- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- August 2, 1905
- Place of Birth
- Radersburg, Montana, USA
- Died
- December 14, 1993
Myrna Loy
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 fo…
Filmography
movieLeslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn
2015 · Self (archive footage)
movie1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009 · Self (archive footage)
movieThou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008 · Gertie Waxted (archive footage)
movieWhy Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007 · Self (archive footage)
movieWilliam Powell: A True Gentleman
2005
movieComplicated Women
2003 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995 · Self (archive footage)
movieThat's Entertainment! III
1994 · (archive footage)
movieMyrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
1990 · (archive footage)
tvAmerican Experience
1988 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieJames Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986 · Self (archive footage)
movieNight of 100 Stars
1982 · Self
movieSummer Solstice
1981 · Margaret
movieJust Tell Me What You Want
1980 · Stella Liberti
tvThe Kennedy Center Honors
1978 · Self
movieThe End
1978 · Maureen Lawson
movieIt Happened at Lakewood Manor
1977 · Ethel
movieThat's Entertainment, Part II
1976 · (archive footage)
movieBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 · Self (archive footage)
movieAirport 1975
1974 · Mrs. Devaney
movieThe Elevator
1974 · Amanda Kenyon
movieIndict and Convict
1974 · Judge Christine Tayloy
tvThe American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973 · Self
movieThe Couple Takes a Wife
1972 · Barbara's Mother
movieHollywood: The Dream Factory
1972 · Self (archive footage)
movieDo Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
1971 · Evelyn Tryon
movieDeath Takes a Holiday
1971 · Selena Chapman
tvColumbo
1971 · Lizzi Fielding
movieThe April Fools
1969 · Grace Greenlaw
tvIronside
1967 · Andrea Wollcott
tvFamily Affair
1966
movieThe Big Parade of Comedy
1964 · Nora Charles (archive footage)
tvThe Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
tvThe Virginian
1962 · Mrs. Miles
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
movieThe Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961 · Self (archive footage)
movieMidnight Lace
1960 · Aunt Bea
movieFrom the Terrace
1960 · Martha Eaton
tvThe DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959 · Mary Sidney
movieMeet Me in St. Louis
1959 · Anna Smith
movieLonelyhearts
1959 · Florence Shrike
movieThe Ambassador's Daughter
1956 · Mrs. Cartwright
The George Gobel Show
1954 · Self
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953 · Kate Kennedy, Maggie Webster, Allie Evans
movieBelles on Their Toes
1952 · Lillian Gilbreth
tvSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Nancy Knox
movieCheaper by the Dozen
1950 · Lillian Gilbreth
tvWhat's My Line?
1950 · Self - Mystery Guest
movieThat Dangerous Age
1949 · Lady Cathy Brooke
movieThe Red Pony
1949 · Alice Tiflin
movieMr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948 · Muriel Blandings
movieThe Senator Was Indiscreet
1947 · Mrs. Ashton (uncredited)
movieThe Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947 · Margaret
movieSong of the Thin Man
1947 · Nora Charles
movieThe Best Years of Our Lives
1946 · Milly Stephenson
movieSo Goes My Love
1946 · Jane Budden Maxim
movieThe Thin Man Goes Home
1944 · Nora Charles
movieTwenty Years After
1944 · (archive footage)
movieShow-Business at War
1943 · Self
movieShadow of the Thin Man
1941 · Nora Charles
movieLove Crazy
1941 · Susan Ireland
movieA New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940 · Self
movieThird Finger, Left Hand
1940 · Margot Sherwood Merrick
movieI Love You Again
1940 · Kay Wilson
movieTrifles of Importance
1940 · Self (archive footage)
movieHollywood: Style Center of the World
1940 · Self
movieNorthward, Ho!
