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Martha Hyer

Martha Hyer

Actor · Born 1924-08-10 · Fort Worth, Texas, USA

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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…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Sabrina (1954) — Elizabeth Tyson
  2. Bewitched (1964) — Margaret Marshall
  3. The Chase (1966) — Mary Fuller
  4. The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) — Mary Gordon
  5. Houseboat (1958) — Carolyn Gibson
  6. First Men in the Moon (1964) — Kate Callender
  7. Some Came Running (1958) — Gwen French
  8. The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
  9. Born to Kill (1947) — Maid (uncredited)
  10. The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) — Alice Marsden
  11. Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953) — Janie Howe
  12. The Woman on the Beach (1947) — Mrs. Barton (uncredited)
  13. McCloud (1970)
  14. Rawhide (1959) — Hannah Haley
  15. The Locket (1946) — Bridesmaid (uncredited)
  16. The Best of Everything (1959) — Barbara Lamont
  17. Family Affair (1966)
  18. The Carpetbaggers (1964) — Jennie Denton
  19. The Delicate Delinquent (1957) — Martha Henshaw
  20. The Virginian (1962) — Amalia Clark
  21. The Velvet Touch (1948) — Helen Adams
  22. The Night of the Grizzly (1966) — Angela Cole
  23. Red Sundown (1956) — Caroline Murphy
  24. Bikini Beach (1964) — Vivien Clements
  25. Crossplot (1969) — Jo Grinling
  26. Down Three Dark Streets (1954) — Connie Anderson
  27. Battle Hymn (1957) — Mary Hess
  28. My Man Godfrey (1957) — Cordelia Bullock
  29. Francis in the Navy (1955) — Betsy Donevan
  30. The Clay Pigeon (1949) — Miss Harwick
  31. House of 1,000 Dolls (1967) — Rebecca
  32. Route 66 (1960)
  33. Branded (1965)
  34. Cry Vengeance (1954) — Peggy Harding
  35. Riders to the Stars (1954) — Dr. Jane Flynn
  36. The Lawless (1950) — Caroline Tyler
  37. War Italian Style (1965) — Lt. Inge Schultze
  38. Picture Mommy Dead (1966) — Francene Shelley
  39. So Big (1953) — Paula Hempel
  40. The Name of the Game (1968) — Billie Ramsey