Myrna Loy
Known for Acting · 170 credits
- Born
- 1905-08-02
- Died
- 1993-12-14
- Place of birth
- Radersburg, Montana, USA
- Also known as
- Мирна Лой · میرنا لوی
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
TV Shows (14)
Columbo
1971
as Lizzi Fielding
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Ironside
1967
as Andrea Wollcott
American Experience
1988
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
The Virginian
1962
as Mrs. Miles
Family Affair
1966
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Mary Sidney
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
as Self
The George Gobel Show
1954
as Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
General Electric Theater
1953
as Kate Kennedy / Maggie Webster / Allie Evans
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Nancy Knox
Movies (156)
Airport 1975
1974
as Mrs. Devaney
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946
as Milly Stephenson
Cheaper by the Dozen
1950
as Lillian Gilbreth
Complicated Women
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Pretty Ladies
1925
as Showgirl (uncredited)
That's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage)
The Jazz Singer
1927
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Evelyn Prentice
1934
as Evelyn Prentice
The End
1978
as Maureen Lawson
The Thin Man
1934
as Nora Charles
Hardboiled Rose
1929
as Rose Duhamel
Midnight Lace
1960
as Aunt Bea
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self (archive footage)
The Wanderer
1925
as Girl at Baccanal (uncredited)
Lonelyhearts
1959
as Florence Shrike
Another Thin Man
1939
as Nora Charles
The April Fools
1969
as Grace Greenlaw
Parnell
1937
as Katie O'Shea
Simple Sis
1927
The Devil to Pay!
1930
as Mary Crayle
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
Test Pilot
1938
as Ann "Thursday" Barton
Don Juan
1926
as Mai - Lady in Waiting
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
as Slave Girl (uncredited)
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948
as Muriel Blandings
After the Thin Man
1936
as Nora Charles
From the Terrace
1960
as Martha Eaton
The Great Ziegfeld
1936
as Billie Burke
Libeled Lady
1936
as Constance 'Connie' Allenbury
Sporting Life
1925
as Chorus Girl with Lord Wainwright (uncredited)
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
The Climbers
1927
as Countess Veya
I Love You Again
1940
as Kay Wilson
Too Hot to Handle
1938
as Alma Harding
Emma
1932
as Isabelle
Just Tell Me What You Want
1980
as Stella Liberti
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944
as Nora Charles
Men in White
1934
as Laura Hudson
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986
as Self (archive footage)
Topaze
1933
as Coco
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940
as Self
From the Ends of the Earth
1939
as Self
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947
as Margaret
The Show of Shows
1929
as Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Chinese Fantasy' Numbers
Wife vs. Secretary
1936
as Linda Stanhope
Song of the Thin Man
1947
as Nora Charles
Night Flight
1933
as Wife of Brazilian Pilot
Love Crazy
1941
as Susan Ireland
Arrowsmith
1931
as Joyce Lanyon
It Happened at Lakewood Manor
1977
as Ethel
Renegades
1930
as Eleanore
Love Me Tonight
1932
as Countess Valentine
Noah's Ark
1928
as Showgirl / Slave Girl
Vanity Fair
1932
as Becky Sharp
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
The Heart of Maryland
1927
as Mulatta
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Manhattan Melodrama
1934
as Eleanor Packer
Man-Proof
1938
as Mimi Swift
The Rains Came
1939
as Lady Edwina Esketh
Finger Prints
1927
as Vamp
Penthouse
1933
as Gertie Waxted
Under a Texas Moon
1930
as Lolita Romero
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Nora Charles (archive footage)
The Wet Parade
1932
as Eileen Pinchon
Rebound
1931
as Evie Lawrence
Twenty Years After
1944
as (archive footage)
Shadow of the Thin Man
1941
as Nora Charles
Skyline
1931
as Paula Lambert
Thirteen Women
1932
as Ursula Georgi
Double Wedding
1937
as Margit Agnew
Show-Business at War
1943
as Self
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961
as Self (archive footage)
The Desert Song
1929
as Azuri
The Mask of Fu Manchu
1932
as Fah Lo See
The Romance of Celluloid
1937
as Self (archive footage)
Belles on Their Toes
1952
as Lillian Gilbreth
Evidence
1929
as Native Girl
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Hush Money
1931
as Flo Curtis
The Animal Kingdom
1932
as Cecelia Henry Collier
Wings in the Dark
1935
as Sheila Mason
The Elevator
1974
as Amanda Kenyon
Meet Me in St. Louis
1959
as Anna Smith
Third Finger, Left Hand
1940
as Margot Sherwood Merrick
The Crimson City
1928
as Isobel
Whipsaw
1935
as Vivian Palmer
Lucky Night
1939
as Cora Jordan
The Red Pony
1949
as Alice Tiflin
The Barbarian
1933
as Diana 'Di' Standing
Transatlantic
1931
as Kay Graham
The Woman in Room 13
1932
as Sari Loder
The Exquisite Sinner
1926
as Living Statue
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008
as Gertie Waxted (archive footage)
So Goes My Love
1946
as Jane Budden Maxim
Indict and Convict
1974
as Judge Christine Tayloy
1925 Studio Tour
1925
as Self (uncredited)
The Ambassador's Daughter
1956
as Mrs. Cartwright
Stamboul Quest
1934
as Annemarie, aka Fräulein Doktor and Helena Bohlen
A Sailor's Sweetheart
1927
as Claudette Ralston
Summer Solstice
1981
as Margaret
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
1990
as (archive footage)
The Prizefighter and the Lady
1933
as Belle Mercer
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940
as Self
The Black Watch
1929
as Yasmani
Trifles of Importance
1940
as Self (archive footage)
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
1971
as Evelyn Tryon
The Bad Man
1930
as (uncredited)
Cock o' the Walk
1930
as Narita
Broadway Bill
1934
as Alice 'Princess' Higgins
That Dangerous Age
1949
as Lady Cathy Brooke
Across the Pacific
1926
as Roma
New Morals for Old
1932
as Myra
Fancy Baggage
1929
as Myrna
The Squall
1929
as Nubi
So This Is Paris
1926
as Lalle's Maid (uncredited)
Death Takes a Holiday
1971
as Selena Chapman
Scarlet River
1933
as Herself (uncredited)
Another Romance of Celluloid
1938
as Self (uncredited)
About Myrna Loy
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 fo… With 170 credits spanning from 1925 to 2009, Myrna Loy has appeared in 156 films and 14 TV shows.
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- Airport 1975 (1974) — as Mrs. Devaney
- The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) — as Milly Stephenson
- Cheaper by the Dozen (1950) — as Lillian Gilbreth
- Complicated Women (2003) — as Self (archive footage)
- Pretty Ladies (1925) — as Showgirl (uncredited)
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