1940 · Herself
movieAnother Thin Man
1939 · Nora Charles
movieThe Rains Came
1939 · Lady Edwina Esketh
movieFrom the Ends of the Earth
1939 · Self
movieLucky Night
1939 · Cora Jordan
movieToo Hot to Handle
1938 · Alma Harding
movieTest Pilot
1938 · Ann "Thursday" Barton
movieAnother Romance of Celluloid
1938 · Self (uncredited)
movieMan-Proof
1938 · Mimi Swift
movieDouble Wedding
1937 · Margit Agnew
movieThe Romance of Celluloid
1937 · Self (archive footage)
movieParnell
1937 · Katie O'Shea
movieAfter the Thin Man
1936 · Nora Charles
movieLibeled Lady
1936 · Connie Allenbury
movieTo Mary - with Love
1936 · Mary Wallace
movieThe Great Ziegfeld
1936 · Billie Burke
moviePetticoat Fever
1936 · Irene Campton
movieWife vs. Secretary
1936 · Linda Stanhope
movieWhipsaw
1935 · Vivian Palmer
movieWings in the Dark
1935 · Sheila Mason
movieBroadway Bill
1934 · Alice 'Princess' Higgins
movieEvelyn Prentice
1934 · Evelyn Prentice
movieStamboul Quest
1934 · Annemarie, aka Fräulein Doktor and Helena Bohlen
movieThe Thin Man
1934 · Nora Charles
movieManhattan Melodrama
1934 · Eleanor Packer
movieMen in White
1934 · Laura Hudson
movieThe Prizefighter and the Lady
1933 · Belle Mercer
movieNight Flight
1933 · Wife of Brazilian Pilot
moviePenthouse
1933 · Gertie Waxted
movieWhen Ladies Meet
1933 · Mary
movieThe Barbarian
1933 · Diana 'Di' Standing
movieScarlet River
1933 · Herself (uncredited)
movieTopaze
1933 · Coco
movieThe Animal Kingdom
1932 · Cecelia
movieThe Mask of Fu Manchu
1932 · Fah Lo See
movieThirteen Women
1932 · Ursula Georgi
movieLove Me Tonight
1932 · Countess Valentine
movieNew Morals for Old
1932 · Myra
movieThe Woman in Room 13
1932 · Sari Loder
movieThe Wet Parade
1932 · Eileen Pinchon
movieVanity Fair
1932 · Becky Sharp
movieEmma
1932 · Isabelle
movieArrowsmith
1931 · Joyce Lanyon
movieConsolation Marriage
1931 · Elaine Brandon
movieSkyline
1931 · Paula Lambert
movieRebound
1931 · Evie Lawrence
movieTransatlantic
1931 · Kay Graham
movieHush Money
1931 · Flo Curtis
movieA Connecticut Yankee
1931 · Queen Morgan le Fay / Evil Sister in Mansion
movieBody and Soul
1931 · Alice Lester
movieThe Naughty Flirt
1931 · Linda Gregory
movieThe Devil to Pay!
1930 · Mary Crayle
movieRogue of the Rio Grande
1930 · Carmita
movieThe Truth About Youth
1930 · Kara
movieRenegades
1930 · Eleanore
movieThe Bad Man
1930 · (uncredited)
movieThe Jazz Cinderella
1930 · Mildred Vane
movieThe Last of the Duanes
1930 · Lola Bland
movieBride of the Regiment
1930 · Sophie
movieCock o' the Walk
1930 · Narita
movieUnder a Texas Moon
1930 · Lolita Romero
movieIsle of Escape
1930 · Moira
movieCameo Kirby
1930 · Lea
movieEvidence
1929 · Native Girl
movieThe Show of Shows
1929 · Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Chinese Fantasy' Numbers
movieThe Great Divide
1929 · Manuella
movieThe Black Watch
1929 · Yasmani
movieThe Squall
1929 · Nubi
movieThe Desert Song
1929 · Azuri
movieHardboiled Rose
1929 · Rose Duhamel
movieFancy Baggage
1929 · Myrna
movieNoah's Ark
1928 · Showgirl / Slave Girl
movieThe Midnight Taxi
1928 · Gertie Fairfax
movieState Street Sadie
1928 · Sadie
moviePay as You Enter
1928 · Yvonne De Russo
movieThe Crimson City
1928 · Isobel
movieTurn Back the Hours
1928 · Tiza Torreon
movieA Girl in Every Port
1928 · Jetta - Girl in Singapore (uncredited)
movieWhat Price Beauty?
1928 · Vamp
movieBeware of Married Men
1928 · Juanita Sheldon
movieIf I Were Single
1927 · Joan Whitley
movieHam and Eggs at the Front
1927 · Fifi
movieThe Girl from Chicago
1927 · Mary Carlton
movieThe Jazz Singer
1927 · Chorus Girl (uncredited)
movieA Sailor's Sweetheart
1927 · Claudette Ralston
movieWhen a Man Loves
1927 · Convict Behind Manon (uncredited)
movieThe Heart of Maryland
1927 · Mulatta
movieSimple Sis
1927
movieThe Climbers
1927 · Countess Veya
movieBitter Apples
1927 · Belinda White
movieFinger Prints
1927 · Vamp
movieThe Third Degree
1926 · Bit Part (uncredited)
movieAcross the Pacific
1926 · Roma
movieDon Juan
1926 · Mai - Lady in Waiting
movieSo This Is Paris
1926 · Lalle's Maid (uncredited)
movieThe Exquisite Sinner
1926 · Living Statue
movieThe Gilded Highway
1926 · Inez Quartz
movieWhy Girls Go Back Home
1926 · Sally Short
movieThe Love Toy
1926 · Bit Part (uncredited)
movieThe Cave Man
1926 · Maid
movieBen-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925 · Slave Girl (uncredited)
movieSporting Life
1925 · Chorus Girl with Lord Wainwright (uncredited)
moviePretty Ladies
1925 · Showgirl (uncredited)
movieThe Wanderer
1925 · Girl at Baccanal (uncredited)
movie1925 Studio Tour
1925 · Self (uncredited)