Myrna Loy
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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
Credits
Airport 1975 (1974)
as Mrs. Devaney
Cheaper by the Dozen (1950)
as Lillian Gilbreth
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
as Milly Stephenson
The Thin Man (1934)
as Nora Charles
Libeled Lady (1936)
as Constance 'Connie' Allenbury
The Jazz Singer (1927)
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Another Thin Man (1939)
as Nora Charles
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
as Slave Girl (uncredited)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1944)
as Nora Charles
The End (1978)
as Maureen Lawson
Noah's Ark (1928)
as Showgirl / Slave Girl
After the Thin Man (1936)
as Nora Charles
Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
as Eleanor Packer
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
as Nora Charles
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
as Self
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
as Muriel Blandings
Midnight Lace (1960)
as Aunt Bea
The Red Pony (1949)
as Alice Tiflin
Evelyn Prentice (1934)
as Evelyn Prentice
The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
as Billie Burke
Test Pilot (1938)
as Ann "Thursday" Barton
It Happened at Lakewood Manor (1977)
as Ethel
Complicated Women (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1987)
as Self (archive footage)
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
as Margaret
Emma (1932)
as Isabelle
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
Love Crazy (1941)
as Susan Ireland
A Connecticut Yankee (1931)
as Queen Morgan le Fay / Evil Sister in Mansion
Song of the Thin Man (1947)
as Nora Charles
Twenty Years After (1944)
as (archive footage)
Don Juan (1926)
as Mai - Lady in Waiting
Arrowsmith (1931)
as Joyce Lanyon
The April Fools (1969)
as Grace Greenlaw
The Show of Shows (1929)
as Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Chinese Fantasy' Numbers
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
as (archive footage)
Vanity Fair (1932)
as Becky Sharp
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
as Self (archive footage)
From the Terrace (1960)
as Martha Eaton
The Animal Kingdom (1932)
as Cecelia Henry Collier
I Love You Again (1940)
as Kay Wilson
The Barbarian (1933)
as Diana 'Di' Standing
Love Me Tonight (1932)
as Countess Valentine
The Truth About Youth (1930)
as Kara
Parnell (1937)
as Katie O'Shea
The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932)
as Fah Lo See
The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947)
as Mrs. Ashton (uncredited)
Wife vs. Secretary (1936)
as Linda Stanhope
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
as (archive footage)
The Romance of Celluloid (1937)
as Self (archive footage)
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound (1940)
as Self
The Last of the Duanes (1930)
as Lola Bland
Finger Prints (1927)
as Vamp
The Black Watch (1929)
as Yasmani
Penthouse (1933)
as Gertie Waxted
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
as Self (archive footage)
Belles on Their Toes (1952)
as Lillian Gilbreth
The Exquisite Sinner (1926)
as Living Statue
Lucky Night (1939)
as Cora Jordan
Show-Business at War (1943)
as Self
Night Flight (1933)
as Wife of Brazilian Pilot
The Rains Came (1939)
as Lady Edwina Esketh
The Wet Parade (1932)
as Eileen Pinchon
Man-Proof (1938)
as Mimi Swift
Double Wedding (1937)
as Margit Agnew
Too Hot to Handle (1938)
as Alma Harding
Whipsaw (1935)
as Vivian Palmer
Lonelyhearts (1959)
as Florence Shrike
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
So This Is Paris (1926)
as Lalle's Maid (uncredited)
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn (1986)
as Self (archive footage)
When Ladies Meet (1933)
as Mary
Broadway Bill (1934)
