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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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