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Myrna Loy
Born · August 2, 1905
Died · December 14, 1993 (88 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Radersburg, Montana, USA
Bio
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.
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
7.5
2009
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Gertie Waxted (archive footage)
6.4
2008
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Self (archive footage)
4.9
2007
William Powell: A True Gentleman
7.5
2005
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
6.7
2003
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
7.0
1994
Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell
Self (archive footage)
8.5
1993
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
(archive footage)
9.0
1990
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
6.0
1988
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Self (archive footage)
8.0
1986
Night of 100 Stars
Self
6.5
1982
Summer Solstice
Margaret
5.5
1981
Just Tell Me What You Want
Stella Liberti
4.5
1980
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self · (1 episode)
7.3
1978
The End
Maureen Lawson
5.5
1978
It Happened at Lakewood Manor
Ethel
4.6
1977
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
6.9
1976
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
5.7
1975
Airport 1975
Mrs. Devaney
5.7
1974
The Elevator
Amanda Kenyon
6.0
1974
Indict and Convict
Judge Christine Tayloy
0.0
1974
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self · (1 episode)
6.3
1973
The Couple Takes a Wife
Barbara's Mother
0.0
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
6.0
1972
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
Evelyn Tryon
5.9
1971
Death Takes a Holiday
Selena Chapman
5.2
1971
Columbo
Lizzi Fielding · (1 episode)
8.1
1971
The April Fools
Grace Greenlaw
6.0
1969
Ironside
Andrea Wollcott · (1 episode)
6.8
1967
Family Affair
(1 episode)
6.6
1966
The Big Parade of Comedy
Nora Charles (archive footage)
6.3
1964
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · (1 episode)
5.6
1962
The Virginian
Mrs. Miles · (1 episode)
6.4
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · (1 episode)
5.1
1961
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Self (archive footage)
0.0
1961
Midnight Lace
Aunt Bea
6.5
1960
From the Terrace
Martha Eaton
6.7
1960
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Mary Sidney · (1 episode)
6.3
1959
Meet Me in St. Louis
Anna Smith
5.0
1959
Lonelyhearts
Florence Shrike
6.1
1959
The Ambassador's Daughter
Mrs. Cartwright
4.3
1956
General Electric Theater
Kate Kennedy · (1 episode)
6.0
1953
General Electric Theater
Maggie Webster · (1 episode)
6.0
1953
General Electric Theater
Allie Evans · (1 episode)
6.0
1953
Belles on Their Toes
Lillian Gilbreth
7.3
1952
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Nancy Knox · (1 episode)
7.0
1951
Cheaper by the Dozen
Lillian Gilbreth
6.3
1950
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest · (1 episode)
6.8
1950
That Dangerous Age
Lady Cathy Brooke
6.5
1949
The Red Pony
Alice Tiflin
5.7
1949
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Muriel Blandings
7.0
1948
The Senator Was Indiscreet
Mrs. Ashton (uncredited)
5.4
1947
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Judge Margaret Turner
6.9
1947
Song of the Thin Man
Nora Charles
6.8
1947
The Best Years of Our Lives
Milly Stephenson
7.8
1946
So Goes My Love
Jane Budden Maxim
7.0
1946
The Thin Man Goes Home
Nora Charles
7.1
1944
Twenty Years After
(archive footage)
6.0
1944
Show-Business at War
Self
7.0
1943
Shadow of the Thin Man
Nora Charles
7.0
1941
Love Crazy
Susan Ireland
7.1
1941
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Self
6.7
1940
Third Finger, Left Hand
Margot Sherwood Merrick
6.8
1940
I Love You Again
Kay Wilson
7.2
1940
Trifles of Importance
Self (archive footage)
6.0
1940
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Self
5.5
1940
Northward, Ho!
