Martha Hyer
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 10, 1924, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
- Died
- May 31, 2014
- Movies
- 75
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1971 | The Day of the Wolves | Maggie Anderson |
| 1969 | Crossplot | Jo Grinling |
| 1969 | Once You Kiss a Stranger... | Lee Marshall |
| 1967 | House of 1,000 Dolls | Rebecca |
| 1967 | Another Man's Wife | Ana María |
| 1967 | Catch As Catch Can | Luisa Chiaramonte |
| 1967 | Some May Live | Kate Meredith |
| 1967 | The Happening | Monica Delmonico |
| 1966 | Picture Mommy Dead | Francene Shelley |
| 1966 | Cuernavaca in Spring | |
| 1966 | The Night of the Grizzly | Angela Cole |
| 1966 | The Chase | Mary Fuller |
| 1965 | War Italian Style | Lt. Inge Schultze |
| 1965 | The Sons of Katie Elder | Mary Gordon |
| 1964 | Blood on the Arrow | Nancy Mailer |
| 1964 | First Men in the Moon | Kate Callender |
| 1964 | Bikini Beach | Vivien Clements |
| 1964 | The Carpetbaggers | Jennie Denton |
| 1964 | Pyro... The Thing Without a Face | Laura Blanco |
| 1963 | Wives and Lovers | Lucinda Ford |
| 1963 | The Man from the Diners' Club | Lucy |
| 1962 | A Girl Named Tamiko | Fay Wilson |
| 1961 | The Last Time I Saw Archie | Peggy Kramer |
| 1961 | The Right Approach | Anne Perry |
| 1960 | Desire in the Dust | Melinda Marquand |
| 1960 | Mistress of the World - Part II | Karin Johanson |
| 1960 | Mistress of the World - Part I | Karin Johanson |
| 1960 | Ice Palace | Dorothy Wendt Kennedy |
| 1959 | The Best of Everything | Barbara Lamont |
| 1959 | The Big Fisherman | Herodias |
| 1958 | Some Came Running | Gwen French |
| 1958 | Houseboat | Carolyn Gibson |
| 1958 | Once Upon a Horse... | Miss Amity Babb |
| 1958 | Paris Holiday | Ann McCall |
| 1957 | My Man Godfrey | Cordelia Bullock |
| 1957 | The Delicate Delinquent | Martha Henshaw |
| 1957 | Kelly and Me | Lucy Castle |
| 1957 | Mister Cory | Abby Vollard |
| 1957 | Battle Hymn | Mary Hess |
| 1956 | Showdown at Abilene | Peggy Bigelow |
| 1956 | Red Sundown | Caroline Murphy |
| 1955 | Paris Follies of 1956 | Ruth Harmon |
| 1955 | Kiss of Fire | Felicia |
| 1955 | Francis in the Navy | Betsy Donevan |
| 1954 | Trouble on the Trail | Kidnapped Singer |
| 1954 | Cry Vengeance | Peggy Harding |
| 1954 | Down Three Dark Streets | Connie Anderson |
| 1954 | Sabrina | Elizabeth Tyson |
| 1954 | Battle of Rogue River | Brett McClain |
| 1954 | Lucky Me | Lorraine Thayer |
| 1954 | Wyoming Renegades | Nancy Warren |
| 1954 | The Scarlet Spear | Christine |
| 1954 | Riders to the Stars | Dr. Jane Flynn |
| 1953 | So Big | Paula Hempel |
| 1953 | Abbott and Costello Go to Mars | Janie Howe |
| 1952 | Yukon Gold | Marie Briand |
| 1952 | Geisha Girl | Peggy Burns |
| 1952 | Wild Stallion | Caroline (as an adult) |
| 1951 | Oriental Evil | Cheryl Banning |
| 1950 | The Kangaroo Kid | Mary Corbett |
| 1950 | Frisco Tornado | Jean Martin |
| 1950 | The Lawless | Caroline Tyler |
| 1950 | Salt Lake Raiders | Helen Thornton |
| 1950 | Outcasts of Black Mesa | Ruth Dorn |
| 1949 | Roughshod | Marcia |
| 1949 | The Clay Pigeon | Miss Harwick |
| 1949 | Rustlers | Ruth Abbott |
| 1948 | Gun Smugglers | Judy Davis |
| 1948 | The Velvet Touch | Helen Adams |
| 1947 | The Judge Steps Out | Catherine Bailey Struthers III |
| 1947 | The Woman on the Beach | Mrs. Barton (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Thunder Mountain | Ellie Jorth |
| 1947 | Born to Kill | Maid (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Locket | Bridesmaid (uncredited) |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1975 | Rooster Cogburn | Writer |
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