Myrna Loy
Acting1905Radersburg, Montana, USA
Biography
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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.
Known For
Acting History
2009
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
2008
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
as Gertie Waxted (archive footage)
2007
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
2003
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
1996
American Experience
TVas Self (archive footage) (uncredited)• 1 eps
1994
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
1990
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
as (archive footage)
1988
The Kennedy Center Honors
TVas Self• 1 eps
1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1986
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
as Self (archive footage)
1982
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1981
Summer Solstice
as Margaret
1980
Just Tell Me What You Want
as Stella Liberti
1978
The End
as Maureen Lawson
1977
It Happened at Lakewood Manor
as Ethel
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TVas Self• 1 eps
1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1974
1973
Ironside
TVas Andrea Wollcott• 1 eps
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
The Couple Takes a Wife
as Barbara's Mother
Columbo
TVas Lizzi Fielding• 1 eps
1971
Death Takes a Holiday
as Selena Chapman
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
as Evelyn Tryon
1969
The April Fools
as Grace Greenlaw
1967
The Virginian
TVas Mrs. Miles• 1 eps
1964
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Nora Charles (archive footage)
1962
The Merv Griffin Show
TVas Self
1961
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
as Self (archive footage)
The Mike Douglas Show
TVas Self
1960
From the Terrace
as Martha Eaton
Midnight Lace
as Aunt Bea
What's My Line?
TVas Self - Mystery Guest• 1 eps
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
TVas Mary Sidney• 1 eps
1959
Lonelyhearts
as Florence Shrike
Meet Me in St. Louis
as Anna Smith
1956
The Ambassador's Daughter
as Mrs. Cartwright
1954
The George Gobel Show
TVas Self
1953
General Electric Theater
TVas Allie Evans / Maggie Webster / Kate Kennedy
1952
Belles on Their Toes
as Lillian Gilbreth
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TVas Nancy Knox
1950
Cheaper by the Dozen
as Lillian Gilbreth
1949
The Red Pony
as Alice Tiflin
That Dangerous Age
as Lady Cathy Brooke
1948
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
as Muriel Blandings
1947
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
as Judge Margaret Turner
The Senator Was Indiscreet
as Mrs. Ashton (uncredited)
Song of the Thin Man
as Nora Charles
1946
So Goes My Love
as Jane Budden Maxim
The Best Years of Our Lives
as Milly Stephenson
1944
The Thin Man Goes Home
as Nora Charles
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
1943
Show-Business at War
as Self
1941
Love Crazy
as Susan Ireland
Shadow of the Thin Man
as Nora Charles
1940
Third Finger, Left Hand
as Margot Sherwood Merrick
I Love You Again
as Kay Wilson
Northward, Ho!
as Herself
Trifles of Importance
as Self (archive footage)
1939
The Rains Came
as Lady Edwina Esketh
Another Thin Man
as Nora Charles
Lucky Night
as Cora Jordan
From the Ends of the Earth
as Self
1938
Test Pilot
as Ann "Thursday" Barton
Man-Proof
as Mimi Swift
Another Romance of Celluloid
as Self (uncredited)
Too Hot to Handle
as Alma Harding
1937
Double Wedding
as Margit Agnew
Parnell
as Katie O'Shea
The Romance of Celluloid
as Self (archive footage)
1936
After the Thin Man
as Nora Charles
Petticoat Fever
as Irene Campton
To Mary - with Love
as Mary Wallace
The Great Ziegfeld
as Billie Burke
Libeled Lady
as Constance 'Connie' Allenbury
Wife vs. Secretary
as Linda Stanhope
1935
Whipsaw
as Vivian Palmer
Wings in the Dark
as Sheila Mason
1934
Men in White
as Laura Hudson
Stamboul Quest
as Annemarie, aka Fräulein Doktor and Helena Bohlen
The Thin Man
as Nora Charles
Manhattan Melodrama
as Eleanor Packer
Broadway Bill
as Alice 'Princess' Higgins
Evelyn Prentice
as Evelyn Prentice
1933
Topaze
as Coco
The Barbarian
as Diana 'Di' Standing
Penthouse
as Gertie Waxted
Night Flight
as Wife of Brazilian Pilot
The Prizefighter and the Lady
as Belle Mercer
When Ladies Meet
as Mary
Scarlet River
as Herself (uncredited)
1932
The Animal Kingdom
as Cecelia Henry Collier
Love Me Tonight
as Countess Valentine
Thirteen Women
as Ursula Georgi
The Mask of Fu Manchu
as Fah Lo See
Emma
as Isabelle
The Wet Parade
as Eileen Pinchon
Vanity Fair
as Becky Sharp
New Morals for Old
as Myra
The Woman in Room 13
as Sari Loder
1931
Transatlantic
as Kay Graham
Arrowsmith
as Joyce Lanyon
Hush Money
as Flo Curtis
Skyline
as Paula Lambert
Rebound
as Evie Lawrence
A Connecticut Yankee
as Queen Morgan le Fay / Evil Sister in Mansion
The Naughty Flirt
as Linda Gregory
Consolation Marriage
as Elaine Brandon
Body and Soul
as Alice Lester
1930
Under a Texas Moon
as Lolita Romero
Renegades
as Eleanore
The Devil to Pay!
as Mary Crayle
The Truth About Youth
as Kara
The Bad Man
as (uncredited)
Rogue of the Rio Grande
as Carmita
Cock o' the Walk
as Narita
Bride of the Regiment
as Sophie
The Last of the Duanes
as Lola Bland
Isle of Escape
as Moira
Cameo Kirby
as Lea
The Jazz Cinderella
as Mildred Vane
1929
The Show of Shows
as Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Chinese Fantasy' Numbers
The Squall
as Nubi
The Black Watch
as Yasmani
The Great Divide
as Manuella
Fancy Baggage
as Myrna
The Desert Song
as Azuri
Hardboiled Rose
as Rose Duhamel
Evidence
as Native Girl
1928
What Price Beauty?
as Vamp
A Girl in Every Port
as Jetta - Girl in Singapore (uncredited)
The Crimson City
as Isobel
Turn Back the Hours
as Tiza Torreon
The Midnight Taxi
as Gertie Fairfax
State Street Sadie
as Sadie
Beware of Married Men
as Juanita Sheldon
Pay as You Enter
as Yvonne De Russo
Noah's Ark
as Showgirl / Slave Girl
1927
The Jazz Singer
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
The Climbers
as Countess Veya
When a Man Loves
as Convict Behind Manon (uncredited)
The Girl from Chicago
as Mary Carlton
If I Were Single
as Joan Whitley
Ham and Eggs at the Front
as Fifi
The Heart of Maryland
as Mulatta
Finger Prints
as Vamp
A Sailor's Sweetheart
as Claudette Ralston
Bitter Apples
as Belinda White
1926
So This Is Paris
as Lalle's Maid (uncredited)
The Cave Man
as Maid
The Gilded Highway
as Inez Quartz
The Third Degree
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Don Juan
as Mai - Lady in Waiting
The Exquisite Sinner
as Living Statue
Why Girls Go Back Home
as Sally Short
The Love Toy
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Across the Pacific
as Roma
1925
Pretty Ladies
as Showgirl (uncredited)
1925 Studio Tour
as Self (uncredited)
The Wanderer
as Girl at Baccanal (uncredited)
Sporting Life
as Chorus Girl with Lord Wainwright (uncredited)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Slave Girl (uncredited)