Martha Hyer
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 10, 1924
- Died
- May 31, 2014
- Birthplace
- Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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.
Filmography
Rooster Cogburn 1975
Writer
The Day of the Wolves 1971
as Maggie Anderson
Crossplot 1969
as Jo Grinling
Once You Kiss a Stranger... 1969
as Lee Marshall
House of 1,000 Dolls 1967
as Rebecca
Another Man's Wife 1967
as Ana María
Catch As Catch Can 1967
as Luisa Chiaramonte
Some May Live 1967
as Kate Meredith
The Happening 1967
as Monica Delmonico
Picture Mommy Dead 1966
as Francene Shelley
Cuernavaca in Spring 1966
Actor
The Night of the Grizzly 1966
as Angela Cole
The Chase 1966
as Mary Fuller
War Italian Style 1965
as Lt. Inge Schultze
The Sons of Katie Elder 1965
as Mary Gordon
Blood on the Arrow 1964
as Nancy Mailer
First Men in the Moon 1964
as Kate Callender
Bikini Beach 1964
as Vivien Clements
The Carpetbaggers 1964
as Jennie Denton
Pyro... The Thing Without a Face 1964
as Laura Blanco
Wives and Lovers 1963
as Lucinda Ford
The Man from the Diners' Club 1963
as Lucy
A Girl Named Tamiko 1962
as Fay Wilson
The Last Time I Saw Archie 1961
as Peggy Kramer
The Right Approach 1961
as Anne Perry
Desire in the Dust 1960
as Melinda Marquand
Mistress of the World - Part II 1960
as Karin Johanson
Mistress of the World - Part I 1960
as Karin Johanson
Ice Palace 1960
as Dorothy Wendt Kennedy
The Best of Everything 1959
as Barbara Lamont
The Big Fisherman 1959
as Herodias
Some Came Running 1958
as Gwen French
Houseboat 1958
as Carolyn Gibson
Once Upon a Horse... 1958
as Miss Amity Babb
Paris Holiday 1958
as Ann McCall
My Man Godfrey 1957
as Cordelia Bullock
The Delicate Delinquent 1957
as Martha Henshaw
Kelly and Me 1957
as Lucy Castle
Mister Cory 1957
as Abby Vollard
Battle Hymn 1957
as Mary Hess
Showdown at Abilene 1956
as Peggy Bigelow
Red Sundown 1956
as Caroline Murphy
Paris Follies of 1956 1955
as Ruth Harmon
Kiss of Fire 1955
as Felicia
Francis in the Navy 1955
as Betsy Donevan
Trouble on the Trail 1954
as Kidnapped Singer
Cry Vengeance 1954
as Peggy Harding
Down Three Dark Streets 1954
as Connie Anderson
Sabrina 1954
as Elizabeth Tyson
Battle of Rogue River 1954
as Brett McClain
Lucky Me 1954
as Lorraine Thayer
Wyoming Renegades 1954
as Nancy Warren
The Scarlet Spear 1954
as Christine
Riders to the Stars 1954
as Dr. Jane Flynn
So Big 1953
as Paula Hempel
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars 1953
as Janie Howe
Yukon Gold 1952
as Marie Briand
Geisha Girl 1952
as Peggy Burns
Wild Stallion 1952
as Caroline (as an adult)
- Oriental Evil
Oriental Evil 1951
as Cheryl Banning
The Kangaroo Kid 1950
as Mary Corbett
Frisco Tornado 1950
as Jean Martin
The Lawless 1950
as Caroline Tyler
Salt Lake Raiders 1950
as Helen Thornton
Outcast of Black Mesa 1950
as Ruth Dorn
Roughshod 1949
as Marcia
Rustlers 1949
as Ruth Abbott
The Clay Pigeon 1949
as Miss Harwick
Gun Smugglers 1948
as Judy Davis
The Velvet Touch 1948
as Helen Adams
The Judge Steps Out 1947
as Catherine Bailey Struthers III
The Woman on the Beach 1947
as Mrs. Barton (uncredited)
Thunder Mountain 1947
as Ellie Jorth
Born to Kill 1947
as Maid (uncredited)
The Locket 1946
as Bridesmaid (uncredited)
Credits from TMDB.