Myrna Loy

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

The Mike Douglas Show

Ironside

American Experience

The Virginian

The Merv Griffin Show

What's My Line?

Family Affair

All Movies (156)

• 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year2009 · as Self (archive footage)
• Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood2008 · as Gertie Waxted (archive footage)
• Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema2007 · as Self (archive footage)
• William Powell: A True Gentleman2005
• Complicated Women2003 · as Self (archive footage)
• That's Entertainment! III1994 · as (archive footage)
• Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To1990 · as (archive footage)
• James Stewart: A Wonderful Life1987 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn1986 · as Self (archive footage)
• Night of 100 Stars1982 · as Self
• Summer Solstice1981 · as Margaret
• Just Tell Me What You Want1980 · as Stella Liberti
• The End1978 · as Maureen Lawson
• It Happened at Lakewood Manor1977 · as Ethel
• That's Entertainment, Part II1976 · as (archive footage)
• Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?1975 · as Self (archive footage)
• Airport 19751974 · as Mrs. Devaney
• The Elevator1974 · as Amanda Kenyon
• Indict and Convict1974 · as Judge Christine Tayloy
• The Couple Takes a Wife1972 · as Barbara's Mother
• Hollywood: The Dream Factory1972 · as Self (archive footage)
• Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate1971 · as Evelyn Tryon
• Death Takes a Holiday1971 · as Selena Chapman
• The April Fools1969 · as Grace Greenlaw
• The Big Parade of Comedy1964 · as Nora Charles (archive footage)
• The Legend of Rudolph Valentino1961 · as Self (archive footage)
• Midnight Lace1960 · as Aunt Bea
• From the Terrace1960 · as Martha Eaton
• Meet Me in St. Louis1959 · as Anna Smith
• Lonelyhearts1959 · as Florence Shrike
• The Ambassador's Daughter1956 · as Mrs. Cartwright
• Belles on Their Toes1952 · as Lillian Gilbreth
• Cheaper by the Dozen1950 · as Lillian Gilbreth
• That Dangerous Age1949 · as Lady Cathy Brooke
• The Red Pony1949 · as Alice Tiflin
• Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House1948 · as Muriel Blandings
• The Senator Was Indiscreet1947 · as Mrs. Ashton (uncredited)
• The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer1947 · as Margaret
• Song of the Thin Man1947 · as Nora Charles
• The Best Years of Our Lives1946 · as Milly Stephenson
• So Goes My Love1946 · as Jane Budden Maxim
• The Thin Man Goes Home1944 · as Nora Charles
• Twenty Years After1944 · as (archive footage)
• Show-Business at War1943 · as Self
• Shadow of the Thin Man1941 · as Nora Charles
• Love Crazy1941 · as Susan Ireland
• A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound1940 · as Self
• Third Finger, Left Hand1940 · as Margot Sherwood Merrick
• I Love You Again1940 · as Kay Wilson
• Trifles of Importance1940 · as Self (archive footage)
• Hollywood: Style Center of the World1940 · as Self
• Northward, Ho!1940 · as Herself
• Another Thin Man1939 · as Nora Charles
• The Rains Came1939 · as Lady Edwina Esketh
• From the Ends of the Earth1939 · as Self
• Lucky Night1939 · as Cora Jordan
• Too Hot to Handle1938 · as Alma Harding
• Test Pilot1938 · as Ann "Thursday" Barton
• Another Romance of Celluloid1938 · as Self (uncredited)
• Man-Proof1938 · as Mimi Swift
• Double Wedding1937 · as Margit Agnew
• The Romance of Celluloid1937 · as Self (archive footage)
• Parnell1937 · as Katie O'Shea
• After the Thin Man1936 · as Nora Charles
• Libeled Lady1936 · as Constance 'Connie' Allenbury
• To Mary - with Love1936 · as Mary Wallace
• The Great Ziegfeld1936 · as Billie Burke
• Petticoat Fever1936 · as Irene Campton
• Wife vs. Secretary1936 · as Linda Stanhope
• Whipsaw1935 · as Vivian Palmer
• Wings in the Dark1935 · as Sheila Mason
• Broadway Bill1934 · as Alice 'Princess' Higgins
• Evelyn Prentice1934 · as Evelyn Prentice
• Stamboul Quest1934 · as Annemarie, aka Fräulein Doktor and Helena Bohlen
• The Thin Man1934 · as Nora Charles
• Manhattan Melodrama1934 · as Eleanor Packer
• Men in White1934 · as Laura Hudson
• The Prizefighter and the Lady1933 · as Belle Mercer
