1. Martha Hyer was an American actress who played Gwen French in Some Came Running, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
26 Facts About Martha Hyer
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Martha Hyer's autobiography, Finding My Way: A Hollywood Memoir, was published in 1990.
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Martha Hyer was born in Fort Worth, Texas, into a wealthy family, the daughter of Julien Capers Hyer, an attorney and judge, and Agnes Rebecca.
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Martha Hyer was the middle of three sisters, with Agnes Ann and Jeanne.
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Martha Hyer graduated from Arlington Heights High School and then from Northwestern University with a degree in drama.
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Martha Hyer was in the sorority Pi Beta Phi with actress Patricia Neal.
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Martha Hyer then moved to California to study at the Pasadena Playhouse, and soon after was signed to a film contract with RKO.
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Martha Hyer converted to Judaism, Wallis' religion, after their marriage.
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Wallis and Martha Hyer remained together until his death in 1986.
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Martha Hyer's first film appearance was an uncredited speaking part in The Locket.
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Martha Hyer appeared in uncredited and bit roles in B-movies for the next few years, occasionally working on television, as well.
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Martha Hyer had a supporting role in the drama So Big, which stars Jane Wyman, and was directed by Robert Wise.
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Martha Hyer appeared as Janie in Abbott and Costello Go To Mars.
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Martha Hyer followed this with Westerns, Wyoming Renegades and The Battle of Rogue River, and a musical comedy, Lucky Me, which stars Doris Day.
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Martha Hyer then played Elizabeth Tyson, a socialite who almost loses her fiance to Audrey Hepburn, in the Oscar-winning film Sabrina.
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Martha Hyer next starred opposite Donald O'Connor in the comedy Francis in the Navy and in a 1956 televised version of Jezebel for Lux Video Theatre in which she played the lead role of Julie.
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Martha Hyer had supporting roles in the war story Battle Hymn with Rock Hudson and in the drama Mister Cory with Tony Curtis, directed by Blake Edwards.
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Martha Hyer was featured in Kelly and Me, a comedy with Van Johnson, and as Cornelia Bullock in the 1957 remake of My Man Godfrey with David Niven.
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In 1958, Martha Hyer appeared in a Playhouse 90 televised version of Reunion by Merle Miller, along with Frances Farmer.
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Martha Hyer next appeared in Paris Holiday with Bob Hope and Houseboat with Cary Grant.
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Also in 1959, Martha Hyer played the role of Hannah Haley in Rawhide S1Ep 8 "Incident West of Lano".
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Martha Hyer started the 1960s with a supporting role in Ice Palace, a drama with Richard Burton, and The Last Time I Saw Archie, a comedy with Robert Mitchum.
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Martha Hyer did appear in two episodes of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,.
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Martha Hyer guest-starred on the television series Bewitched as Margaret Marshall, a wealthy, seductive woman.
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Martha Hyer enjoyed a quiet retirement through the 1980s and 1990s.
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Martha Hyer 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.