Martha Hyer
Known For
Acting
Born
1924-08-10 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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.
Most Known For
Bewitched
as Margaret Marshall
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Alice Marsden
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Judy Mullett
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Laurie Pritchard
The Virginian
as Amalia Clark
Climax!
as Vi Johnson
The Beverly Hillbillies
Rawhide
as Hannah Haley
Route 66
Burke's Law
as Jerri Vaughn
Burke's Law
as Penny Allen
Burke's Law
as Clarissa Montgomery
Burke's Law
as Gloria Vickers
Burke's Law
as Adrienne Shelton
Burke's Law
as Dr. Serena Standish
The Name of the Game
as Billie Ramsey
Four Star Playhouse
as Gloria
Four Star Playhouse
as Jan
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Helen Blaine
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Caroline Glenn