Martha Hyer Biography
Born: August 10, 1924
The daughter of a Texas judge, Martha Hyer majored in speech and drama at Northwestern University. Her work at the Pasadena Playhouse led to a 1946 contract with RKO. Free from her contract in 1951, Hyer free-lanced in films made both in the U.S. and abroad. She earned an Academy Award nomination for her portrayal of a prim small schoolteacher in Some_Came_Running (1958), but has also played "hot to trot" roles in films like Pyro (1966) and spoiled-little-rich-girl types in films such as The_Happening (1967). The widow of producer Hal_B._Wallis, Martha Hyer has set forth her life story in the 1990 autobiography Finding My Way. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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