Herself
5.0
1940
Another Thin Man
Nora Charles
7.1
1939
The Rains Came
Lady Edwina Esketh
5.9
1939
From the Ends of the Earth
Self
0.0
1939
Lucky Night
Cora Jordan
6.6
1939
Too Hot to Handle
Alma Harding
5.8
1938
Test Pilot
Ann "Thursday" Barton
6.5
1938
Another Romance of Celluloid
Self (uncredited)
5.0
1938
Man-Proof
Mimi Swift
4.8
1938
Double Wedding
Margit Agnew
6.5
1937
The Romance of Celluloid
Self (archive footage)
7.0
1937
Parnell
Katie O'Shea
4.6
1937
After the Thin Man
Nora Charles
7.3
1936
Libeled Lady
Constance 'Connie' Allenbury
7.3
1936
To Mary - with Love
Mary Wallace
4.5
1936
The Great Ziegfeld
Billie Burke
6.2
1936
Petticoat Fever
Irene Campton
5.5
1936
Wife vs. Secretary
Linda Stanhope
6.8
1936
Whipsaw
Vivian Palmer
6.2
1935
Wings in the Dark
Sheila Mason
6.4
1935
Broadway Bill
Alice 'Princess' Higgins
6.0
1934
Evelyn Prentice
Evelyn Prentice
6.6
1934
Stamboul Quest
Annemarie, aka Fräulein Doktor and Helena Bohlen
5.4
1934
The Thin Man
Nora Charles
7.5
1934
Manhattan Melodrama
Eleanor Packer
7.0
1934
Men in White
Laura Hudson
6.0
1934
The Prizefighter and the Lady
Belle Mercer
5.6
1933
Night Flight
Wife of Brazilian Pilot
5.8
1933
Penthouse
Gertie Waxted
6.7
1933
When Ladies Meet
Mary
5.6
1933
The Barbarian
Diana 'Di' Standing
4.9
1933
Scarlet River
Herself (uncredited)
4.5
1933
Topaze
Coco
6.1
1933
The Animal Kingdom
Cecelia Henry Collier
5.8
1932
The Mask of Fu Manchu
Fah Lo See
5.5
1932
Thirteen Women
Ursula Georgi
6.3
1932
Love Me Tonight
Countess Valentine
6.6
1932
New Morals for Old
Myra
4.2
1932
The Woman in Room 13
Sari Loder
0.0
1932
The Wet Parade
Eileen Pinchon
5.8
1932
Vanity Fair
Becky Sharp
5.5
1932
Emma
Isabelle
6.5
1932
Arrowsmith
Joyce Lanyon
6.5
1931
Consolation Marriage
Elaine Brandon
6.1
1931
Skyline
Paula Lambert
0.0
1931
Rebound
Evie Lawrence
4.3
1931
Transatlantic
Kay Graham
5.5
1931
Hush Money
Flo Curtis
0.0
1931
A Connecticut Yankee
Queen Morgan le Fay / Evil Sister in Mansion
6.0
1931
Body and Soul
Alice Lester
4.5
1931
The Naughty Flirt
Linda Gregory
5.7
1931
The Devil to Pay!
Mary Crayle
6.0
1930
Rogue of the Rio Grande
Carmita
0.0
1930
The Truth About Youth
Kara
5.7
1930
Renegades
Eleanore
4.5
1930
The Bad Man
(uncredited)
0.0
1930
The Jazz Cinderella
Mildred Vane
0.0
1930
The Last of the Duanes
Lola Bland
3.0
1930
Bride of the Regiment
Sophie
6.0
1930
Cock o' the Walk
Narita
3.2
1930
Under a Texas Moon
Lolita Romero
1.0
1930
Isle of Escape
Moira
6.0
1930
Cameo Kirby
Lea
0.0
1930
Evidence
Native Girl
0.0
1929
Show of Shows
Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Chinese Fantasy' Numbers
5.5
1929
The Great Divide
Manuella
4.8
1929
The Black Watch
Yasmani
6.0
1929
The Squall
Nubi
3.4
1929
The Desert Song
Azuri
4.5
1929
Hardboiled Rose
Rose Duhamel
0.0
1929
Fancy Baggage
Myrna
0.0
1929
Fashion News
Self (1928, 1930)
5.0
1928
Noah's Ark
Showgirl / Slave Girl
6.1
1928
The Midnight Taxi
Gertie Fairfax
5.0
1928
State Street Sadie
Sadie
0.0
1928
Pay as You Enter
Yvonne De Russo
0.0
1928
The Crimson City
Isobel
0.0
1928
Turn Back the Hours
Tiza Torreon
0.0
1928
A Girl in Every Port
Jetta - Girl in Singapore (uncredited)
6.4
1928
What Price Beauty?
Vamp
0.0
1928
Beware of Married Men
Juanita Sheldon
1.0
1928
If I Were Single
Joan Whitley
0.0
1927
Ham and Eggs at the Front
Fifi
0.0
1927
The Girl from Chicago
Mary Carlton
0.0
1927
The Jazz Singer
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
6.1
1927
A Sailor's Sweetheart
Claudette Ralston
0.0
1927
When a Man Loves
Convict Behind Manon (uncredited)
6.4
1927
The Heart of Maryland
Mulatta
0.0
1927
Simple Sis
0.0
1927
The Climbers
Countess Veya
0.0
1927
Bitter Apples
Belinda White
0.0
1927
Finger Prints
Vamp
0.0
1927
The Third Degree
Bit Part (uncredited)
0.0
1926
Across the Pacific
Roma
4.5
1926
Don Juan
Mai - Lady in Waiting
6.5
1926
So This Is Paris
Lalle's Maid (uncredited)
6.6
1926
The Exquisite Sinner
Living Statue
0.0
1926
The Gilded Highway
Inez Quartz
0.0
1926
Why Girls Go Back Home
Sally Short
0.0
1926
The Love Toy
Bit Part (uncredited)
0.0
1926
The Cave Man
Maid
0.0
1926
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Slave Girl (uncredited)
7.3
1925
Sporting Life
Chorus Girl with Lord Wainwright (uncredited)
0.0
1925
Pretty Ladies
Showgirl (uncredited)
4.7
1925
The Wanderer
Girl at Baccanal (uncredited)
1.0
1925
1925 Studio Tour
Self (uncredited)
6.2
1925