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)
(1988)
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)
The Elevator
as Amanda Kenyon
(1974)
Indict and Convict
as Judge Christine Tayloy
(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)
Third Finger, Left Hand
as Margot Sherwood Merrick
(1940)
(1940)
(1940)
Trifles of Importance
as Self (archive footage)
(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)
Libeled Lady
as Constance 'Connie' Allenbury
(1936)
After the Thin Man
as Nora Charles
(1936)
The Great Ziegfeld
as Billie Burke
(1936)
Wife vs. Secretary
as Linda Stanhope
(1936)
Petticoat Fever
as Irene Campton
(1936)
To Mary - with Love
as Mary Wallace
(1935)
Wings in the Dark
as Sheila Mason
(1935)
Whipsaw
as Vivian Palmer
(1934)
The Thin Man
as Nora Charles
(1934)
Manhattan Melodrama
as Eleanor Packer
(1934)
Men in White
as Laura Hudson
(1934)
Broadway Bill
as Alice 'Princess' Higgins
(1934)
Evelyn Prentice
as Evelyn Prentice
(1934)
Stamboul Quest
as Annemarie, aka Fräulein Doktor and Helena Bohlen
(1933)
The Barbarian
as Diana 'Di' Standing
(1933)
Penthouse
as Gertie Waxted
(1933)
Night Flight
as Wife of Brazilian Pilot
(1933)
When Ladies Meet
as Mary
(1933)
The Prizefighter and the Lady
as Belle Mercer
(1933)
Topaze
as Coco
(1933)
Scarlet River
as Herself (uncredited)
(1932)
The Animal Kingdom
as Cecelia Henry Collier
(1932)
The Mask of Fu Manchu
as Fah Lo See
(1932)
Love Me Tonight
as Countess Valentine
(1932)
Thirteen Women
as Ursula Georgi
(1932)
The Wet Parade
as Eileen Pinchon
(1932)
Emma
as Isabelle
(1932)
Vanity Fair
as Becky Sharp
(1932)
The Woman in Room 13
as Sari Loder
(1932)
New Morals for Old
as Myra
(1931)
Skyline
as Paula Lambert
(1931)
Arrowsmith
as Joyce Lanyon
(1931)
The Naughty Flirt
as Linda Gregory
(1931)
Rebound
as Evie Lawrence
(1931)
Transatlantic
as Kay Graham
(1931)
A Connecticut Yankee
as Queen Morgan le Fay / Evil Sister in Mansion
(1931)
Hush Money
as Flo Curtis
(1931)
Consolation Marriage
as Elaine Brandon
(1931)
Body and Soul
as Alice Lester
(1930)
Renegades
as Eleanore
(1930)
The Devil to Pay!
as Mary Crayle
(1930)
Bride of the Regiment
as Sophie
(1930)
Under a Texas Moon
as Lolita Romero
(1930)
The Truth About Youth
as Kara
(1930)
The Last of the Duanes
as Lola Bland
(1930)
Isle of Escape
as Moira
(1930)
Rogue of the Rio Grande
as Carmita
(1930)
The Bad Man
as (uncredited)
(1930)
The Jazz Cinderella
as Mildred Vane
(1930)
Cock o' the Walk
as Narita
(1930)
Cameo Kirby
as Lea
(1929)
The Show of Shows
as Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Chinese Fantasy' Numbers
(1929)
The Great Divide
as Manuella
(1929)
The Black Watch
as Yasmani
(1929)
The Squall
as Nubi
(1929)
Hardboiled Rose
as Rose Duhamel
(1929)
The Desert Song
as Azuri
(1929)
Fancy Baggage
as Myrna
(1929)
Evidence
as Native Girl
(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)
Beware of Married Men
as Juanita Sheldon
(1928)
Pay as You Enter
as Yvonne De Russo
(1928)
Turn Back the Hours
as Tiza Torreon
(1928)
The Crimson City
as Isobel
(1927)
The Jazz Singer
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
(1927)
When a Man Loves
as Convict Behind Manon (uncredited)
(1927)
Bitter Apples
as Belinda White
(1927)
The Girl from Chicago
as Mary Carlton
(1927)
The Climbers
as Countess Veya
(1927)
Finger Prints
as Vamp
(1927)
Ham and Eggs at the Front
as Fifi
(1927)
The Heart of Maryland
as Mulatta
(1927)
(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)
Don Juan
as Mai - Lady in Waiting
(1926)
The Exquisite Sinner
as Living Statue
(1926)
Across the Pacific
as Roma
(1926)
Why Girls Go Back Home
as Sally Short
(1926)
The Third Degree
as Bit Part (uncredited)
(1926)
The Gilded Highway
as Inez Quartz
(1926)
The Love Toy
as Bit Part (uncredited)
(1926)
The Cave Man
as Maid
(1925)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Slave Girl (uncredited)
(1925)
1925 Studio Tour
as Self (uncredited)
(1925)
Pretty Ladies
as Showgirl (uncredited)
(1925)
The Wanderer
as Girl at Baccanal (uncredited)
(1925)
Sporting Life
as Chorus Girl with Lord Wainwright (uncredited)