- Her classmates at Northwestern University included Cloris Leachman, Paul Lynde, Charlotte Rae, Charlton Heston, Patricia Neal and Agnes Nixon.
- This placid blonde was in the running for the role of Marion Crane in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960), but lost out to Janet Leigh.
- Was labeled "Universal's answer to Grace Kelly".
- The May 4, 1959, issue of "Life" magazine contained a ten-page pictorial of her luxurious home in Holllywood. Not long after the issue came out, her home was robbed while she was attending a party.
- Was discovered by an RKO talent agent while acting with the Pasadena Playhouse.
- She is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.
- Majored in drama and speech at Northwestern University.
- She graduated from Arlington Heights High School in Fort Worth, class of 1941.
- Was a member of Pi Beta Phi Sorority.
- In Italy, most of her films were dubbed by Rosetta Calavetta. At the beginning of her career she was occasionally dubbed by Miranda Bonansea and Giuliana Maroni. Towards the late fifties, Renata Marini and Anna Miserocchi also lent their voice to Hyer.
- The only time she has acted out giving birth in a movie was in Ice Palace (1960).
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