Myrna Loy
Myrna Loy (August 2, 1905 – December 14, 1993) was an American actress. Trained as a dancer, she devoted herself fully to an acting career following a few minor roles in silent films. Originally typecast in exotic roles, often as a vamp or a woman of Asian descent, her career prospects improved following her portrayal of Nora Charles in The Thin Man (1934). Her successful pairing with William Powell resulted in 14 films together, including five subsequent Thin Man films. Although Loy was never nominated for a competitive Academy Award, in March 1991 she was presented with an Honorary Academy Award with the inscription "In recognition of her extraordinary qualities both on screen and off, with appreciation for a lifetime's worth of indelible performances." During World War II, Loy served as assistant to the director of military and naval welfare for the Red Cross. She was later appointed a member-at-large of the U.S. Commission to UNESCO. Her acting career by no means ended in the 1940s. She continued to actively pursue stage and television appearances in addition to films in subsequent decades.
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- Born:
- Aug 2, 1905 In Radersburg, Montana, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 157
- First Appeared:
- In the movie 1925 Studio Tour 1925-04-09
- Latest Project:
- Movie Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn 2015-08-18
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn | Self (archive footage) | 2015-08-18 |
| Movie | 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year | Self (archive footage) | 2009-07-02 |
| Movie | Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood | Gertie Waxted (archive footage) | 2008-03-03 |
| Movie | Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema | Self (archive footage) | 2007-05-23 |
| Movie | William Powell: A True Gentleman | 2005-08-02 | |
| Movie | Complicated Women | Self (archive footage) | 2003-05-06 |
| Movie | That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) | 1994-07-01 |
| Movie | Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell | Self (archive footage) | 1993-02-06 |
| Movie | Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To | (archive footage) | 1990-06-04 |
| Movie | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self (archive footage) | 1988-11-22 |
| Movie | The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn | Self (archive footage) | 1986-03-09 |
| Movie | Night of 100 Stars | Self | 1982-03-08 |
| Movie | Summer Solstice | Margaret | 1981-12-30 |
| Movie | Just Tell Me What You Want | Stella Liberti | 1980-01-18 |
| Series | The Kennedy Center Honors | Unknown | 1978-12-28 |
| Movie | The End | Maureen Lawson | 1978-05-10 |
| Movie | Ants! | Ethel | 1977-12-02 |
| Movie | That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | 1976-05-16 |
| Movie | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 |
| Movie | Indict and Convict | Judge Christine Tayloy | 1974-01-06 |
| Movie | The Elevator | Amanda Kenyon | 1974-02-09 |
| Movie | Airport 1975 | Mrs. Devaney | 1974-10-18 |
| Movie | The Couple Takes a Wife | Barbara's Mother | 1972-12-05 |
| Series | Columbo | Lizzi Fielding | 1971-09-15 |
| Movie | Death Takes a Holiday | Selena Chapman | 1971-10-23 |
| Movie | Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate | Evelyn Tryon | 1971-11-09 |
| Movie | The April Fools | Grace Greenlaw | 1969-05-28 |
| Series | Ironside | Unknown | 1967-03-28 |
| Series | Family Affair | Unknown | 1966-09-12 |
| Movie | The Love Goddesses | (archive footage) | 1965-03-03 |
| Movie | Hollywood My Home Town | Self (archive footage) | 1965-12-31 |
| Movie | The Big Parade of Comedy | Nora Charles (archive footage) | 1964-09-02 |
