Martha Hyer
Born August 10, 1924 (Age: 101)
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Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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.
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.
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Filmography
Crossplot
1969
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as Jo Grinling
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Age: 45
Once You Kiss a Stranger...
1969
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as Lee Marshall
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Age: 45
The Chase
1966
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as Mary Fuller
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Age: 41
War Italian Style
1965
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as Lt. Inge Schultze
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Age: 41
The Sons of Katie Elder
1965
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as Mary Gordon
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Age: 40
Blood on the Arrow
1964
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as Nancy Mailer
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Age: 40
First Men in the Moon
1964
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as Kate Callender
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Age: 39
Bikini Beach
1964
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as Vivien Clements
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Age: 39
The Carpetbaggers
1964
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as Jennie Denton
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Age: 39
Pyro... The Thing Without a Face
1964
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as Laura Blanco
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Age: 39
Wives and Lovers
1963
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as Lucinda Ford
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Age: 39
The Man from the Diners' Club
1963
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as Lucy
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Age: 38
A Girl Named Tamiko
1962
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as Fay Wilson
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Age: 38
The Last Time I Saw Archie
1961
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as Peggy Kramer
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Age: 36
The Right Approach
1961
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as Anne Perry
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Age: 36
Desire in the Dust
1960
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as Melinda Marquand
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Age: 36
Mistress of the World - Part II
1960
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as Karin Johanson
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Age: 35
Mistress of the World - Part I
1960
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as Karin Johanson
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Age: 35
Ice Palace
1960
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as Dorothy Wendt Kennedy
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Age: 35
The Best of Everything
1959
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as Barbara Lamont
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Age: 35
The Big Fisherman
1959
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as Herodias
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Age: 34
Some Came Running
1958
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as Gwen French
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Age: 34
Houseboat
1958
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as Carolyn Gibson
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Age: 34
Once Upon a Horse...
1958
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as Miss Amity Babb
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Age: 34
Paris Holiday
1958
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as Ann McCall
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Age: 33
Showdown at Abilene
1956
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as Peggy Bigelow
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Age: 32
Red Sundown
1956
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as Caroline Murphy
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Age: 31
Paris Follies of 1956
1955
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as Ruth Harmon
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Age: 31
Kiss of Fire
1955
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as Felicia
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Age: 31
Francis in the Navy
1955
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as Betsy Donevan
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Age: 31
Trouble on the Trail
1954
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as Kidnapped Singer
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Age: 30
Cry Vengeance
1954
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as Peggy Harding
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Age: 30
Down Three Dark Streets
1954
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as Connie Anderson
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Age: 30
Sabrina
1954
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as Elizabeth Tyson
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Age: 30
Battle of Rogue River
1954
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as Brett McClain
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Age: 29
Lucky Me
1954
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as Lorraine Thayer
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Age: 29
Wyoming Renegades
1954
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as Nancy Warren
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Age: 29
The Scarlet Spear
1954
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as Christine
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Age: 29
Riders to the Stars
1954
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as Dr. Jane Flynn
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Age: 29
So Big
1953
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as Paula Hempel
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Age: 29
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
1953
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as Janie Howe
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Age: 28
The Kangaroo Kid
1950
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as Mary Corbett
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Age: 26
Frisco Tornado
1950
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as Jean Martin
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Age: 26
The Lawless
1950
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as Caroline Tyler
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Age: 25
Salt Lake Raiders
1950
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as Helen Thornton
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Age: 25
Outcasts of Black Mesa
1950
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as Ruth Dorn
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Age: 25