Person Details

Birthday: 1924-08-10 07:43:51

Death: 2014-05-31 07:43:51

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Fort Worth, Texas, USA

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Movie Involvements: 54

TV Involvements: 19


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Lux Video Theatre
Average
5

Lux Video Theatre

(1950) Julie
Climax!
Average
3

Climax!

(1954) Vi Johnson
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Average
8

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

(1962) Judy Mullett
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Average
5

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

(1956) Laurie Pritchard
The Name of the Game
Average
7

The Name of the Game

(1968) Billie Ramsey
Rawhide
Average
7

Rawhide

(1959) Hannah Haley
Burke's Law
Average
6

Burke's Law

(1963) Penny Allen
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Average
5

Kraft Suspense Theatre

(1963) Caroline Glenn

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1971 Maggie Anderson
1970 N/A
1969 Jo Grinling
Lee Marshall
1968 Billie Ramsey
1967 Ana María
Rebecca
Luisa Chiaramonte
N/A
Monica
Kate Meredith
1966 Francene Shelley
N/A
N/A
Angela Cole
Mary Fuller
1965 Lt. Inge Schultze
Mary Gordon
N/A
1964 Nancy Mailer
Margaret Marshall
Vivien Clements
Kate Callender
Jennie Denton
Laura Blanco
1963 Caroline Glenn
Helen Blaine
Dr. Serena Standish
Jerri Vaughn
Penny Allen
Adrienne Shelton
Gloria Vickers
Clarissa Montgomery
N/A
Lucinda Ford
Lucy
1962 Fay Wilson
N/A
Judy Mullett
Alice Marsden
1961 Peggy Kramer
Anne Perry
1960 Melinda Marquand
N/A
Karin Johanson
Karin Johanson
Dorothy Wendt Kennedy
1959 Barbara Lamont
Herodias
Hannah Haley
1958 Gwen French
Carolyn Gibson
Miss Amity Babb
Ann McCall
1957 Cordelia Bullock
Martha Henshaw
Lucy Castle
Abby Vollard
Mary Hess
1956 Laurie Pritchard
Peggy Bigelow
Caroline Murphy
1955 Ruth Harmon
Felicia
Betsy Donevan
1954 Kidnapped Singer
Peggy Harding
Vi Johnson
Elizabeth Tyson
Connie Anderson
Brett McClain
Lorraine Thayer
Nancy Warren
N/A
Christine
Dr. Jane Flynn
1953 Paula Hempel
Janie Howe
1952 Gloria
Jan
Marie Briand
Peggy Burns
Caroline (as an adult)
1951 Lisa
Cheryl Banning
N/A
N/A
1950 Mary Corbett
Ivy
Julie
Jean
Lois
Trudy
Jean Martin
Helen Thornton
Ruth Dorn
1949 Marcia
Ruth Abbott
Miss Harwick
1948 Judy Davis
Helen Adams
1947 Catherine Bailey Struthers III
Mrs. Barton (uncredited)
Ellie Jorth
Maid (uncredited)
1946 bridesmaid
Year Character Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1975 Writer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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