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