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.
Acted in 95
1960s
- 1969
Once You Kiss a Stranger...
Lee Marshall
- 1968
- 1967
House of 1,000 Dolls
Rebecca
Another Man's Wife
Ana María
Catch As Catch Can
Luisa Chiaramonte
Some May Live
Kate Meredith
- 1966
Cuernavaca in Spring
Movie
The Night of the Grizzly
Angela Cole
- 1965
War Italian Style
Lt. Inge Schultze
- 1964
First Men in the Moon
Kate Callender
Pyro... The Thing Without a Face
Laura Blanco
- 1963
Wives and Lovers
Lucinda Ford
The Man from the Diners' Club
Lucy
- 1962
A Girl Named Tamiko
Fay Wilson
- 1961
The Last Time I Saw Archie
Peggy Kramer
The Right Approach
Anne Perry
- 1960
Desire in the Dust
Melinda Marquand
Mistress of the World - Part II
Karin Johanson
Mistress of the World - Part I
Karin Johanson
Ice Palace
Dorothy Wendt Kennedy
1950s
- 1959
The Best of Everything
Barbara Lamont
The Big Fisherman
Herodias
- 1958
Some Came Running
Gwen French
Once Upon a Horse...
Miss Amity Babb
Paris Holiday
Ann McCall
- 1957
The Delicate Delinquent
Martha Henshaw
Kelly and Me
Lucy Castle
Mister Cory
Abby Vollard
Battle Hymn
Mary Hess
- 1956
Red Sundown
Caroline Murphy
- 1955
Paris Follies of 1956
Ruth Harmon
Kiss of Fire
Felicia
Francis in the Navy
Betsy Donevan
- 1954
Trouble on the Trail
Kidnapped Singer
Cry Vengeance
Peggy Harding
Down Three Dark Streets
Connie Anderson
Battle of Rogue River
Brett McClain
Lucky Me
Lorraine Thayer
Wyoming Renegades
Nancy Warren
The Scarlet Spear
Christine
Riders to the Stars
Dr. Jane Flynn
- 1953
So Big
Paula Hempel
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
Janie Howe
- 1952
Yukon Gold
Marie Briand
Wild Stallion
Caroline (as an adult)
- 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Lisa · 1 episode
- 1950
The Kangaroo Kid
Mary Corbett
The Lawless
Caroline Tyler
Salt Lake Raiders
Helen Thornton
Outcast of Black Mesa
Ruth Dorn
1940s
- 1949
The Clay Pigeon
Miss Harwick
Rustlers
Ruth Abbott
- 1948
Gun Smugglers
Judy Davis
The Velvet Touch
Helen Adams
- 1947
The Judge Steps Out
Catherine Bailey Struthers III
The Woman on the Beach
Mrs. Barton (uncredited)
Thunder Mountain
Ellie Jorth
Born to Kill
Maid (uncredited)
- 1946
Wrote 1
1970s
- 1975
Rooster Cogburn
Writer