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
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
as Milly Stephenson
Airport 1975 (1974)
as Mrs. Devaney
The Thin Man (1934)
as Nora Charles
The Show of Shows (1929)
as Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Chinese Fantasy' Numbers
Cheaper by the Dozen (1950)
as Lillian Gilbreth
The Jazz Singer (1927)
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Libeled Lady (1936)
as Connie Allenbury
The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
as Billie Burke
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
as Muriel Blandings
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
as Slave Girl (uncredited)
After the Thin Man (1936)
as Nora Charles
The April Fools (1969)
as Grace Greenlaw
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
as Nora Charles
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
as Margaret
Midnight Lace (1960)
as Aunt Bea
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)
as Self (archive footage)
Wife vs. Secretary (1936)
as Linda Stanhope
The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932)
as Fah Lo See
Vanity Fair (1932)
as Becky Sharp
Another Thin Man (1939)
as Nora Charles
The End (1978)
as Maureen Lawson
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Song of the Thin Man (1947)
as Nora Charles
Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
as Eleanor Packer
I Love You Again (1940)
as Kay Wilson
Love Crazy (1941)
as Susan Ireland
The Thin Man Goes Home (1944)
as Nora Charles
Love Me Tonight (1932)
as Countess Valentine
Noah's Ark (1928)
as Showgirl / Slave Girl
Evelyn Prentice (1934)
as Evelyn Prentice
Bitter Apples (1927)
as Belinda White
The Rains Came (1939)
as Lady Edwina Esketh
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
as Self
Test Pilot (1938)
as Ann "Thursday" Barton
Belles on Their Toes (1952)
as Lillian Gilbreth
From the Terrace (1960)
as Martha Eaton
Night Flight (1933)
as Wife of Brazilian Pilot
The Red Pony (1949)
as Alice Tiflin
Show-Business at War (1943)
as Self
Men in White (1934)
as Laura Hudson
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
as Self (archive footage)
Twenty Years After (1944)
as (archive footage)
Simple Sis (1927)
Actor
Penthouse (1933)
as Gertie Waxted
Evidence (1929)
as Native Girl
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
as (archive footage)
Too Hot to Handle (1938)
as Alma Harding
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
as Nora Charles (archive footage)
Double Wedding (1937)
as Margit Agnew
Just Tell Me What You Want (1980)
as Stella Liberti
A Connecticut Yankee (1931)
as Queen Morgan le Fay / Evil Sister in Mansion
It Happened at Lakewood Manor (1977)
as Ethel
The Girl from Chicago (1927)
as Mary Carlton
When Ladies Meet (1933)
as Mary Howard
Broadway Bill (1934)
as Alice 'Princess' Higgins
The Devil to Pay! (1930)
as Mary Crayle
Complicated Women (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
Don Juan (1926)
as Mai - Lady in Waiting
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound (1940)
as Self
Lucky Night (1939)
as Cora Jordan
Emma (1932)
as Isabelle
Hollywood: Style Center of the World (1940)
as Self
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
Lonelyhearts (1959)
as Florence Shrike
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1987)
as Self (archive footage)
Arrowsmith (1931)
as Joyce Lanyon
Thirteen Women (1932)
as Ursula Georgi
The Animal Kingdom (1932)
as Cecelia
The Naughty Flirt (1931)
as Linda Gregory
A Girl in Every Port (1928)
as Jetta - Girl in Singapore (uncredited)
Finger Prints (1927)
as Vamp
The Wet Parade (1932)
as Eileen Pinchon
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
as Self (archive footage)
Indict and Convict (1974)
as Judge Christine Tayloy
