Myrna Loy
Acting
Born: August 2, 1905 · Radersburg, Montana, USA
Died: December 14, 1993 (aged 88)
Highest Rated
Biography
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
Columbo
1971
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946
The Thin Man
1934
Airport 1975
1974
The Jazz Singer
1927
After the Thin Man
1936
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948
The Great Ziegfeld
1936
Another Thin Man
1939
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947
Libeled Lady
1936
Midnight Lace
1960
Photos (10)
Movies (138)
Airport 1975
Mrs. Devaney
The Thin Man
Nora Charles
The Best Years of Our Lives
Milly Stephenson
Test Pilot
Ann "Thursday" Barton
After the Thin Man
Nora Charles
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Margaret
Cheaper by the Dozen
Lillian Gilbreth
Evelyn Prentice
Evelyn Prentice
Libeled Lady
Connie Allenbury
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
The Jazz Singer
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Slave Girl (uncredited)
Manhattan Melodrama
Eleanor Packer
Too Hot to Handle
Alma Harding
Song of the Thin Man
Nora Charles
The Great Ziegfeld
Billie Burke
Broadway Bill
Alice 'Princess' Higgins
Double Wedding
Margit Agnew
Belles on Their Toes
Lillian Gilbreth
Wife vs. Secretary
Linda Stanhope
Noah's Ark
Showgirl / Slave Girl
Penthouse
Gertie Waxted
From the Terrace
Martha Eaton
The Devil to Pay!
Mary Crayle
Shadow of the Thin Man
Nora Charles
I Love You Again
Kay Wilson
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage) (uncredited)
The Prizefighter and the Lady
Belle Mercer
Another Thin Man
Nora Charles
Lucky Night
Cora Jordan
To Mary - with Love
Mary Wallace
Love Crazy
Susan Ireland
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Muriel Blandings
Just Tell Me What You Want
Stella Liberti
Emma
Isabelle
The Girl from Chicago
Mary Carlton
Twenty Years After
(archive footage)
The April Fools
Grace Greenlaw
Meet Me in St. Louis
Anna Smith
Arrowsmith
Joyce Lanyon
Love Me Tonight
Countess Valentine
Under a Texas Moon
Lolita Romero
Thirteen Women
Ursula Georgi
The Senator Was Indiscreet
Mrs. Ashton (uncredited)
The Mask of Fu Manchu
Fah Lo See
Midnight Lace
Aunt Bea
Third Finger, Left Hand
Margot Sherwood Merrick
Men in White
Laura Hudson
The Thin Man Goes Home
Nora Charles
So This Is Paris
Lalle's Maid (uncredited)
Skyline
Paula Lambert
Lonelyhearts
Florence Shrike
It Happened at Lakewood Manor
Ethel
The Wet Parade
Eileen Pinchon
Turn Back the Hours
Tiza Torreon
The Exquisite Sinner
Living Statue
Parnell
Katie O'Shea
Night Flight
Wife of Brazilian Pilot
The Ambassador's Daughter
Mrs. Cartwright
The Show of Shows
Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Chinese Fantasy' Numbers
Naughty Flirt
Linda Gregory
The Rains Came
Lady Edwina Esketh
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Gertie Waxted (archive footage)
The Gilded Highway
Inez Quartz
The Truth About Youth
Kara
A Girl in Every Port
Jetta - Girl in Singapore (uncredited)
The End
Maureen Lawson
Evidence
Native Girl
Don Juan
Mai - Lady in Waiting
The Big Parade of Comedy
Nora Charles (archive footage)
Death Takes a Holiday
Selena Chapman
Simple Sis
1927
Whipsaw
Vivian Palmer
The Barbarian
Diana 'Di' Standing
New Morals for Old
Myra
The Animal Kingdom
Cecelia
Rebound
Evie Lawrence
If I Were Single
Joan Whitley
The Great Divide
Manuella
Alias Nick and Nora
2005
What Price Beauty?
Vamp
Man-Proof
Mimi Swift
Pay as You Enter
Yvonne De Russo
The Red Pony
Alice Tiflin
When a Man Loves
Convict Behind Manon (uncredited)
Consolation Marriage
Elaine Brandon
Indict and Convict
Judge Christine Tayloy
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
Evelyn Tryon
So Goes My Love
Jane Budden Maxim
Stamboul Quest
Annemarie, aka Fräulein Doktor and Helena Bohlen
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
(archive footage)
The Last of the Duanes
Lola Bland
A Connecticut Yankee
Queen Morgan le Fay / Evil Sister in Mansion
A Sailor's Sweetheart
Claudette Ralston
Wings in the Dark
Sheila Mason
William Powell: A True Gentleman
2005
Bride of the Regiment
Sophie
Summer Solstice
Margaret
The Couple Takes a Wife
Barbara's Mother
That Dangerous Age
Lady Cathy Brooke
Finger Prints
Vamp
Vanity Fair
Becky Sharp
When Ladies Meet
Mary Howard
The Squall
Nubi
Bitter Apples
Belinda White
Transatlantic
Kay Graham
The Bad Man
(uncredited)
The Black Watch
Yasmani
Cock o' the Walk
Narita
Pretty Ladies
Showgirl (uncredited)
Body and Soul
Alice Lester
The Cave Man
Maid
Petticoat Fever
Irene Campton
The Heart of Maryland
Mulatta
Beware of Married Men
Juanita Sheldon
Ham and Eggs at the Front
Fifi
Hush Money
Flo Curtis
Rogue of the Rio Grande
Carmita
Across the Pacific
Roma
The Elevator
Amanda Kenyon
Isle of Escape
Moira
The Woman in Room 13
Sari Loder
The Third Degree
Bit Part (uncredited)
State Street Sadie
Sadie
Fancy Baggage
Myrna
Renegades
Eleanore
Topaze
Coco
Why Girls Go Back Home
Sally Short
Hardboiled Rose
Rose Duhamel
The Climbers
Countess Veya
Cameo Kirby
Lea
The Jazz Cinderella
Mildred Vane
The Crimson City
Isobel
The Love Toy
Bit Part (uncredited)
The Desert Song
Azuri
The Midnight Taxi
Gertie Fairfax
The Wanderer
Girl at Baccanal (uncredited)
Sporting Life
Chorus Girl with Lord Wainwright (uncredited)
TV Shows (9)
Columbo
Lizzi Fielding · 1 eps
Ironside
Andrea Wollcott · 1 eps
The Virginian
Mrs. Miles · 1 eps
Family Affair
1 eps
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Mary Sidney · 1 eps
General Electric Theater
Kate Kennedy · 1 eps
General Electric Theater
Maggie Webster · 1 eps
General Electric Theater
Allie Evans · 1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Nancy Knox · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (27)
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · 1 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · 1 eps
What's My Line?
Self · 1 eps
American Experience
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self · 1 eps
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self · 1 eps
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
The Romance of Celluloid
Self (archive footage)
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars
Self
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Self (archive footage)
Trifles of Importance
Self (archive footage)
From the Ends of the Earth
Self
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Self
Show-Business at War
Self
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Self
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Self (archive footage)
Another Romance of Celluloid
Self (uncredited)
1925 Studio Tour
Self (uncredited)
Scarlet River
Herself (uncredited)
Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn
Self (archive footage)
Northward, Ho!
Herself
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Self (archive footage)