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