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