Myrna Loy
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1905-08-02
Day of Death
1993-12-14 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
Radersburg, Montana, USA
Myrna Loy
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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
(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)
(2005)
(2003)
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
(1994)
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
(1993)
Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell
as Self (archive footage)
(1990)
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
as (archive footage)
(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)
(1975)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
(1974)
Airport 1975
as Mrs. Devaney
(1974)
Indict and Convict
as Judge Christine Tayloy
(1974)
The Elevator
as Amanda Kenyon
(1972)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
(1972)
The Couple Takes a Wife
as Barbara's Mother
(1971)
Death Takes a Holiday
as Selena Chapman
(1971)
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
as Evelyn Tryon
(1969)
The April Fools
as Grace Greenlaw
(1964)
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Nora Charles (archive footage)
(1961)
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
as Self (archive footage)
(1960)
From the Terrace
as Martha Eaton
(1960)
Midnight Lace
as Aunt Bea
(1959)
Lonelyhearts
as Florence Shrike
(1959)
Meet Me in St. Louis
as Anna Smith
(1956)
The Ambassador's Daughter
as Mrs. Cartwright
(1952)
Belles on Their Toes
as Lillian Gilbreth
(1950)
Cheaper by the Dozen
as Lillian Gilbreth
(1949)
The Red Pony
as Alice Tiflin
(1949)
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
(1947)
Song of the Thin Man
as Nora Charles
(1947)
The Senator Was Indiscreet
as Mrs. Ashton (uncredited)
(1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives
as Milly Stephenson
(1946)
So Goes My Love
as Jane Budden Maxim
(1944)
The Thin Man Goes Home
as Nora Charles
(1944)
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
(1943)
Show-Business at War
as Self
(1941)
Shadow of the Thin Man
as Nora Charles
(1941)
Love Crazy
as Susan Ireland
(1940)
I Love You Again
as Kay Wilson
(1940)
Trifles of Importance
as Self (archive footage)
(1940)
Third Finger, Left Hand
as Margot Sherwood Merrick
(1940)
(1940)
(1940)
Northward, Ho!
as Herself
(1939)
Another Thin Man
as Nora Charles
(1939)
The Rains Came
as Lady Edwina Esketh
(1939)
Lucky Night
as Cora Jordan
(1939)
From the Ends of the Earth
as Self
(1938)
Test Pilot
as Ann "Thursday" Barton
(1938)
Too Hot to Handle
as Alma Harding
(1938)
Another Romance of Celluloid
as Self (uncredited)
(1938)
Man-Proof
as Mimi Swift
(1937)
Double Wedding
as Margit Agnew
(1937)
Parnell
as Katie O'Shea
(1937)
The Romance of Celluloid
as Self (archive footage)
(1936)
The Great Ziegfeld
as Billie Burke
(1936)
Libeled Lady
as Constance 'Connie' Allenbury
(1936)
After the Thin Man
as Nora Charles
(1936)
To Mary - with Love
as Mary Wallace
(1936)
Wife vs. Secretary
as Linda Stanhope
(1936)
Petticoat Fever
as Irene Campton
(1935)
Whipsaw
as Vivian Palmer
(1935)
Wings in the Dark
as Sheila Mason
(1934)
The Thin Man
as Nora Charles
(1934)
Manhattan Melodrama
as Eleanor Packer
(1934)
Broadway Bill
as Alice 'Princess' Higgins
(1934)
Stamboul Quest
as Annemarie, aka Fräulein Doktor and Helena Bohlen
(1934)
Men in White
as Laura Hudson
(1934)
Evelyn Prentice
as Evelyn Prentice
(1933)
Night Flight
as Wife of Brazilian Pilot
(1933)
Penthouse
as Gertie Waxted
(1933)
The Barbarian
as Diana 'Di' Standing
(1933)
Topaze
as Coco
(1933)
When Ladies Meet
as Mary
(1933)
The Prizefighter and the Lady
as Belle Mercer
(1933)
Scarlet River
as Herself (uncredited)
(1932)
The Mask of Fu Manchu
as Fah Lo See
(1932)
The Animal Kingdom
as Cecelia Henry Collier
(1932)
Thirteen Women
as Ursula Georgi
(1932)
Love Me Tonight
as Countess Valentine
(1932)
Emma
as Isabelle
(1932)
New Morals for Old
as Myra
(1932)
Vanity Fair
as Becky Sharp
(1932)
The Wet Parade
as Eileen Pinchon
(1932)
The Woman in Room 13
as Sari Loder
(1931)
Skyline
as Paula Lambert
(1931)
A Connecticut Yankee
as Queen Morgan le Fay / Evil Sister in Mansion
(1931)
Arrowsmith
as Joyce Lanyon
(1931)
The Naughty Flirt
as Linda Gregory
(1931)
Transatlantic
as Kay Graham
(1931)
Rebound
as Evie Lawrence
(1931)
Body and Soul
as Alice Lester
(1931)
Hush Money
as Flo Curtis
(1931)
Consolation Marriage
as Elaine Brandon
(1930)
Isle of Escape
as Moira
(1930)
The Devil to Pay!