| Series | The Virginian | Unknown | 1962-09-19 |
| Movie | The Legend of Rudolph Valentino | Self (archive footage) | 1961-05-24 |
| Movie | From the Terrace | Martha Eaton | 1960-07-15 |
| Movie | Midnight Lace | Aunt Bea | 1960-10-13 |
| Movie | Lonelyhearts | Florence Shrike | 1959-03-04 |
| Movie | Meet Me in St. Louis | Anna Smith | 1959-04-26 |
| Series | The DuPont Show with June Allyson | Unknown | 1959-09-21 |
| Movie | The Ambassador's Daughter | Mrs. Cartwright | 1956-07-26 |
| Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
| Movie | Belles on Their Toes | Lillian Gilbreth | 1952-05-02 |
| Series | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Unknown | 1951-10-05 |
| Movie | Cheaper by the Dozen | Lillian Gilbreth | 1950-03-31 |
| Movie | The Red Pony | Alice Tiflin | 1949-03-08 |
| Movie | That Dangerous Age | Lady Cathy Brooke | 1949-04-13 |
| Movie | Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House | Muriel Blandings | 1948-03-25 |
| Movie | The Senator Was Indiscreet | Mrs. Ashton (uncredited) | 1947-12-31 |
| Movie | Song of the Thin Man | Nora Charles | 1947-08-28 |
| Movie | The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer | Judge Margaret Turner | 1947-09-01 |
| Movie | So Goes My Love | Jane Budden Maxim | 1946-05-01 |
| Movie | The Best Years of Our Lives | Milly Stephenson | 1946-12-25 |
| Movie | The Thin Man Goes Home | Nora Charles | 1944-12-24 |
| Movie | Twenty Years After | (archive footage) | 1944-01-01 |
| Movie | Show-Business at War | Self | 1943-05-21 |
| Movie | Love Crazy | Susan Ireland | 1941-05-23 |
| Movie | Shadow of the Thin Man | Nora Charles | 1941-11-21 |
| Movie | Hollywood: Style Center of the World | Self | 1940-05-29 |
| Movie | Northward, Ho! | Herself | 1940-02-10 |
| Movie | Trifles of Importance | Self (archive footage) | 1940-07-13 |
| Movie | I Love You Again | Kay Wilson | 1940-08-09 |
| Movie | A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound | Self | 1940-10-24 |
| Movie | Third Finger, Left Hand | Margot Sherwood Merrick | 1940-10-11 |
| Movie | Lucky Night | Cora Jordan | 1939-05-05 |
| Movie | From the Ends of the Earth | Self | 1939-05-28 |
| Movie | Another Thin Man | Nora Charles | 1939-11-17 |
| Movie | The Rains Came | Lady Edwina Esketh | 1939-09-15 |
| Movie | Another Romance of Celluloid | Self (uncredited) | 1938-02-05 |
| Movie | Man-Proof | Mimi Swift | 1938-01-07 |
| Movie | Test Pilot | Ann "Thursday" Barton | 1938-04-16 |
| Movie | Too Hot to Handle | Alma Harding | 1938-09-16 |
| Movie | Parnell | Katie O'Shea | 1937-06-04 |
| Movie | The Romance of Celluloid | Self (archive footage) | 1937-08-27 |
| Movie | Double Wedding | Margit Agnew | 1937-10-15 |
| Movie | The Great Ziegfeld | Billie Burke | 1936-04-08 |
| Movie | Wife vs. Secretary | Linda Stanhope | 1936-02-28 |
| Movie | Petticoat Fever | Irene Campton | 1936-03-20 |
| Movie | To Mary - with Love | Mary Wallace | 1936-08-01 |
| Movie | After the Thin Man | Nora Charles | 1936-12-25 |
| Movie | Libeled Lady | Constance 'Connie' Allenbury | 1936-10-09 |
| Movie | Wings in the Dark | Sheila Mason | 1935-02-01 |
| Movie | Whipsaw | Vivian Palmer | 1935-12-18 |
| Movie | Manhattan Melodrama | Eleanor Packer | 1934-05-04 |
| Movie | The Thin Man | Nora Charles | 1934-05-25 |
| Movie | Men in White | Laura Hudson | 1934-04-06 |
| Movie | Stamboul Quest | Annemarie, aka Fräulein Doktor and Helena Bohlen | 1934-07-13 |
| Movie | Broadway Bill | Alice 'Princess' Higgins | 1934-11-30 |
| Movie | Evelyn Prentice | Evelyn Prentice | 1934-11-09 |
| Movie | The Barbarian | Diana 'Di' Standing | 1933-05-12 |
| Movie | Topaze | Coco | 1933-02-24 |
| Movie | Scarlet River | Herself (uncredited) | 1933-03-10 |
| Movie | When Ladies Meet | Mary | 1933-06-23 |
| Movie | Penthouse | Gertie Waxted | 1933-09-08 |
