Biography
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 ...
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Rooster Cogburn
1975
Writer
After a band of drunken thugs overruns a small Indian Nation town, killing Reverend Goodnight and raping the women folk, Eula Goodnight enlists the ai...

The Day of the Wolves
1971
as Maggie Anderson
A group of six thieves selected from different areas are sent a letter that promises them a minimum of $50,000 and includes a plane ticket. The letter...

Crossplot
1969
as Jo Grinling
A successful London ad-exec hires a beautiful Hungarian girl to pose for some modeling shots, little realising that she has overheard an assassination...

Once You Kiss a Stranger...
1969
as Lee Marshall
A woman seduces a professional golfer, then offers to kill his opponent if the golfer will kill her psychiatrist, who wants her committed.

Another Man's Wife
1967
as Ana María
Ana and Andres meet again after many years. They are no longer two youngsters, both are married with children. Andres insists, but Ana has trouble in ...

House of 1,000 Dolls
1967
as Rebecca
When a vacationing couple in Tangiers runs into an old friend there, they discover that he is searching for his missing girlfriend who has been kidnap...

Catch As Catch Can
1967
as Luisa Chiaramonte
Bob is a successful actor, but his career gets doomed by a strange phenomenon: the animal kingdom is taking on him!

The Happening
1967
as Monica Delmonico
A group of young drifters kidnap wealthy businessman Roc Delmonico just for kicks. They keep him captive, demanding a ransom for his safe release. How...

Some May Live
1967
as Kate Meredith
During the Vietnam War U.S. decoder Kate Meredith is plagued with guilt when her husband coerces her to pass information to him and the Viet Cong.

Picture Mommy Dead
1966
as Francene Shelley
Susan Shelley is released from an asylum where she's been confined to after the shock suffered over the fiery death of her mother. Her father has a ne...
Cuernavaca in Spring
1966
Three romantic-comedy sketches in a movie financed by Cuernavaca's Dept. of Tourism.

The Night of the Grizzly
1966
as Angela Cole
Marshall "Big Jim" Cole turns in his badge and heads to Wyoming with his family in order to settle on some land left him by a relative. He faces oppos...

The Chase
1966
as Mary Fuller
The escape of Bubber Reeves from prison affects the inhabitants of a small Southern town.

War Italian Style
1965
as Lt. Inge Schultze
It's May 1943, and two Italian American soldiers, Joe and Frank, are searching the North African desert for a Nazi general called Von Kassler. Von Kas...

The Sons of Katie Elder
1965
as Mary Gordon
The four sons of Katie Elder reunite in their hometown of Clearwater, Texas for her funeral and discover that the family ranch is now in the hands of ...

Blood on the Arrow
1964
as Nancy Mailer
In this western, the sole survivor of an Apache ambush rides out to save a young boy who has been captured. The hero was a captured outlaw en route to...

Bikini Beach
1964
as Vivien Clements
A millionaire sets out to prove his theory that his pet chimpanzee is as intelligent as the teenagers who hang out on the local beach, where he is int...

First Men in the Moon
1964
as Kate Callender
The world is delighted when a spacecraft containing a crew made up of the world's astronauts lands on the moon, but are shocked when the astronauts di...

The Carpetbaggers
1964
as Jennie Denton
Jonas Cord is a disagreeable young tycoon who's building planes, directing films, and catting around on the corporate make in 1930s Hollywood.

Pyro... The Thing Without a Face
1964
as Laura Blanco
A married man has a brief affair, then goes back to his wife and children. His jilted mistress, believing that if he had no more family he'd come back...

Wives and Lovers
1963
as Lucinda Ford
Husband and wife Bill and Bertie Austin and their daughter live in a low-rent apartment. He's a struggling writer, at least until agent Lucinda Ford b...

The Man from the Diners' Club
1963
as Lucy
Meek credit card company clerk Ernest Klenk is feeling the pressure of demanding coworkers, new computers, and an upcoming wedding. This stress leads ...

A Girl Named Tamiko
1962
as Fay Wilson
A photographer based in Tokyo, who's in love with local beauty Tamiko, begins to court an embassy official so she can help him gain entry into the Uni...

The Last Time I Saw Archie
1961
as Peggy Kramer
Two Air Force friends have fun during their enlistment.