as Mary Crayle
(1930)
The Jazz Cinderella
as Mildred Vane
(1930)
Renegades
as Eleanore
(1930)
Cameo Kirby
as Lea
(1930)
Under a Texas Moon
as Lolita Romero
(1930)
The Bad Man
as (uncredited)
(1930)
Rogue of the Rio Grande
as Carmita
(1930)
Cock o' the Walk
as Narita
(1930)
Bride of the Regiment
as Sophie
(1930)
The Last of the Duanes
as Lola Bland
(1930)
The Truth About Youth
as Kara
(1929)
The Show of Shows
as Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Chinese Fantasy' Numbers
(1929)
The Desert Song
as Azuri
(1929)
The Black Watch
as Yasmani
(1929)
The Great Divide
as Manuella
(1929)
Evidence
as Native Girl
(1929)
The Squall
as Nubi
(1929)
Fancy Baggage
as Myrna
(1929)
Hardboiled Rose
as Rose Duhamel
(1928)
Noah's Ark
as Showgirl / Slave Girl
(1928)
A Girl in Every Port
as Jetta - Girl in Singapore (uncredited)
(1928)
The Midnight Taxi
as Gertie Fairfax
(1928)
What Price Beauty?
as Vamp
(1928)
State Street Sadie
as Sadie
(1928)
Turn Back the Hours
as Tiza Torreon
(1928)
Pay as You Enter
as Yvonne De Russo
(1928)
The Crimson City
as Isobel
(1928)
Beware of Married Men
as Juanita Sheldon
(1927)
The Jazz Singer
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
(1927)
The Climbers
as Countess Veya
(1927)
When a Man Loves
as Convict Behind Manon (uncredited)
(1927)
Bitter Apples
as Belinda White
(1927)
Ham and Eggs at the Front
as Fifi
(1927)
The Girl from Chicago
as Mary Carlton
(1927)
The Heart of Maryland
as Mulatta
(1927)
(1927)
Finger Prints
as Vamp
(1927)
A Sailor's Sweetheart
as Claudette Ralston
(1927)
If I Were Single
as Joan Whitley
(1926)
So This Is Paris
as Lalle's Maid (uncredited)
(1926)
The Cave Man
as Maid
(1926)
Don Juan
as Mai - Lady in Waiting
(1926)
The Love Toy
as Bit Part (uncredited)
(1926)
Across the Pacific
as Roma
(1926)
The Third Degree
as Bit Part (uncredited)
(1926)
The Gilded Highway
as Inez Quartz
(1926)
Why Girls Go Back Home
as Sally Short
(1926)
The Exquisite Sinner
as Living Statue
(1925)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Slave Girl (uncredited)
(1925)
Pretty Ladies
as Showgirl (uncredited)
(1925)
1925 Studio Tour
as Self (uncredited)
(1925)
Sporting Life
as Chorus Girl with Lord Wainwright (uncredited)
(1925)
The Wanderer
as Girl at Baccanal (uncredited)