TODAY’S NOTABLE TEXAN MARTHA HYER For MARCH 28th 2014 Martha Hyer Film and Stage Actress is the daughter of a Texas judge and was born on August 10, 1924 in Fort Worth, Texas. Once she finished her formal schooling in Fort Worth and then majored in speech and drama at Northwestern University. Her work at the Pasadena Playhouse led to a 1946 contract with RKO. Pictures. Martha played a bit role in 1946s “The Locket (1946)”. Slowly, Martha began picking up roles with more and more substance. The best years for the beautiful actress began in 1954 when she played in films such as Down Three Dark Streets (1954), Showdown at Abilene (1956) and Battle Hymn (1957). Perhaps the best role of her long career was as Gwen French in 1958s Some Came Running (1958) in which she starred opposite Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Shirley MacLaine. As a result of her stellar role, Martha received an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress, but she lost out to Wendy Hiller in Separate Tables (1958). Afterwards, Marthas stint on the US silver screens trailed off some. She did make a handful of foreign films, returning to appear in the US from time to time, but nothing compared to the pace she had in the fifties. Her last film was in 1973 in the film The Day of the Wolves (1971). In 1966, she married producer Hal B. Wallis and remained with him until his death in 1986. Notable trivia in her career included that she was once in the running for the role of Marion Crane in Hitchcocks “Psycho (1960)”, but lost out to Janet Leigh. When asked about Texas, she once said: “I love my house in Hollywood and enjoy living there, but when it comes time for Thanksgiving, you will always find me back with my parents in Texas”
Posted on: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 00:59:34 +0000
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