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