• Night Flight1933 · as Wife of Brazilian Pilot
• Penthouse1933 · as Gertie Waxted
• When Ladies Meet1933 · as Mary
• The Barbarian1933 · as Diana 'Di' Standing
• Scarlet River1933 · as Herself (uncredited)
• Topaze1933 · as Coco
• The Animal Kingdom1932 · as Cecelia Henry Collier
• The Mask of Fu Manchu1932 · as Fah Lo See
• Thirteen Women1932 · as Ursula Georgi
• Love Me Tonight1932 · as Countess Valentine
• New Morals for Old1932 · as Myra
• The Woman in Room 131932 · as Sari Loder
• The Wet Parade1932 · as Eileen Pinchon
• Vanity Fair1932 · as Becky Sharp
• Emma1932 · as Isabelle
• Arrowsmith1931 · as Joyce Lanyon
• Consolation Marriage1931 · as Elaine Brandon
• Skyline1931 · as Paula Lambert
• Rebound1931 · as Evie Lawrence
• Transatlantic1931 · as Kay Graham
• Hush Money1931 · as Flo Curtis
• A Connecticut Yankee1931 · as Queen Morgan le Fay / Evil Sister in Mansion
• Body and Soul1931 · as Alice Lester
• The Naughty Flirt1931 · as Linda Gregory
• The Devil to Pay!1930 · as Mary Crayle
• Rogue of the Rio Grande1930 · as Carmita
• The Truth About Youth1930 · as Kara
• Renegades1930 · as Eleanore
• The Bad Man1930 · as (uncredited)
• The Jazz Cinderella1930 · as Mildred Vane
• The Last of the Duanes1930 · as Lola Bland
• Bride of the Regiment1930 · as Sophie
• Cock o' the Walk1930 · as Narita
• Under a Texas Moon1930 · as Lolita Romero
• Isle of Escape1930 · as Moira
• Cameo Kirby1930 · as Lea
• Evidence1929 · as Native Girl
• The Show of Shows1929 · as Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Chinese Fantasy' Numbers
• The Great Divide1929 · as Manuella
• The Black Watch1929 · as Yasmani
• The Squall1929 · as Nubi
• The Desert Song1929 · as Azuri
• Hardboiled Rose1929 · as Rose Duhamel
• Fancy Baggage1929 · as Myrna
• Noah's Ark1928 · as Showgirl / Slave Girl
• The Midnight Taxi1928 · as Gertie Fairfax
• State Street Sadie1928 · as Sadie
• Pay as You Enter1928 · as Yvonne De Russo
• The Crimson City1928 · as Isobel
• Turn Back the Hours1928 · as Tiza Torreon
• A Girl in Every Port1928 · as Jetta - Girl in Singapore (uncredited)
• What Price Beauty?1928 · as Vamp
• Beware of Married Men1928 · as Juanita Sheldon
• If I Were Single1927 · as Joan Whitley
• Ham and Eggs at the Front1927 · as Fifi
• The Girl from Chicago1927 · as Mary Carlton
• The Jazz Singer1927 · as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
• A Sailor's Sweetheart1927 · as Claudette Ralston
• When a Man Loves1927 · as Convict Behind Manon (uncredited)
• The Heart of Maryland1927 · as Mulatta
• Simple Sis1927
• The Climbers1927 · as Countess Veya
• Bitter Apples1927 · as Belinda White
• Finger Prints1927 · as Vamp
• The Third Degree1926 · as Bit Part (uncredited)
• Across the Pacific1926 · as Roma
• Don Juan1926 · as Mai - Lady in Waiting
• So This Is Paris1926 · as Lalle's Maid (uncredited)
• The Exquisite Sinner1926 · as Living Statue
• The Gilded Highway1926 · as Inez Quartz
• Why Girls Go Back Home1926 · as Sally Short
• The Love Toy1926 · as Bit Part (uncredited)
• The Cave Man1926 · as Maid
• Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ1925 · as Slave Girl (uncredited)
• Sporting Life1925 · as Chorus Girl with Lord Wainwright (uncredited)
• Pretty Ladies1925 · as Showgirl (uncredited)
• The Wanderer1925 · as Girl at Baccanal (uncredited)
• 1925 Studio Tour1925 · as Self (uncredited)

All TV Shows (16)

• American Experience1988 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Kennedy Center Honors1978 · as Self
• The American Film Institute Salute to ...1973 · as Self
• Columbo1971 · as Lizzi Fielding
• Ironside1967 · as Andrea Wollcott
• Family Affair1966
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• The Virginian1962 · as Mrs. Miles
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• The DuPont Show with June Allyson1959 · as Mary Sidney
• The George Gobel Show1954 · as Self
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Kate Kennedy
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Maggie Webster
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Allie Evans
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951 · as Nancy Knox
• What's My Line?1950 · as Self - Mystery Guest