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)
(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)
That Dangerous Age
as Lady Cathy Brooke
(1949)
The Red Pony
as Alice Tiflin
(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)
Love Crazy
as Susan Ireland
(1941)
Shadow of the Thin Man
as Nora Charles
(1940)
Third Finger, Left Hand
as Margot Sherwood Merrick
(1940)
(1940)
(1940)
Northward, Ho!
as Herself
(1940)
I Love You Again
as Kay Wilson
(1940)
Trifles of Importance
as Self (archive footage)
(1939)
The Rains Came
as Lady Edwina Esketh
(1939)
Lucky Night
as Cora Jordan
(1939)
Another Thin Man
as Nora Charles
(1939)
From the Ends of the Earth
as Self
(1938)
Man-Proof
as Mimi Swift
(1938)
Test Pilot
as Ann "Thursday" Barton
(1938)
Another Romance of Celluloid
as Self (uncredited)
(1938)
Too Hot to Handle
as Alma Harding
(1937)
Double Wedding
as Margit Agnew
(1937)
The Romance of Celluloid
as Self (archive footage)
(1937)
Parnell
as Katie O'Shea
(1936)
Petticoat Fever
as Irene Campton
(1936)
To Mary - with Love
as Mary Wallace
(1936)
The Great Ziegfeld
as Billie Burke
(1936)
Libeled Lady
as Constance 'Connie' Allenbury
(1936)
After the Thin Man
as Nora Charles
(1936)
Wife vs. Secretary
as Linda Stanhope
(1935)
Wings in the Dark
as Sheila Mason
(1935)
Whipsaw
as Vivian Palmer
(1934)
Broadway Bill
as Alice 'Princess' Higgins
(1934)
Manhattan Melodrama
as Eleanor Packer
(1934)
Men in White
as Laura Hudson
(1934)
The Thin Man
as Nora Charles
(1934)
Evelyn Prentice
as Evelyn Prentice
(1934)
Stamboul Quest
as Annemarie, aka Fräulein Doktor and Helena Bohlen
(1933)
Scarlet River
as Herself (uncredited)
(1933)
The Prizefighter and the Lady
as Belle Mercer
(1933)
Penthouse
as Gertie Waxted
(1933)
Topaze
as Coco
(1933)
Night Flight
as Wife of Brazilian Pilot
(1933)
When Ladies Meet
as Mary
(1933)
The Barbarian
as Diana 'Di' Standing
(1932)
The Mask of Fu Manchu
as Fah Lo See
(1932)
Thirteen Women
as Ursula Georgi
(1932)
The Woman in Room 13
as Sari Loder
(1932)
Vanity Fair
as Becky Sharp
(1932)
The Animal Kingdom
as Cecelia Henry Collier
(1932)
Love Me Tonight
as Countess Valentine
(1932)
The Wet Parade
as Eileen Pinchon
(1932)
New Morals for Old
as Myra
(1932)
Emma
as Isabelle
(1931)
A Connecticut Yankee
as Queen Morgan le Fay / Evil Sister in Mansion
(1931)
Skyline
as Paula Lambert
(1931)
Arrowsmith
as Joyce Lanyon
(1931)
Hush Money
as Flo Curtis
(1931)
Transatlantic
as Kay Graham
(1931)
Consolation Marriage
as Elaine Brandon
(1931)
Rebound
as Evie Lawrence
(1931)
Body and Soul
as Alice Lester
(1931)
The Naughty Flirt
as Linda Gregory
(1930)
The Devil to Pay!
as Mary Crayle
(1930)
The Jazz Cinderella
as Mildred Vane
(1930)
Under a Texas Moon
as Lolita Romero
(1930)
Rogue of the Rio Grande
as Carmita
(1930)
The Bad Man
as (uncredited)
(1930)
The Truth About Youth
as Kara
(1930)
Cameo Kirby
as Lea
(1930)
The Last of the Duanes
as Lola Bland
(1930)
Renegades
as Eleanore
(1930)
Bride of the Regiment
as Sophie
(1930)
Isle of Escape
as Moira
(1930)
Cock o' the Walk
as Narita
(1929)
The Show of Shows
as Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Chinese Fantasy' Numbers
(1929)
The Great Divide
as Manuella
(1929)
Hardboiled Rose
as Rose Duhamel
(1929)
Fancy Baggage
as Myrna
(1929)
The Desert Song
as Azuri
(1929)
The Black Watch
as Yasmani
(1929)
The Squall
as Nubi
(1929)
Evidence
as Native Girl
(1928)
Turn Back the Hours
as Tiza Torreon
(1928)
Noah's Ark
as Showgirl / Slave Girl
(1928)
Pay as You Enter
as Yvonne De Russo
(1928)
What Price Beauty?
as Vamp
(1928)
State Street Sadie
as Sadie
(1928)
The Midnight Taxi
as Gertie Fairfax
(1928)
The Crimson City
as Isobel
(1928)
A Girl in Every Port
as Jetta - Girl in Singapore (uncredited)
(1928)
Beware of Married Men
as Juanita Sheldon
(1927)
The Heart of Maryland
as Mulatta
(1927)
The Jazz Singer
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
(1927)
The Climbers
as Countess Veya
(1927)
A Sailor's Sweetheart
as Claudette Ralston
(1927)
If I Were Single
as Joan Whitley
(1927)
The Girl from Chicago
as Mary Carlton
(1927)
Ham and Eggs at the Front
as Fifi
(1927)
Finger Prints
as Vamp
(1927)
(1927)
When a Man Loves
as Convict Behind Manon (uncredited)
(1927)
Bitter Apples
as Belinda White
(1926)
The Third Degree
as Bit Part (uncredited)
(1926)
The Exquisite Sinner
as Living Statue
(1926)
The Gilded Highway
as Inez Quartz
(1926)
So This Is Paris
as Lalle's Maid (uncredited)
(1926)
The Cave Man
as Maid
(1926)
The Love Toy
as Bit Part (uncredited)
(1926)
Don Juan
as Mai - Lady in Waiting
(1926)
Why Girls Go Back Home
as Sally Short
(1926)
Across the Pacific
as Roma
(1925)
The Wanderer
as Girl at Baccanal (uncredited)
(1925)
Sporting Life
as Chorus Girl with Lord Wainwright (uncredited)
(1925)
Pretty Ladies
as Showgirl (uncredited)
(1925)
1925 Studio Tour
as Self (uncredited)
(1925)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Slave Girl (uncredited)