Martha Hyer
Martha Hyer (August 10, 1924 – May 31, 2014) was an American actress. She is best remembered for her role as Gwen French in Some Came Running (1958), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her autobiography, Finding My Way: A Hollywood Memoir, was published in 1990.
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| Claim to fame | Some Came Running (1958)
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| Date of birth | 10 August 1924
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| Place of birth | Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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| Date of death | 31 May 2014
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| Age | 89 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.
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| University | Northwestern University
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![Martha Hyer - Films in Review Magazine Cover [United States] (June 1964)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/f/m/fm291wfqywek1eq.jpg?skj2io4l)
![Martha Hyer - Australasian Post Magazine Cover [Australia] (20 October 1966)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/r/1/r1mz58ghoixj5h1x.jpg?skj2io4l)
![Martha Hyer - Cine Tele Revue Magazine Pictorial [France] (21 January 1965)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/n/5/n5fbjzb9wbjz9jj5.jpg?skj2io4l)
- Her classmates at Northwestern University included Cloris Leachman, Paul Lynde, Charlotte Rae, Charlton Heston, Patricia Neal and Agnes Nixon.
- Measurements: 36 1/2-23-36 (in 1956), (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
- Majored in drama and speech at Northwestern University.
- Was once labeled "Universal's answer to Grace Kelly".
- This placid blonde was once in the running for the role of Marion Crane in Hitchcock's Psycho (1960), but lost out to Janet Leigh.
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