as Alice 'Princess' Higgins
Skyline (1931)
as Paula Lambert
Isle of Escape (1930)
as Moira
The Devil to Pay! (1930)
as Mary Crayle
1925 Studio Tour (1925)
as Self (uncredited)
Hollywood: Style Center of the World (1940)
as Self
Thirteen Women (1932)
as Ursula Georgi
The Ambassador's Daughter (1956)
as Mrs. Cartwright
Simple Sis (1927)
Actor
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
as Nora Charles (archive footage)
Scarlet River (1933)
as Herself (uncredited)
Just Tell Me What You Want (1980)
as Stella Liberti
Bride of the Regiment (1930)
as Sophie
To Mary - with Love (1936)
as Mary Wallace
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino (1961)
as Self (archive footage)
Third Finger, Left Hand (1940)
as Margot Sherwood Merrick
A Girl in Every Port (1928)
as Jetta - Girl in Singapore (uncredited)
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To (1990)
as (archive footage)
Transatlantic (1931)
as Kay Graham
The Squall (1929)
as Nubi
So Goes My Love (1946)
as Jane Budden Maxim
The Elevator (1974)
as Amanda Kenyon
Trifles of Importance (1940)
as Self (archive footage)
Stamboul Quest (1934)
as Annemarie, aka Fräulein Doktor and Helena Bohlen
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate (1971)
as Evelyn Tryon
Evidence (1929)
as Native Girl
Rogue of the Rio Grande (1930)
as Carmita
Another Romance of Celluloid (1938)
as Self (uncredited)
Meet Me in St. Louis (1959)
as Anna Smith
Pretty Ladies (1925)
as Showgirl (uncredited)
Body and Soul (1931)
as Alice Lester
The Great Divide (1929)
as Manuella
Men in White (1934)
as Laura Hudson
A Sailor's Sweetheart (1927)
as Claudette Ralston
Across the Pacific (1926)
as Roma
Consolation Marriage (1931)
as Elaine Brandon
Wings in the Dark (1935)
as Sheila Mason
The Couple Takes a Wife (1972)
as Barbara's Mother
From the Ends of the Earth (1939)
as Self
The Naughty Flirt (1931)
as Linda Gregory
The Desert Song (1929)
as Azuri
The Climbers (1927)
as Countess Veya
Death Takes a Holiday (1971)
as Selena Chapman
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008)
as Gertie Waxted (archive footage)
The Heart of Maryland (1927)
as Mulatta
Hush Money (1931)
as Flo Curtis
When a Man Loves (1927)
as Convict Behind Manon (uncredited)
Rebound (1931)
as Evie Lawrence
Topaze (1933)
as Coco
Sporting Life (1925)
as Chorus Girl with Lord Wainwright (uncredited)
Under a Texas Moon (1930)
as Lolita Romero
New Morals for Old (1932)
as Myra
Renegades (1930)
as Eleanore
Petticoat Fever (1936)
as Irene Campton
Beware of Married Men (1928)
as Juanita Sheldon
Bitter Apples (1927)
as Belinda White
Ham and Eggs at the Front (1927)
as Fifi
The Bad Man (1930)
as (uncredited)
Indict and Convict (1974)
as Judge Christine Tayloy
The Girl from Chicago (1927)
as Mary Carlton
The Wanderer (1925)
as Girl at Baccanal (uncredited)
That Dangerous Age (1949)
as Lady Cathy Brooke
Cock o' the Walk (1930)
as Narita
Summer Solstice (1981)
as Margaret
The Woman in Room 13 (1932)
as Sari Loder
The Third Degree (1926)
as Bit Part (uncredited)
The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933)
as Belle Mercer
Why Girls Go Back Home (1926)
as Sally Short
What Price Beauty? (1928)
as Vamp
Turn Back the Hours (1928)
as Tiza Torreon
Fancy Baggage (1929)
as Myrna
Northward, Ho! (1940)
as Herself
The Cave Man (1926)
as Maid
Hardboiled Rose (1929)
as Rose Duhamel
The Gilded Highway (1926)
as Inez Quartz
The Love Toy (1926)
as Bit Part (uncredited)
If I Were Single (1927)
as Joan Whitley
The Crimson City (1928)
as Isobel
State Street Sadie (1928)
as Sadie
The Midnight Taxi (1928)
as Gertie Fairfax
The Jazz Cinderella (1930)
as Mildred Vane
Cameo Kirby (1930)
as Lea
Pay as You Enter (1928)
as Yvonne De Russo
William Powell: A True Gentleman (2005)
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