Martha Hyer
Martha Hyer | |
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Born | Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. | August 10, 1924
Died | May 31, 2014 Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S. | (aged 89)
Alma mater | Northwestern University |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1946–1974 |
Spouses |
Martha Hyer (August 10, 1924 – May 31, 2014) was an American actress who played Gwen French in Some Came Running (1958), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her autobiography, Finding My Way: A Hollywood Memoir, was published in 1990.[1]
Early and personal life
Martha Hyer was born in
Film and television
Hyer's first film appearance was an uncredited speaking part in The Locket (1946). She appeared in uncredited and bit roles in B-movies for the next few years, occasionally working on television, as well. Eventually, she moved up the ranks, and starting in 1954, began receiving better roles, becoming a popular actress in Hollywood for the next decade.
Hyer had a supporting role in the drama
She had supporting roles in the war story
Soon after, she had supporting roles in The Big Fisherman (1959) and The Best of Everything (1959) with Joan Crawford. Also in 1959 Martha played the role of Hannah Haley in Rawhide (TV series) S1 Ep 8 Incident West Of Lano.
Hyer started the 1960s with a supporting role in Ice Palace (1960), a drama with Richard Burton, and The Last Time I Saw Archie (1961), a comedy with Robert Mitchum. Next she was in A Girl Named Tamiko (1962), Wives and Lovers, and The Carpetbaggers (1964).
By 1964, Hyer had turned 40 and after a decade of success, began having trouble finding good roles, and worked mainly in television and in European and American B-films. She did appear in two episodes of
In 1966, she was in The Chase, directed by Arthur Penn and starring Marlon Brando and Robert Redford. On television, she guest-starred on The Beverly Hillbillies in the episode "The Richest Woman", in which she plays Tracy Richards, the world's richest woman. In the late 1960s, she starred in the film drama Some May Live, the crime comedy The Happening, and the suspense film Crossplot. In 1967, she guest-starred on Family Affair in the episode "Star Dust", in which she plays Carol Haven, a movie star.
Her final film role was in The Day of the Wolves (1971) and her final television role was in a 1974 episode of McCloud. At age 50, she retired from acting, although she later wrote the screenplay to the 1975 Western Rooster Cogburn, starring John Wayne and Katharine Hepburn.
Retirement and death
Hyer enjoyed a quiet retirement through the 1980s and 1990s. 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.[8][9][10]
Selected filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1946 | The Locket | Bridesmaid | Uncredited |
1947 | Born to Kill | Maid | Uncredited |
Thunder Mountain | Ellie Jorth | ||
The Woman on the Beach | Mrs. Barton | Uncredited | |
The Judge Steps Out | Catherine Bailey Struthers III | ||
1948 | The Velvet Touch | Helen Adams | |
Gun Smugglers | Judy Davis | ||
1949 | Rustlers | Ruth Abbott | |
Roughshod | Marcia | ||
The Clay Pigeon | Miss Harwick - Wheeler's Receptionist | ||
1950 | Outcast of Black Mesa | Ruth Dorn | |
Salt Lake Raiders | Helen Thornton | ||
The Lawless | Caroline Tyler | ||
Frisco Tornado | Jean Martin | ||
The Kangaroo Kid | Mary Corbett | ||
1951 | Oriental Evil | Cheryl Banning | |
1952 | Wild Stallion | Caroline Cullen | |
Geisha Girl |
Peggy Burnes | ||
Yukon Gold |
Marie Briand | ||
1953 | Abbott and Costello Go to Mars | Janie Howe | |
So Big | Paula Hempel | ||
1954 | Riders to the Stars | Dr. Jane Flynn | |
The Scarlet Spear | Christine | ||
The Battle of Rogue River | Brett McClain | ||
Lucky Me | Lorraine Thayer | ||
Down Three Dark Streets | Connie Anderson | ||
Sabrina | Elizabeth Tyson | ||
Cry Vengeance | Peggy Harding | ||
1955 | Wyoming Renegades | Nancy Warren | |
Francis in the Navy | Betsy Donevan | ||
Kiss of Fire | Felicia | ||
Paris Follies of 1956 | Ruth Harmon | ||
1956 | Red Sundown | Caroline Murphy | |
Showdown at Abilene | Peggy Bigelow | ||
1957 | Kelly and Me | Lucy Castle | |
Battle Hymn | Mary Hess | ||
Mister Cory | Abby Vollard | ||
The Delicate Delinquent | Martha Henshaw | ||
My Man Godfrey | Cornelia Bullock | ||
1958 | Paris Holiday | Ann McCall | |
Once Upon a Horse... | Miss Amity Babb | ||
Houseboat | Carolyn Gibson | ||
Some Came Running | Gwen French | Nominated - Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress | |
1959 | The Big Fisherman | Herodias | |
The Best of Everything |
Barbara Lamont | ||
1960 | Ice Palace | Dorothy Wendt Kennedy | |
Mistress of the World | Karin Johansson | ||
Desire in the Dust | Melinda Marquand | ||
1961 | The Right Approach | Anne Perry | |
The Last Time I Saw Archie | Peggy Kramer | ||
1962 | A Girl Named Tamiko | Fay Wilson | |
1963 | The Man from the Diner's Club |
Lucy | |
Wives and Lovers | Lucinda Ford | ||
1964 | Pyro... The Thing Without a Face | Laura Blanco | |
The Carpetbaggers | Jennie Denton | ||
First Men in the Moon | Kate / Kate Callender | ||
Bikini Beach | Vivien Clements | ||
Blood on the Arrow | Nancy Mailer | ||
1965 | The Sons of Katie Elder | Mary Gordon | |
War, Italian Style |
Lt. Inge Schultze | ||
1966 | The Chase | Mary Fuller | |
The Night of the Grizzly | Angela Cole | ||
Cuernavaca en primavera | Segment "El nido de amor" | ||
Picture Mommy Dead | Francene Shelley | ||
1967 | The Happening | Monica | |
The House of 1,000 Dolls | Rebecca | ||
Another's Wife | Ana María | ||
Some May Live | Kate Meredith | ||
Catch as Catch Can | Luisa Chiaramonte | ||
1969 | Once You Kiss a Stranger | Lee | |
Crossplot | Jo Grinling | ||
1971 | The Day of the Wolves | Maggie Anderson | Final film role |
References
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- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2020-05-08. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
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- ^ "Martha Hyer - The Private Life and Times of Martha Hyer". Glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
- ^ "Agnes McNabb Obituary - Desoto, TX | Dallas Morning News". Legacy.com. 2014-03-30. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
- ^ "Opportunities | School of Communication". Communication.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
- ^ "Person Details for Agnes Barnhart Hyer, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"". Familysearch.org. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
- ^ "Old-Hollywood actress Martha Hyer dies". The Santa Fe New Mexican. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ^ Ronald Bergan (11 June 2014). "Martha Hyer obituary | Film". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
- ^ "Martha Hyer: Actress best known for her Oscar-nominated role as the uptight teacher in the melodrama 'Some Came Running' - Obituaries - News". Independent.co.uk. 2014-06-27. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
External links
- Martha Hyer at IMDb
- Martha Hyer at Turner Classic Movies
- Martha Hyer at AllMovie