Martha Hyer

Known for ActingBorn 1924-08-10Died 2014-05-31Fort 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Oriental Evil

Kelly and Me

Outcasts of Black Mesa

Once Upon a Horse...

Paris Follies of 1956

Trouble on the Trail

Bewitched

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Judd, for the Defense

The Greatest Show on Earth

Sabrina

The Kangaroo Kid

Frisco Tornado

Salt Lake Raiders

Gun Smugglers

McCloud

Rawhide

The Chase

The Sons of Katie Elder

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

The Name of the Game

The Right Approach

Some Came Running

The Beverly Hillbillies

The Judge Steps Out

The Day of the Wolves

Branded

Mistress of the World - Part I

Family Affair

Four Star Playhouse

Route 66

Lucky Me

Rooster Cogburn

Lux Video Theatre

Wild Stallion

Battle Hymn

Born to Kill

Kraft Suspense Theatre

The Virginian

The Deputy

My Man Godfrey

The Scarlet Spear

Geisha Girl

Racket Squad

The Delicate Delinquent

Cuernavaca in Spring

First Men in the Moon

Houseboat