The Right Approach
1961
as Anne Perry
An opportunistic young Hollywood singer, loyal only to himself, steps on everyone he meets in order to achieve success and fame.

Desire in the Dust
1960
as Melinda Marquand
Lonnie Wilson returns to small southern hometown after spending six years on the chain-gang for killing Colonel Ben Marquand's son in an automobile ac...

Mistress of the World - Part II
1960
as Karin Johanson
Karin is now continuing her father's research and is also caught in the cross hairs of the mysterious opponents. Johanson himself retreats to a Cambod...

Mistress of the World - Part I
1960
as Karin Johanson
Professor Johansson has made a huge scientific breakthrough; a device that will create a huge magnetic pulse that knocks out all electricity over a co...

Ice Palace
1960
as Dorothy Wendt Kennedy
Alaska: America's last great wilderness frontier. A land of primitive grandeur, of glaciers, mountains and ice-fields. And of ambitious cannery tycoon...

The Best of Everything
1959
as Barbara Lamont
An exposé of the lives and loves of Madison Avenue working girls and their higher-ups.

The Big Fisherman
1959
as Herodias
Drama that focuses on the later life of Peter, one of the closest disciples of Jesus.

Some Came Running
1958
as Gwen French
A former novelist returns to his small Midwest town after serving in the Army during WWII, to the chagrin of his social-climbing brother, and becomes ...

Houseboat
1958
as Carolyn Gibson
An Italian socialite on the run signs on as housekeeper for a widower with three children.

Once Upon a Horse...
1958
as Miss Amity Babb
Two zany cowboys steal a herd of cattle only to discover it costs more to feed them than they are worth.

Paris Holiday
1958
as Ann McCall
Comedian Bob Hunter is aided by his French counterpart Fernydel and two beautiful blondes when he is targeted for death by a powerful European counter...

My Man Godfrey
1957
as Cordelia Bullock
The eccentric Bullock household again need a new butler. Daughter Irene encounters bedraggled Godfrey Godfrey at the docks and, fancying him and notic...

The Delicate Delinquent
1957
as Martha Henshaw
Sidney Pythias is a bumbling janitor picked up by cop Mike Damon as a teenage gang member worth saving from delinquency. With Damon's help, Sidney wor...

Kelly and Me
1957
as Lucy Castle
Failing vaudeville performer, Len, is taken under the wing of the German Shepherd wonder dog, Kelly, and a new act is born. Len hopes all his dreams a...

Mister Cory
1957
as Abby Vollard
An opportunistic young man from the slums gambles his way to wealth, power and high society.

Battle Hymn
1957
as Mary Hess
Dean Hess, who entered the ministry to atone for bombing a German orphanage, decides he’s a failure at preaching. Rejoined to train pilots early in th...

Showdown at Abilene
1956
as Peggy Bigelow
Jim Trask, former sheriff of Abilene, returns to the town after fighting for the Confederacy to find everyone thought he was dead. His old friend Dave...

Red Sundown
1956
as Caroline Murphy
When his life is saved in a shootout by a fellow gunman whose life he in turn had saved, Alex Longmire promises to give up his way of life. Riding int...

Paris Follies of 1956
1955
as Ruth Harmon
Trouble ensues when a new theatre-restaurant owner discovers the backer to be a harmless and moneyless lunatic.

Kiss of Fire
1955
as Felicia
In 1700, a Spanish princess travels from New Mexico to California with ruthless outlaw El Tigre as guide.

Francis in the Navy
1955
as Betsy Donevan
In the U. S. Army intelligence office, bumbling lieutenant Peter Stirling receives a coded message from his friend, Francis, a talking mule. The note ...

Trouble on the Trail
1954
as Kidnapped Singer
"Trouble on the Trail" is two episodes of the "Wild Bill Hickok" television series edited together and released as a feature film by Allied Artists.

Cry Vengeance
1954
as Peggy Harding
Ex-cop Vic Barron crossed the wrong mobsters; his wife and child were killed and he was scarred, framed, and imprisoned. On release, Vic has but one d...

Sabrina
1954
as Elizabeth Tyson
Linus and David Larrabee are the two sons of a very wealthy family. Linus is all work – busily running the family corporate empire, he has no time for...

Down Three Dark Streets
1954
as Connie Anderson
An FBI Agent takes on the three unrelated cases of a dead agent to track down his killer.

