Martha Hyer

Acting

Born August 10, 1924 — Died May 31, 2014 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.

Movies(74)

The Day of the Wolves

Maggie Anderson

1971

Crossplot

Jo Grinling

1969

Once You Kiss a Stranger...

Lee Marshall

1969

Another Man's Wife

Ana María

1967

House of 1,000 Dolls

Rebecca

1967

Catch As Catch Can

Luisa Chiaramonte

1967

Some May Live

Kate Meredith

1967

The Happening

Monica Delmonico

1967

Picture Mommy Dead

Francene Shelley

1966

Cuernavaca in Spring

1966

The Night of the Grizzly

Angela Cole

1966

The Chase

Mary Fuller

1966

War Italian Style

Lt. Inge Schultze

1965

The Sons of Katie Elder

Mary Gordon

1965

Blood on the Arrow

Nancy Mailer

1964

First Men in the Moon

Kate Callender

1964

Bikini Beach

Vivien Clements

1964

The Carpetbaggers

Jennie Denton

1964

Pyro... The Thing Without a Face

Laura Blanco

1964

Wives and Lovers

Lucinda Ford

1963

The Man from the Diners' Club

Lucy

1963

A Girl Named Tamiko

Fay Wilson

1962

The Last Time I Saw Archie

Peggy Kramer

1961

The Right Approach

Anne Perry

1961

Desire in the Dust

Melinda Marquand

1960

Mistress of the World - Part II

Karin Johanson

1960

Mistress of the World - Part I

Karin Johanson

1960

Ice Palace

Dorothy Wendt Kennedy

1960

The Best of Everything

Barbara Lamont

1959

The Big Fisherman

Herodias

1959

Some Came Running

Gwen French

1958

Houseboat

Carolyn Gibson

1958

Once Upon a Horse...

Miss Amity Babb

1958

Paris Holiday

Ann McCall

1958

My Man Godfrey

Cordelia Bullock

1957

The Delicate Delinquent

Martha Henshaw

1957

Kelly and Me

Lucy Castle

1957

Mister Cory

Abby Vollard

1957

Battle Hymn

Mary Hess

1957

Showdown at Abilene

Peggy Bigelow

1956

Red Sundown

Caroline Murphy

1956

Paris Follies of 1956

Ruth Harmon

1955

Kiss of Fire

Felicia

1955

Francis in the Navy

Betsy Donevan

1955

Trouble on the Trail

Kidnapped Singer

1954

Cry Vengeance

Peggy Harding

1954

Down Three Dark Streets

Connie Anderson

1954

Sabrina

Elizabeth Tyson

1954

Battle of Rogue River

Brett McClain

1954

Lucky Me

Lorraine Thayer

1954

Wyoming Renegades

Nancy Warren

1954

The Scarlet Spear

Christine

1954

Riders to the Stars

Dr. Jane Flynn

1954

So Big

Paula Hempel

1953

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars

Janie Howe

1953

Yukon Gold

Marie Briand

1952

Geisha Girl

Peggy Burns

1952

Wild Stallion

Caroline (as an adult)

1952

Oriental Evil

Cheryl Banning

1951

The Kangaroo Kid

Mary Corbett

1950

Frisco Tornado

Jean Martin

1950

The Lawless

Caroline Tyler

1950

Salt Lake Raiders

Helen Thornton

1950

Outcasts of Black Mesa

Ruth Dorn

1950

Roughshod

Marcia

1949

The Clay Pigeon

Miss Harwick

1949

Rustlers

Ruth Abbott

1949

Gun Smugglers

Judy Davis

1948

The Velvet Touch

Helen Adams

1948

The Judge Steps Out

Catherine Bailey Struthers III

1947

The Woman on the Beach

Mrs. Barton (uncredited)

1947

Thunder Mountain

Ellie Jorth

1947

Born to Kill

Maid (uncredited)

1947

The Locket

Bridesmaid (uncredited)

1946

Martha Hyer

TV Shows(23)

Movies(74)