The Woman in Room 13 (1932)
as Sari Loder
The Black Watch (1929)
as Yasmani
The Elevator (1974)
as Amanda Kenyon
The Romance of Celluloid (1937)
as Self (archive footage)
Parnell (1937)
as Katie O'Shea
Meet Me in St. Louis (1959)
as Anna Smith
The Exquisite Sinner (1926)
as Living Statue
Transatlantic (1931)
as Kay Graham
The Ambassador's Daughter (1956)
as Mrs. Cartwright
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008)
as Gertie Waxted (archive footage)
Skyline (1931)
as Paula Lambert
Stamboul Quest (1934)
as Annemarie, aka Fräulein Doktor and Helena Bohlen
Body and Soul (1931)
as Alice Lester
Scarlet River (1933)
as Herself (uncredited)
Whipsaw (1935)
as Vivian Palmer
Consolation Marriage (1931)
as Elaine Brandon
Topaze (1933)
as Coco
The Wanderer (1925)
as Girl at Baccanal (uncredited)
Death Takes a Holiday (1971)
as Selena Chapman
Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn (2015)
as Self (archive footage)
Across the Pacific (1926)
as Roma
To Mary - with Love (1936)
as Mary Wallace
The Heart of Maryland (1927)
as Mulatta
Beware of Married Men (1928)
as Juanita Sheldon
Wings in the Dark (1935)
as Sheila Mason
The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947)
as Mrs. Ashton (uncredited)
So This Is Paris (1926)
as Lalle's Maid (uncredited)
Isle of Escape (1930)
as Moira
New Morals for Old (1932)
as Myra
The Bad Man (1930)
as (uncredited)
Third Finger, Left Hand (1940)
as Margot Sherwood Merrick
When a Man Loves (1927)
as Convict Behind Manon (uncredited)
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To (1990)
as (archive footage)
Cock o' the Walk (1930)
as Narita
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn (1986)
as Self (archive footage)
The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933)
as Belle Mercer
Hush Money (1931)
as Flo Curtis
The Great Divide (1929)
as Manuella
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate (1971)
as Evelyn Tryon
The Desert Song (1929)
as Azuri
Summer Solstice (1981)
as Margaret
Turn Back the Hours (1928)
as Tiza Torreon
The Last of the Duanes (1930)
as Lola Bland
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino (1961)
as Self (archive footage)
Man-Proof (1938)
as Mimi Swift
So Goes My Love (1946)
as Jane Budden Maxim
The Couple Takes a Wife (1972)
as Barbara's Mother
The Squall (1929)
as Nubi
The Barbarian (1933)
as Diana 'Di' Standing
Pretty Ladies (1925)
as Showgirl (uncredited)
The Love Toy (1926)
as Bit Part (uncredited)
A Sailor's Sweetheart (1927)
as Claudette Ralston
Under a Texas Moon (1930)
as Lolita Romero
The Climbers (1927)
as Countess Veya
Sporting Life (1925)
as Chorus Girl with Lord Wainwright (uncredited)
Renegades (1930)
as Eleanore
Petticoat Fever (1936)
as Irene Campton
Northward, Ho! (1940)
as Herself
From the Ends of the Earth (1939)
as Self
The Truth About Youth (1930)
as Kara
The Third Degree (1926)
as Bit Part (uncredited)
The Midnight Taxi (1928)
as Gertie Fairfax
1925 Studio Tour (1925)
as Self (uncredited)
Trifles of Importance (1940)
as Self (archive footage)
Fancy Baggage (1929)
as Myrna
Bride of the Regiment (1930)
as Sophie
Ham and Eggs at the Front (1927)
as Fifi
That Dangerous Age (1949)
as Lady Cathy Brooke
If I Were Single (1927)
as Joan Whitley
Rebound (1931)
as Evie Lawrence
Rogue of the Rio Grande (1930)
as Carmita
Hardboiled Rose (1929)
as Rose Duhamel
The Cave Man (1926)
as Maid
Cameo Kirby (1930)
as Lea
Another Romance of Celluloid (1938)
as Self (uncredited)
Why Girls Go Back Home (1926)
as Sally Short
The Gilded Highway (1926)
as Inez Quartz
State Street Sadie (1928)
as Sadie
The Crimson City (1928)
as Isobel
William Powell: A True Gentleman (2005)
Actor
What Price Beauty? (1928)
as Vamp
Pay as You Enter (1928)
as Yvonne De Russo
The Jazz Cinderella (1930)
as Mildred Vane