Martha Hyer
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- born: 10/Aug/1924 (Fort Worth, Texas, USA)
Biography
Martha Hyer is an American actress.
Her first movie role was at age eleven when she appeared in "Thunder Mountain". After completing her education, she next appeared in "The Locket" in 1946. She had roles in "Sabrina" (1954), "Houseboat" (1958), "First Men in the Moon" (1964), and "The Sons of Katie Elder" (1965), among many others. She costarred with Keenan Wynn in "Bikini Beach" (1964), one of the "Beach Party" movies with Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello. She played the part of "Hannah Haley" in "The Incident West of Lano" on "Rawhide".
Her most significant role was in "Some Came Running" in 1958, for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Her last film was "Day of the Wolves" in 1973.
She married producer Hal B. Wallis in 1966, and the couple remained together until his death in 1986. Her autobiography, "Finding My Way: A Hollywood Memoir", was published in 1990.
Filmography
With Hitchcock...
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - The Crimson Witness - cast: Judith Mullett
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - A Piece of the Action (20/Sep/1962) - cast: Alice Marsden