Martha Hyer
Acting • Born 1924-08-10 – Died 2014-05-31
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.
Filmography
108 credits
Houseboat
Movie • 1958
Carolyn Gibson
The Night of the Grizzly
Movie • 1966
Angela Cole
Sabrina
Movie • 1954
Elizabeth Tyson
The Chase
Movie • 1966
Mary Fuller
Lucky Me
Movie • 1954
Lorraine Thayer
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
Movie • 1953
Janie Howe
First Men in the Moon
Movie • 1964
Kate Callender
Paris Holiday
Movie • 1958
Ann McCall
Pyro... The Thing Without a Face
Movie • 1964
Laura Blanco
The Velvet Touch
Movie • 1948
Helen Adams
Cry Vengeance
Movie • 1954
Peggy Harding
The Clay Pigeon
Movie • 1949
Miss Harwick
The Woman on the Beach
Movie • 1947
Mrs. Barton (uncredited)
The Carpetbaggers
Movie • 1964
Jennie Denton
Down Three Dark Streets
Movie • 1954
Connie Anderson
Francis in the Navy
Movie • 1955
Betsy Donevan
The Delicate Delinquent
Movie • 1957
Martha Henshaw
The Sons of Katie Elder
Movie • 1965
Mary Gordon
Some Came Running
Movie • 1958
Gwen French
Bikini Beach
Movie • 1964
Vivien Clements
Ice Palace
Movie • 1960
Dorothy Wendt Kennedy
So Big
Movie • 1953
Paula Hempel
Once You Kiss a Stranger...
Movie • 1969
Lee Marshall
Battle Hymn
Movie • 1957
Mary Hess
The Best of Everything
Movie • 1959
Barbara Lamont
The Happening
Movie • 1967
Monica Delmonico
Riders to the Stars
Movie • 1954
Dr. Jane Flynn
The Last Time I Saw Archie
Movie • 1961
Peggy Kramer
Another Man's Wife
Movie • 1967
Ana María
Crossplot
Movie • 1969
Jo Grinling
House of 1,000 Dolls
Movie • 1967
Rebecca
Picture Mommy Dead
Movie • 1966
Francene Shelley
Roughshod
Movie • 1949
Marcia
Thunder Mountain
Movie • 1947
Ellie Jorth
Wyoming Renegades
Movie • 1954
Nancy Warren
Showdown at Abilene
Movie • 1956
Peggy Bigelow
The Kangaroo Kid
Movie • 1950
Mary Corbett
Red Sundown
Movie • 1956
Caroline Murphy
Mister Cory
Movie • 1957
Abby Vollard
The Man from the Diners' Club
Movie • 1963
Lucy
Kiss of Fire
Movie • 1955
Felicia
Wives and Lovers
Movie • 1963
Lucinda Ford
The Big Fisherman
Movie • 1959
Herodias
Kelly and Me
Movie • 1957
Lucy Castle
Catch As Catch Can
Movie • 1967
Luisa Chiaramonte
A Girl Named Tamiko
Movie • 1962
Fay Wilson
Wild Stallion
Movie • 1952
Caroline (as an adult)
Battle of Rogue River
Movie • 1954
Brett McClain
Mistress of the World - Part I
Movie • 1960
Karin Johanson
The Right Approach
Movie • 1961
Anne Perry
The Day of the Wolves
Movie • 1971
Maggie Anderson
Geisha Girl
Movie • 1952
Peggy Burns
My Man Godfrey
Movie • 1957
Cordelia Bullock
Cuernavaca in Spring
Movie • 1966
The Scarlet Spear
Movie • 1954
Christine
The Judge Steps Out
Movie • 1947
Catherine Bailey Struthers III
Rustlers
Movie • 1949
Ruth Abbott
The Lawless
Movie • 1950
Caroline Tyler
Desire in the Dust
Movie • 1960
Melinda Marquand
Trouble on the Trail
Movie • 1954
Kidnapped Singer
Yukon Gold
Movie • 1952
Marie Briand
Born to Kill
Movie • 1947
Maid (uncredited)
Once Upon a Horse...
Movie • 1958
Miss Amity Babb
Some May Live
Movie • 1967
Kate Meredith
Mistress of the World - Part II
Movie • 1960
Karin Johanson
Gun Smugglers
Movie • 1948
Judy Davis
Blood on the Arrow
Movie • 1964
Nancy Mailer
Frisco Tornado
Movie • 1950
Jean Martin
Salt Lake Raiders
Movie • 1950
Helen Thornton
Outcasts of Black Mesa
Movie • 1950
Ruth Dorn
Oriental Evil
Movie • 1951
Cheryl Banning
Paris Follies of 1956
Movie • 1955
Ruth Harmon
The Locket
Movie • 1946
Bridesmaid (uncredited)
War Italian Style
Movie • 1965
Lt. Inge Schultze
Family Affair
TV • 1966
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Jerri Vaughn
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TV • 1963
Helen Blaine
The Beverly Hillbillies
TV • 1962
Route 66
TV • 1960
Bewitched
TV • 1964
Margaret Marshall
The Greatest Show on Earth
TV • 1963
Rawhide
TV • 1959
Hannah Haley
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Lois
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Lisa
McCloud
TV • 1970
Climax!
TV • 1954
Vi Johnson
Judd for the Defense
TV • 1967
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
TV • 1951
Branded
TV • 1965
Racket Squad
TV • 1951
Public Defender
TV • 1954
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Laurie Pritchard
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Jean
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Ivy
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Julie
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Trudy
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Penny Allen
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Clarissa Montgomery
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Gloria Vickers
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Adrienne Shelton
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Dr. Serena Standish
Four Star Playhouse
TV • 1952
Gloria
Four Star Playhouse
TV • 1952
Jan
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TV • 1963
Caroline Glenn
The Name of the Game
TV • 1968
Billie Ramsey
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Amalia Clark
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV • 1962
Alice Marsden
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV • 1962
Judy Mullett