Martha Hyer
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
Credits
- 1971 · The Day of the Wolves as Maggie Anderson
- 1970 · McCloud as
- 1969 · Crossplot as Jo Grinling
- 1969 · Once You Kiss a Stranger... as Lee Marshall
- 1968 · The Name of the Game as Billie Ramsey
- 1967 · Another Man's Wife as Ana María
- 1967 · House of 1,000 Dolls as Rebecca
- 1967 · Catch As Catch Can as Luisa Chiaramonte
- 1967 · Judd for the Defense as
- 1967 · The Happening as Monica Delmonico
- 1967 · Some May Live as Kate Meredith
- 1966 · Picture Mommy Dead as Francene Shelley
- 1966 · Family Affair as
- 1966 · Cuernavaca in Spring as
- 1966 · The Night of the Grizzly as Angela Cole
- 1966 · The Chase as Mary Fuller
- 1965 · War Italian Style as Lt. Inge Schultze
- 1965 · The Sons of Katie Elder as Mary Gordon
- 1965 · Branded as
- 1964 · Blood on the Arrow as Nancy Mailer
- 1964 · Bewitched as Margaret Marshall
- 1964 · Bikini Beach as Vivien Clements
- 1964 · First Men in the Moon as Kate Callender
- 1964 · The Carpetbaggers as Jennie Denton
- 1964 · Pyro... The Thing Without a Face as Laura Blanco
- 1963 · Kraft Suspense Theatre as Helen Blaine
- 1963 · Kraft Suspense Theatre as Caroline Glenn
- 1963 · Burke's Law as Jerri Vaughn
- 1963 · Burke's Law as Penny Allen
- 1963 · Burke's Law as Clarissa Montgomery
- 1963 · Burke's Law as Gloria Vickers
- 1963 · Burke's Law as Adrienne Shelton
- 1963 · Burke's Law as Dr. Serena Standish
- 1963 · The Greatest Show on Earth as
- 1963 · Wives and Lovers as Lucinda Ford
- 1963 · The Man from the Diners' Club as Lucy
- 1962 · A Girl Named Tamiko as Fay Wilson
- 1962 · The Beverly Hillbillies as
- 1962 · The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Alice Marsden
- 1962 · The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Judy Mullett
- 1962 · The Virginian as Amalia Clark
- 1961 · The Last Time I Saw Archie as Peggy Kramer
- 1961 · The Right Approach as Anne Perry
- 1960 · Desire in the Dust as Melinda Marquand
- 1960 · Route 66 as
- 1960 · Mistress of the World - Part II as Karin Johanson
- 1960 · Mistress of the World - Part I as Karin Johanson
- 1960 · Ice Palace as Dorothy Wendt Kennedy
- 1959 · The Best of Everything as Barbara Lamont
- 1959 · The Big Fisherman as Herodias
- 1959 · Rawhide as Hannah Haley
- 1958 · Some Came Running as Gwen French
- 1958 · Houseboat as Carolyn Gibson
- 1958 · Once Upon a Horse... as Miss Amity Babb
- 1958 · Paris Holiday as Ann McCall
- 1957 · My Man Godfrey as Cordelia Bullock
- 1957 · The Delicate Delinquent as Martha Henshaw
- 1957 · Kelly and Me as Lucy Castle
- 1957 · Mister Cory as Abby Vollard
- 1957 · Battle Hymn as Mary Hess
- 1956 · Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Laurie Pritchard
- 1956 · Showdown at Abilene as Peggy Bigelow
- 1956 · Red Sundown as Caroline Murphy
- 1955 · Paris Follies of 1956 as Ruth Harmon
- 1955 · Kiss of Fire as Felicia
- 1955 · Francis in the Navy as Betsy Donevan
- 1954 · Trouble on the Trail as Kidnapped Singer
- 1954 · Cry Vengeance as Peggy Harding
- 1954 · Climax! as Vi Johnson
- 1954 · Sabrina as Elizabeth Tyson
- 1954 · Down Three Dark Streets as Connie Anderson
- 1954 · Battle of Rogue River as Brett McClain
- 1954 · Lucky Me as Lorraine Thayer
- 1954 · Wyoming Renegades as Nancy Warren
- 1954 · Public Defender as
- 1954 · The Scarlet Spear as Christine
- 1954 · Riders to the Stars as Dr. Jane Flynn
- 1953 · So Big as Paula Hempel
- 1953 · Abbott and Costello Go to Mars as Janie Howe
- 1952 · Four Star Playhouse as Gloria
- 1952 · Four Star Playhouse as Jan
- 1952 · Yukon Gold as Marie Briand
- 1952 · Geisha Girl as Peggy Burns
- 1952 · Wild Stallion as Caroline (as an adult)
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Lisa
- 1951 · Oriental Evil as Cheryl Banning
- 1951 · Racket Squad as
- 1951 · The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok as
- 1950 · The Kangaroo Kid as Mary Corbett
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Lois
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Jean
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Ivy
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Julie
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Trudy
- 1950 · Frisco Tornado as Jean Martin
- 1950 · The Lawless as Caroline Tyler
- 1950 · Salt Lake Raiders as Helen Thornton
- 1950 · Outcasts of Black Mesa as Ruth Dorn
- 1949 · Roughshod as Marcia
- 1949 · The Clay Pigeon as Miss Harwick
- 1949 · Rustlers as Ruth Abbott
- 1948 · Gun Smugglers as Judy Davis
- 1948 · The Velvet Touch as Helen Adams
- 1947 · The Judge Steps Out as Catherine Bailey Struthers III
- 1947 · The Woman on the Beach as Mrs. Barton (uncredited)
- 1947 · Thunder Mountain as Ellie Jorth
- 1947 · Born to Kill as Maid (uncredited)
- 1946 · The Locket as Bridesmaid (uncredited)