
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

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Laurie Pritchard

The Virginian
1962
as Amalia Clark

The Beverly Hillbillies
1962

Climax!
1954
as Vi Johnson

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Alice Marsden / Judy Mullett

Rawhide
1959
as Hannah Haley

Burke's Law
1963
as Jerri Vaughn / Penny Allen / Clarissa Montgomery / Gloria Vickers / Adrienne Shelton / Dr. Serena Standish
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Gloria / Jan

Route 66
1960

The Name of the Game
1968
as Billie Ramsey

The Deputy
1959
as Joy Cartwright

McCloud
1970

Family Affair
1966

Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Helen Blaine / Caroline Glenn

Judd, for the Defense
1967

Branded
1965

Public Defender
1954
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Lois / Jean / Ivy / Julie / Trudy

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963

Racket Squad
1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Lisa
Movies (74)

Houseboat
1958
as Carolyn Gibson

Sabrina
1954
as Elizabeth Tyson

The Sons of Katie Elder
1965
as Mary Gordon

The Carpetbaggers
1964
as Jennie Denton

The Happening
1967
as Monica Delmonico

The Lawless
1950
as Caroline Tyler

The Chase
1966
as Mary Fuller
Oriental Evil
1951
as Cheryl Banning

Mister Cory
1957
as Abby Vollard

Rustlers
1949
as Ruth Abbott

Paris Holiday
1958
as Ann McCall

Wild Stallion
1952
as Caroline (as an adult)

Wyoming Renegades
1954
as Nancy Warren

Catch As Catch Can
1967
as Luisa Chiaramonte

My Man Godfrey
1957
as Cordelia Bullock

Battle Hymn
1957
as Mary Hess

Bikini Beach
1964
as Vivien Clements

Yukon Gold
1952
as Marie Briand

House of 1,000 Dolls
1967
as Rebecca

Some Came Running
1958
as Gwen French

Showdown at Abilene
1956
as Peggy Bigelow

Red Sundown
1956
as Caroline Murphy

First Men in the Moon
1964
as Kate Callender

Lucky Me
1954
as Lorraine Thayer

The Night of the Grizzly
1966
as Angela Cole

The Big Fisherman
1959
as Herodias

The Best of Everything
1959
as Barbara Lamont

Roughshod
1949
as Marcia

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
1953
as Janie Howe

The Man from the Diners' Club
1963
as Lucy

Ice Palace
1960
as Dorothy Wendt Kennedy

Crossplot
1969
as Jo Grinling

Kelly and Me
1957
as Lucy Castle

Born to Kill
1947
as Maid (uncredited)

The Delicate Delinquent
1957
as Martha Henshaw

The Locket
1946
as Bridesmaid (uncredited)

The Velvet Touch
1948
as Helen Adams

So Big
1953
as Paula Hempel

Battle of Rogue River
1954
as Brett McClain

The Last Time I Saw Archie
1961
as Peggy Kramer

The Judge Steps Out
1947
as Catherine Bailey Struthers III

Kiss of Fire
1955
as Felicia

The Right Approach
1961
as Anne Perry

Blood on the Arrow
1964
as Nancy Mailer

The Kangaroo Kid
1950
as Mary Corbett

War Italian Style
1965
as Lt. Inge Schultze

Picture Mommy Dead
1966
as Francene Shelley

Francis in the Navy
1955
as Betsy Donevan

The Day of the Wolves
1971
as Maggie Anderson

The Clay Pigeon
1949
as Miss Harwick

The Woman on the Beach
1947
as Mrs. Barton (uncredited)

Once You Kiss a Stranger...
1969
as Lee Marshall

Cry Vengeance
1954
as Peggy Harding

Outcasts of Black Mesa
1950
as Ruth Dorn

Some May Live
1967
as Kate Meredith

Thunder Mountain
1947
as Ellie Jorth

Wives and Lovers
1963
as Lucinda Ford

Salt Lake Raiders
1950
as Helen Thornton

A Girl Named Tamiko
1962
as Fay Wilson

Pyro... The Thing Without a Face
1964
as Laura Blanco

Once Upon a Horse...
1958
as Miss Amity Babb

Mistress of the World - Part II
1960
as Karin Johanson

Riders to the Stars
1954
as Dr. Jane Flynn

Desire in the Dust
1960
as Melinda Marquand

Paris Follies of 1956
1955
as Ruth Harmon

Down Three Dark Streets
1954
as Connie Anderson

The Scarlet Spear
1954
as Christine

Geisha Girl
1952
as Peggy Burns

Mistress of the World - Part I
1960
as Karin Johanson

Frisco Tornado
1950
as Jean Martin

Trouble on the Trail
1954
as Kidnapped Singer

Gun Smugglers
1948
as Judy Davis

Cuernavaca in Spring
1966

Another Man's Wife
1967
as Ana María
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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- Houseboat (1958) — as Carolyn Gibson
- Sabrina (1954) — as Elizabeth Tyson
- The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) — as Mary Gordon
- The Carpetbaggers (1964) — as Jennie Denton
- The Happening (1967) — as Monica Delmonico
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