Martha Hyer
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Martha Hyer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
All Movies (74)
- The Day of the Wolves1971 · as Maggie Anderson
- Crossplot1969 · as Jo Grinling
- Once You Kiss a Stranger...1969 · as Lee Marshall
- House of 1,000 Dolls1967 · as Rebecca
- Another Man's Wife1967 · as Ana María
- Catch As Catch Can1967 · as Luisa Chiaramonte
- Some May Live1967 · as Kate Meredith
- The Happening1967 · as Monica Delmonico
- Picture Mommy Dead1966 · as Francene Shelley
- Cuernavaca in Spring1966
- The Night of the Grizzly1966 · as Angela Cole
- The Chase1966 · as Mary Fuller
- War Italian Style1965 · as Lt. Inge Schultze
- The Sons of Katie Elder1965 · as Mary Gordon
- Blood on the Arrow1964 · as Nancy Mailer
- First Men in the Moon1964 · as Kate Callender
- Bikini Beach1964 · as Vivien Clements
- The Carpetbaggers1964 · as Jennie Denton
- Pyro... The Thing Without a Face1964 · as Laura Blanco
- Wives and Lovers1963 · as Lucinda Ford
- The Man from the Diners' Club1963 · as Lucy
- A Girl Named Tamiko1962 · as Fay Wilson
- The Last Time I Saw Archie1961 · as Peggy Kramer
- The Right Approach1961 · as Anne Perry
- Desire in the Dust1960 · as Melinda Marquand
- Mistress of the World - Part II1960 · as Karin Johanson
- Mistress of the World - Part I1960 · as Karin Johanson
- Ice Palace1960 · as Dorothy Wendt Kennedy
- The Best of Everything1959 · as Barbara Lamont
- The Big Fisherman1959 · as Herodias
- Some Came Running1958 · as Gwen French
- Houseboat1958 · as Carolyn Gibson
- Once Upon a Horse...1958 · as Miss Amity Babb
- Paris Holiday1958 · as Ann McCall
- My Man Godfrey1957 · as Cordelia Bullock
- The Delicate Delinquent1957 · as Martha Henshaw
- Kelly and Me1957 · as Lucy Castle
- Mister Cory1957 · as Abby Vollard
- Battle Hymn1957 · as Mary Hess
- Showdown at Abilene1956 · as Peggy Bigelow
- Red Sundown1956 · as Caroline Murphy
- Paris Follies of 19561955 · as Ruth Harmon
- Kiss of Fire1955 · as Felicia
- Francis in the Navy1955 · as Betsy Donevan
- Trouble on the Trail1954 · as Kidnapped Singer
- Cry Vengeance1954 · as Peggy Harding
- Down Three Dark Streets1954 · as Connie Anderson
- Sabrina1954 · as Elizabeth Tyson
- Battle of Rogue River1954 · as Brett McClain
- Lucky Me1954 · as Lorraine Thayer
- Wyoming Renegades1954 · as Nancy Warren
- The Scarlet Spear1954 · as Christine
- Riders to the Stars1954 · as Dr. Jane Flynn
- So Big1953 · as Paula Hempel
- Abbott and Costello Go to Mars1953 · as Janie Howe
- Yukon Gold1952 · as Marie Briand
- Geisha Girl1952 · as Peggy Burns
- Wild Stallion1952 · as Caroline (as an adult)
- Oriental Evil1951 · as Cheryl Banning
- The Kangaroo Kid1950 · as Mary Corbett
- Frisco Tornado1950 · as Jean Martin
- The Lawless1950 · as Caroline Tyler
- Salt Lake Raiders1950 · as Helen Thornton
- Outcasts of Black Mesa1950 · as Ruth Dorn
- Roughshod1949 · as Marcia
- The Clay Pigeon1949 · as Miss Harwick
- Rustlers1949 · as Ruth Abbott
- Gun Smugglers1948 · as Judy Davis
- The Velvet Touch1948 · as Helen Adams
- The Judge Steps Out1947 · as Catherine Bailey Struthers III
- The Woman on the Beach1947 · as Mrs. Barton (uncredited)
- Thunder Mountain1947 · as Ellie Jorth
- Born to Kill1947 · as Maid (uncredited)
- The Locket1946 · as Bridesmaid (uncredited)
All TV Shows (35)
- McCloud1970
- The Name of the Game1968 · as Billie Ramsey
- Judd, for the Defense1967
- Family Affair1966
- Branded1965
- Bewitched1964 · as Margaret Marshall
- Kraft Suspense Theatre1963 · as Helen Blaine
- Kraft Suspense Theatre1963 · as Caroline Glenn
- Burke's Law1963 · as Jerri Vaughn
- Burke's Law1963 · as Penny Allen
- Burke's Law1963 · as Clarissa Montgomery
- Burke's Law1963 · as Gloria Vickers
- Burke's Law1963 · as Adrienne Shelton
- Burke's Law1963 · as Dr. Serena Standish
- The Greatest Show on Earth1963
- The Beverly Hillbillies1962
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour1962 · as Alice Marsden
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour1962 · as Judy Mullett
- The Virginian1962 · as Amalia Clark
- Route 661960
- The Deputy1959 · as Joy Cartwright
- Rawhide1959 · as Hannah Haley
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Laurie Pritchard
- Climax!1954 · as Vi Johnson
- Public Defender1954
- Four Star Playhouse1952 · as Gloria
- Four Star Playhouse1952 · as Jan
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951 · as Lisa
- Racket Squad1951
- The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok1951
- Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Lois
- Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Jean
- Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Ivy
- Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Julie
- Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Trudy