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Martha Hyer starred in films with Humphrey Bogart and Frank Sinatra, among others. Martha Hyer was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar.
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Martha Hyer (r., with Van Johnson, center, Shelley Winters, l., and Janet Leigh, below) was nominated for an Oscar for the 1958 movie 'Some Came Running.'
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By Russell ContrerasAssociated Press
MarthaHyer, an Oscar-nominated actress who starred alongside the likes of Frank Sinatra and Humphrey Bogart, has died.
Hyerpassed away May 31 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Raymond Lucero of Rivera Funeral Home told The Associated Press. She was 89.
Born in Fort Worth, Texas, the easygoing actress began her movie career with a small role in the 1946 movie "The Locket," but she got her big break in the 1954 comedy "Sabrina," starring Bogart and Audrey Hepburn. In that movie, she played the fiancée of a character played by William Holden.Hyerwould later write in her memoir that Bogart was helpful in scenes with her.
She reportedly once turned down a date request from a young Sen. John F. Kennedy and began acquiring more high-profile roles during the 1950s.
In 1951,Hyermarried director C. Ray Stahl, who directed "The Scarlet Spear," which starredHyer. The marriage ended in divorce three years later.
She was nominated for an Academy Award as best supporting actress for her role in the 1958 "Some Came Running," starring Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Shirley MacLaine. The movie was based on a James Jones novel and brought her critical acclaim for her role as a schoolteacher being wooed by a writer and war veteran, played by Sinatra.Hyerlost the Oscar to Wendy Hiller for her role in "Separate Tables."
Hyerwould later say that loss devastated her.
After the Oscar nod,Hyerwould star in a number of American and foreign films that garnered little attention.
In 1966, she married film producer Hal Wallis, who took her to New Mexico for the first time during the filming of "Red Sky at Morning."Hyerremained married to him until his death in 1986 and moved to Santa Fe shortly after.
"This country casts a spell, and it never lets go," she would later write about New Mexico.
The Santa Fe New Mexican reported that in her later yearsHyer enjoyed painting and hiking.
Memorial services forHyerwere private, Lucero said.
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