movieMister Cory
1957
Abby Vollard
movieBattle Hymn
1957
Mary Hess
tvDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Laurie Pritchard
movieShowdown at Abilene
1956
Peggy Bigelow
movieRed Sundown
1956
Caroline Murphy
movieParis Follies of 1956
1955
Ruth Harmon
movieKiss of Fire
1955
Felicia
movieFrancis in the Navy
1955
Betsy Donevan
movieTrouble on the Trail
1954
Kidnapped Singer
movieCry Vengeance
1954
Peggy Harding
tvClimax!
1954
Vi Johnson
movieDown Three Dark Streets
1954
Connie Anderson
movieSabrina
1954
Elizabeth Tyson
movieBattle of Rogue River
1954
Brett McClain
movieLucky Me
1954
Lorraine Thayer
movieWyoming Renegades
1954
Nancy Warren
movieThe Scarlet Spear
1954
Christine
movieRiders to the Stars
1954
Dr. Jane Flynn
movieSo Big
1953
Paula Hempel
movieAbbott and Costello Go to Mars
1953
Janie Howe
tvFour Star Playhouse
1952
Gloria / Jan
movieYukon Gold
1952
Marie Briand
movieGeisha Girl
1952
Peggy Burns
movieWild Stallion
1952
Caroline (as an adult)
Oriental Evil
1951
Cheryl Banning
movieThe Kangaroo Kid
1950
Mary Corbett
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Lois / Jean / Ivy / Julie / Trudy
movieFrisco Tornado
1950
Jean Martin
movieThe Lawless
1950
Caroline Tyler
movieSalt Lake Raiders
1950
Helen Thornton
movieOutcasts of Black Mesa
1950
Ruth Dorn
movieRoughshod
1949
Marcia
movieThe Clay Pigeon
1949
Miss Harwick
movieRustlers
1949
Ruth Abbott
movieGun Smugglers
1948
Judy Davis
movieThe Velvet Touch
1948
Helen Adams
movieThe Judge Steps Out
1947
Catherine Bailey Struthers III
movieThe Woman on the Beach
1947
Mrs. Barton (uncredited)
movieThunder Mountain
1947
Ellie Jorth
movieBorn to Kill
1947
Maid (uncredited)
movieThe Locket
1946
Bridesmaid (uncredited)
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movieRooster Cogburn
1975
Writer