Martha Hyer
Known for Acting · 97 credits
- Born
- 1924-08-10
- Died
- 2014-05-31
- Place of birth
- Fort Worth, Texas, USA
- Also known as
- مارتا هایر
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.
Known For
TV Shows (23)
Bewitched
1964
as Margaret Marshall
Climax!
1954
as Vi Johnson
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Alice Marsden / Judy Mullett
The Virginian
1962
as Amalia Clark
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Gloria / Jan
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Laurie Pritchard
Rawhide
1959
as Hannah Haley
Burke's Law
1963
as Jerri Vaughn / Penny Allen / Clarissa Montgomery / Gloria Vickers / Adrienne Shelton / Dr. Serena Standish
Route 66
1960
The Name of the Game
1968
as Billie Ramsey
McCloud
1970
Family Affair
1966
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Helen Blaine / Caroline Glenn
The Deputy
1959
as Joy Cartwright
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Public Defender
1954
Branded
1965
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Lois / Ivy / Jean / Julie / Trudy
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
Racket Squad
1951
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Lisa
Movies (74)
Sabrina
1954
as Elizabeth Tyson
Houseboat
1958
as Carolyn Gibson
The Sons of Katie Elder
1965
as Mary Gordon
The Chase
1966
as Mary Fuller
The Happening
1967
as Monica Delmonico
The Carpetbaggers
1964
as Jennie Denton
Bikini Beach
1964
as Vivien Clements
Paris Holiday
1958
as Ann McCall
My Man Godfrey
1957
as Cordelia Bullock
Some Came Running
1958
as Gwen French
Red Sundown
1956
as Caroline Murphy
Wyoming Renegades
1954
as Nancy Warren
First Men in the Moon
1964
as Kate Callender
The Best of Everything
1959
as Barbara Lamont
The Night of the Grizzly
1966
as Angela Cole
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
1953
as Janie Howe
Battle Hymn
1957
as Mary Hess
Ice Palace
1960
as Dorothy Wendt Kennedy
The Lawless
1950
as Caroline Tyler
House of 1,000 Dolls
1967
as Rebecca
Lucky Me
1954
as Lorraine Thayer
Down Three Dark Streets
1954
as Connie Anderson
Showdown at Abilene
1956
as Peggy Bigelow
Crossplot
1969
as Jo Grinling
The Delicate Delinquent
1957
as Martha Henshaw
Some May Live
1967
as Kate Meredith
Catch As Catch Can
1967
as Luisa Chiaramonte
Born to Kill
1947
as Maid (uncredited)
The Locket
1946
as Bridesmaid (uncredited)
Rustlers
1949
as Ruth Abbott
The Woman on the Beach
1947
as Mrs. Barton (uncredited)
So Big
1953
as Paula Hempel
The Man from the Diners' Club
1963
as Lucy
War Italian Style
1965
as Lt. Inge Schultze
The Velvet Touch
1948
as Helen Adams
The Judge Steps Out
1947
as Catherine Bailey Struthers III
Yukon Gold
1952
as Marie Briand
Cry Vengeance
1954
as Peggy Harding
Francis in the Navy
1955
as Betsy Donevan
The Big Fisherman
1959
as Herodias
Mister Cory
1957
as Abby Vollard
Once You Kiss a Stranger...
1969
as Lee Marshall
Blood on the Arrow
1964
as Nancy Mailer
Kelly and Me
1957
as Lucy Castle
The Clay Pigeon
1949
as Miss Harwick
Wild Stallion
1952
as Caroline (as an adult)
Battle of Rogue River
1954
as Brett McClain
Mistress of the World - Part II
1960
as Karin Johanson
The Kangaroo Kid
1950
as Mary Corbett
Roughshod
1949
as Marcia
The Day of the Wolves
1971
as Maggie Anderson
Wives and Lovers
1963
as Lucinda Ford
Picture Mommy Dead
1966
as Francene Shelley
Kiss of Fire
1955
as Felicia
Outcasts of Black Mesa
1950
as Ruth Dorn
Riders to the Stars
1954
as Dr. Jane Flynn
Gun Smugglers
1948
as Judy Davis
The Last Time I Saw Archie
1961
as Peggy Kramer
A Girl Named Tamiko
1962
as Fay Wilson
Thunder Mountain
1947
as Ellie Jorth
Desire in the Dust
1960
as Melinda Marquand
Oriental Evil
1951
as Cheryl Banning
Pyro... The Thing Without a Face
1964
as Laura Blanco
Trouble on the Trail
1954
as Kidnapped Singer
Once Upon a Horse...
1958
as Miss Amity Babb
Mistress of the World - Part I
1960
as Karin Johanson
Another Man's Wife
1967
as Ana María
Salt Lake Raiders
1950
as Helen Thornton
The Right Approach
1961
as Anne Perry
Geisha Girl
1952
as Peggy Burns
Paris Follies of 1956
1955
as Ruth Harmon
Frisco Tornado
1950
as Jean Martin
Cuernavaca in Spring
1966
The Scarlet Spear
1954
as Christine
About Martha Hyer
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 Son… With 97 credits spanning from 1946 to 1971, Martha Hyer has appeared in 74 films and 23 TV shows.
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- Sabrina (1954) — as Elizabeth Tyson
- Houseboat (1958) — as Carolyn Gibson
- The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) — as Mary Gordon
- The Chase (1966) — as Mary Fuller
- The Happening (1967) — as Monica Delmonico
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