| Movie | The Prizefighter and the Lady | Belle Mercer | 1933-11-10 |
| Movie | Night Flight | Wife of Brazilian Pilot | 1933-10-06 |
| Movie | The Wet Parade | Eileen Pinchon | 1932-03-26 |
| Movie | Vanity Fair | Becky Sharp | 1932-03-15 |
| Movie | The Woman in Room 13 | Sari Loder | 1932-05-15 |
| Movie | Emma | Isabelle | 1932-01-02 |
| Movie | Thirteen Women | Ursula Georgi | 1932-09-16 |
| Movie | New Morals for Old | Myra | 1932-06-04 |
| Movie | The Animal Kingdom | Cecelia Henry Collier | 1932-12-28 |
| Movie | The Mask of Fu Manchu | Fah Lo See | 1932-11-05 |
| Movie | Love Me Tonight | Countess Valentine | 1932-08-18 |
| Movie | Hush Money | Flo Curtis | 1931-07-05 |
| Movie | Body and Soul | Alice Lester | 1931-02-22 |
| Movie | A Connecticut Yankee | Queen Morgan le Fay / Evil Sister in Mansion | 1931-04-06 |
| Movie | Transatlantic | Kay Graham | 1931-08-19 |
| Movie | Rebound | Evie Lawrence | 1931-08-28 |
| Movie | Consolation Marriage | Elaine Brandon | 1931-11-21 |
| Movie | Arrowsmith | Joyce Lanyon | 1931-12-07 |
| Movie | Skyline | Paula Lambert | 1931-10-08 |
| Movie | The Last of the Duanes | Lola Bland | 1930-08-31 |
| Movie | Bride of the Regiment | Sophie | 1930-05-21 |
| Movie | Cock o' the Walk | Narita | 1930-04-13 |
| Movie | Cameo Kirby | Lea | 1930-01-12 |
| Movie | Isle of Escape | Moira | 1930-03-01 |
| Movie | Under a Texas Moon | Lolita Romero | 1930-04-01 |
| Movie | Renegades | Eleanore | 1930-10-26 |
| Movie | The Devil to Pay! | Mary Crayle | 1930-12-18 |
| Movie | The Jazz Cinderella | Mildred Vane | 1930-09-01 |
| Movie | Rogue of the Rio Grande | Carmita | 1930-12-07 |
| Movie | The Naughty Flirt | Linda Gregory | 1930-12-17 |
| Movie | The Bad Man | (uncredited) | 1930-09-11 |
| Movie | The Truth About Youth | Kara | 1930-11-03 |
| Movie | Hardboiled Rose | Rose Duhamel | 1929-03-30 |
| Movie | The Jazz Singer | Chorus Girl (uncredited) | 1929-01-01 |
| Movie | The Desert Song | Azuri | 1929-04-08 |
| Movie | Fancy Baggage | Myrna | 1929-01-26 |
| Movie | The Great Divide | Manuella | 1929-09-15 |
| Movie | The Squall | Nubi | 1929-05-09 |
| Movie | Show of Shows | Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Chinese Fantasy' Numbers | 1929-11-21 |
| Movie | Evidence | Native Girl | 1929-12-05 |
| Movie | The Black Watch | Yasmani | 1929-05-22 |
| Movie | The Crimson City | Isobel | 1928-04-07 |
| Movie | What Price Beauty? | Vamp | 1928-01-22 |
| Movie | A Girl in Every Port | Jetta - Girl in Singapore (uncredited) | 1928-02-26 |
| Movie | State Street Sadie | Sadie | 1928-08-25 |
| Movie | The Midnight Taxi | Gertie Fairfax | 1928-09-01 |
| Movie | Fashion News | Self (1928, 1930) | 1928-11-06 |
| Movie | Noah's Ark | Showgirl / Slave Girl | 1928-11-01 |
| Movie | Bitter Apples | Belinda White | 1927-04-23 |
| Movie | Finger Prints | Vamp | 1927-01-08 |
| Movie | The Climbers | Countess Veya | 1927-05-03 |
| Movie | The Heart of Maryland | Mulatta | 1927-07-13 |
| Movie | The Girl from Chicago | Mary Carlton | 1927-11-09 |
| Movie | When a Man Loves | Convict Behind Manon (uncredited) | 1927-08-21 |
| Movie | Why Girls Go Back Home | Sally Short | 1926-03-01 |
| Movie | The Exquisite Sinner | Living Statue | 1926-03-28 |
| Movie | Across the Pacific | Roma | 1926-10-02 |
| Movie | So This Is Paris | Lalle's Maid (uncredited) | 1926-07-31 |
| Movie | Don Juan | Mai - Lady in Waiting | 1926-08-06 |
| Movie | The Wanderer | Girl at Baccanal (uncredited) | 1925-08-19 |
| Movie | 1925 Studio Tour | Self (uncredited) | 1925-04-09 |
| Movie | Sporting Life | Chorus Girl with Lord Wainwright (uncredited) | 1925-11-29 |
| Movie | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | Slave Girl (uncredited) | 1925-12-25 |
| Movie | Pretty Ladies | Showgirl (uncredited) | 1925-09-06 |