Battle of Rogue River
1954
as Brett McClain
In 1850 Oregon is trying to gain statehood, but a truce is needed with the Indians before it can be accomplished. A new Army commander, Major Archer, ...

Lucky Me
1954
as Lorraine Thayer
Three struggling theatrical performers meet a famous songwriter who is trying to convince a wealthy oilman to finance a musical he is scripting, promi...

Wyoming Renegades
1954
as Nancy Warren
Brady Sutton returns from three years in prison and tries to go straight. One a member of the Butch Cassidy gang, he is still suspected of being cahoo...

The Scarlet Spear
1954
as Christine
In colonial Kenya, chief's son believes he must kill another tribe's chief in ancient ritual before he can claim father's throne; district officer and...

Riders to the Stars
1954
as Dr. Jane Flynn
Three men gamble their lives in space to change the history of the world

So Big
1953
as Paula Hempel
A girl of wealth comes to a Dutch community outside Chicago as a schoolteacher, and while there falls in love with a poor but big-hearted farmer.

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
1953
as Janie Howe
Lester and Orville accidentally launch a rocket which is supposed to fly to Mars. Instead it goes to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. They are then forced ...

Yukon Gold
1952
as Marie Briand
In this Yukon adventure, a gold mining community is rocked by a murder. A Mountie investigates and encounters a female gambler. Action ensues, but jus...

Geisha Girl
1952
as Peggy Burns
Two American G.I.s visiting Tokyo find themselves mixed up with espionage, a pretty flight attendant, a mad scientist, geisha girls, and a goofy magic...

Wild Stallion
1952
as Caroline (as an adult)
A young orphan grows into adulthood, all the while searhing for his beloved white horse that disappeared years earlier.

Oriental Evil
1951
as Cheryl Banning
Set in post war Japan, the film tells the tale of a woman looking for her missing brother. Her brother operated a small export business and has sudden...

The Kangaroo Kid
1950
as Mary Corbett
A 19th-century San Francisco detective named Tex Kinnane is sent "Down Under" to nab shyster lawyer Vincent Moller. Several comparisons are made betw...

Frisco Tornado
1950
as Jean Martin
U.S. marshal sets out to end an insurance scam: salesmen provide cow town folk with insurance against outlaw activity, outlaws who work for the insura...

The Lawless
1950
as Caroline Tyler
A newspaper editor takes on the cause of oppressed migrant Mexican fruit pickers.

Salt Lake Raiders
1950
as Helen Thornton
A man is sent to jail for murder escapes while being transferred, Rocky is sent to bring him in. When he catches him in a ghost town the man claims to...

Outcasts of Black Mesa
1950
as Ruth Dorn
Our Hero is accused of a crime he didn't commit. Once again, he breaks jail to find the real culprits. And once again, he dons his Durango Kid disguis...

Roughshod
1949
as Marcia
Rancher Clay and his brother, Steve, head out across the Sonora mountain pass, followed by Lednov, an ex-con seeking revenge on Clay for putting him b...

The Clay Pigeon
1949
as Miss Harwick
Jim Fletcher, waking up from a coma, finds he is to be given a court martial for treason and charged with informing on fellow inmates in a Japanese pr...

Rustlers
1949
as Ruth Abbott
A group of Arizona ranchers, trying to learn the identities of the Salt River Gang and prevent any further rustling, marks the currency that rancher F...

Gun Smugglers
1948
as Judy Davis
A young boy threatens to follow in his outlaw brother's footsteps.

The Velvet Touch
1948
as Helen Adams
After accidentally killing her lecherous producer, a famous actress tries to hide her guilt.

The Judge Steps Out
1947
as Catherine Bailey Struthers III
A judge flees the pressures of professional and family life for a job as a short-order cook.

The Woman on the Beach
1947
as Mrs. Barton (uncredited)
A sailor suffering from post-traumatic stress becomes involved with a beautiful and enigmatic seductress married to a blind painter.

Thunder Mountain
1947
as Ellie Jorth
Marvin Hayden returns to find his ranch is about to be sold at auction and the Hayden Jorth feud still going strong. Carson wants the Hayden ranch and...

Born to Kill
1947
as Maid (uncredited)
A calculating divorcée risks her chances at wealth and security with a man she doesn't love by getting involved with a hotheaded murderer.

The Locket
1946
as Bridesmaid (uncredited)
A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.