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 | Fish, Milk, Tamarind | 1988-11-21 | |
| 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 |
| Movie | The End | Maureen Lawson | 1978-05-10 |
| Series | The Kennedy Center Honors | Unknown | 1978-12-28 |
| Movie | It Happened at Lakewood Manor | Ethel | 1977-12-02 |
| Movie | That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | 1976-05-16 |
| Movie | Two women | 1975-10-27 | |
| 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 | Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self (archive footage) | 1972-01-10 |
| Movie | The Couple Takes a Wife | Barbara's Mother | 1972-12-05 |
| Movie | Death Takes a Holiday | Selena Chapman | 1971-10-23 |
| Series | Columbo | Lizzi Fielding | 1971-09-15 |
| 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 | Inside Daisy Clover | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1965-12-22 |
| 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 | Meet Me in St. Louis | Anna Smith | 1959-04-26 |
| Movie | Lonelyhearts | Florence Shrike | 1959-03-04 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Song of the Thin Man | Nora Charles | 1947-08-28 |
| Movie | The Senator Was Indiscreet | Mrs. Ashton (uncredited) | 1947-12-31 |
| 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 | A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound | Self | 1940-10-24 |
| Movie | Northward, Ho! | Herself | 1940-02-10 |
| Movie | Hollywood: Style Center of the World | Self | 1940-05-29 |
| Movie | Third Finger, Left Hand | Margot Sherwood Merrick | 1940-10-11 |
| Movie | I Love You Again | Kay Wilson | 1940-08-09 |
| 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 | Man-Proof | Mimi Swift | 1938-01-07 |
| Movie | Another Romance of Celluloid | Self (uncredited) | 1938-02-05 |
| Movie | Too Hot to Handle | Alma Harding | 1938-09-16 |
| Movie | Test Pilot | Ann "Thursday" Barton | 1938-04-16 |
| Movie | The Romance of Celluloid | Self (archive footage) | 1937-08-27 |
| Movie | Parnell | Katie O'Shea | 1937-06-04 |
| 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 | Men in White | Laura Hudson | 1934-04-06 |
| Movie | The Thin Man | Nora Charles | 1934-05-25 |
| Movie | Stamboul Quest | Annemarie, aka Fräulein Doktor and Helena Bohlen | 1934-07-13 |
| Movie | Evelyn Prentice | Evelyn Prentice | 1934-11-09 |
| Movie | Broadway Bill | Alice 'Princess' Higgins | 1934-11-30 |
| Movie | Scarlet River | Herself (uncredited) | 1933-03-10 |
| Movie | Topaze | Coco | 1933-02-24 |
| Movie | The Barbarian | Diana 'Di' Standing | 1933-05-12 |
| Movie | The Prizefighter and the Lady | Belle Mercer | 1933-11-10 |
| Movie | When Ladies Meet | Mary | 1933-06-23 |
| Movie | Night Flight | Wife of Brazilian Pilot | 1933-10-06 |
| Movie | Penthouse | Gertie Waxted | 1933-09-08 |
| 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 Desert Song | Azuri | 1929-04-08 |
| Movie | Fancy Baggage | Myrna | 1929-01-26 |
| 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 | The Black Watch | Yasmani | 1929-05-22 |
| Movie | Evidence | Native Girl | 1929-12-05 |
| Movie | The Great Divide | Manuella | 1929-09-15 |
| Movie | A Girl in Every Port | Jetta - Girl in Singapore (uncredited) | 1928-02-26 |
| Movie | What Price Beauty? | Vamp | 1928-01-22 |
| 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 Jazz Singer | Chorus Girl (uncredited) | 1927-10-06 |
| 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 Gilded Highway | Inez Quartz | 1926-03-13 |
| Movie | Don Juan | Mai - Lady in Waiting | 1926-08-06 |
| Movie | The Exquisite Sinner | Living Statue | 1926-03-28 |
| Movie | So This Is Paris | Lalle's Maid (uncredited) | 1926-07-31 |
| 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 |