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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.
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Filmography
all 97
Movies 75
TV Shows 22
Writer 1
The Day of the Wolves (1971)
Crossplot (1969)
The Name of the Game (1968)
Another Man's Wife (1967)
Catch As Catch Can (1967)
Some May Live (1967)
Picture Mommy Dead (1966)
Cuernavaca in Spring (1966)
The Night of the Grizzly (1966)
The Chase (1966)
War Italian Style (1965)
The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
Blood on the Arrow (1964)
Bewitched (1964)
Bikini Beach (1964)
First Men in the Moon (1964)
The Carpetbaggers (1964)
Pyro... The Thing Without a Face (1964)
Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963)
Burke's Law (1963)
Wives and Lovers (1963)
A Girl Named Tamiko (1962)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
The Virginian (1962)
The Last Time I Saw Archie (1961)
The Right Approach (1961)
Desire in the Dust (1960)
Mistress of the World - Part II (1960)
Mistress of the World - Part I (1960)
Ice Palace (1960)
The Best of Everything (1959)
The Big Fisherman (1959)
Rawhide (1959)
Some Came Running (1958)
Houseboat (1958)
Once Upon a Horse... (1958)
Paris Holiday (1958)
My Man Godfrey (1957)
The Delicate Delinquent (1957)
Kelly and Me (1957)
Mister Cory (1957)
Battle Hymn (1957)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
Showdown at Abilene (1956)
Red Sundown (1956)
Paris Follies of 1956 (1955)
Kiss of Fire (1955)
Francis in the Navy (1955)
Trouble on the Trail (1954)
Cry Vengeance (1954)
Climax! (1954)
Sabrina (1954)
Down Three Dark Streets (1954)
Battle of Rogue River (1954)
Lucky Me (1954)
Wyoming Renegades (1954)
The Scarlet Spear (1954)
Riders to the Stars (1954)
So Big (1953)
Four Star Playhouse (1952)
Yukon Gold (1952)
Geisha Girl (1952)
Wild Stallion (1952)
Oriental Evil (1951)
The Kangaroo Kid (1950)
Lux Video Theatre (1950)
Frisco Tornado (1950)
The Lawless (1950)
Salt Lake Raiders (1950)
Outcasts of Black Mesa (1950)
Roughshod (1949)
Rustlers (1949)
The Clay Pigeon (1949)
Gun Smugglers (1948)
The Velvet Touch (1948)
The Judge Steps Out (1947)
The Woman on the Beach (1947)
Thunder Mountain (1947)
Born to Kill (1947)
The Locket (1946)
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GenderFemale
Birthday1924-08-10
Deathday2014-05-31 (89 years old)
Birth PlaceFort Worth, Texas, USA
RelationshipsC. Ray Stahl (1951-01-01 - 1954-01-01), Hal B. Wallis (1966-01-01 - 1986-01-01)
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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