Myrna Loy
Acting
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
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movieLeslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn
2015
Self (archive footage)
movie1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
Self (archive footage)
movieThou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008
Gertie Waxted (archive footage)
movieWhy Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
Self (archive footage)
movieComplicated Women
2003
Self (archive footage)
movieThe First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
Self (archive footage)
movieThat's Entertainment! III
1994
(archive footage)
movieMyrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
1990
(archive footage)
tvAmerican Experience
1988
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieJames Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986
Self (archive footage)
movieSummer Solstice
1981
Margaret
movieJust Tell Me What You Want
1980
Stella Liberti
movieThe End
1978
Maureen Lawson
movieThat's Entertainment, Part II
1976
(archive footage)
movieBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
Self (archive footage)
movieAirport 1975
1974
Mrs. Devaney
movieThe Elevator
1974
Amanda Kenyon
movieIndict and Convict
1974
Judge Christine Tayloy
movieThe Couple Takes a Wife
1972
Barbara's Mother
movieHollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
Self (archive footage)
movieDo Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
1971
Evelyn Tryon
movieDeath Takes a Holiday
1971
Selena Chapman
tvColumbo
1971
Lizzi Fielding
movieThe April Fools
1969
Grace Greenlaw
tvIronside
1967
Andrea Wollcott
movieThe Big Parade of Comedy
1964
Nora Charles (archive footage)
tvThe Virginian
1962
Mrs. Miles
movieThe Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961
Self (archive footage)
movieMidnight Lace
1960
Aunt Bea
movieFrom the Terrace
1960
Martha Eaton
tvThe DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
Mary Sidney
movieMeet Me in St. Louis
1959
Anna Smith
movieLonelyhearts
1959
Florence Shrike
movieThe Ambassador's Daughter
1956
Mrs. Cartwright
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953
Kate Kennedy / Maggie Webster / Allie Evans
movieBelles on Their Toes
1952
Lillian Gilbreth
tvSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Nancy Knox
movieCheaper by the Dozen
1950
Lillian Gilbreth
tvWhat's My Line?
1950
Self - Mystery Guest
movieThat Dangerous Age
1949
Lady Cathy Brooke
movieThe Red Pony
1949
Alice Tiflin
movieMr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948
Muriel Blandings
movieThe Senator Was Indiscreet
1947
Mrs. Ashton (uncredited)
movieSong of the Thin Man
1947
Nora Charles
movieThe Best Years of Our Lives
1946
Milly Stephenson
movieSo Goes My Love
1946
Jane Budden Maxim
movieThe Thin Man Goes Home
1944
Nora Charles
movieTwenty Years After
1944
(archive footage)
movieShadow of the Thin Man
1941
Nora Charles
movieLove Crazy
1941
Susan Ireland
movieThird Finger, Left Hand
1940
Margot Sherwood Merrick
movieI Love You Again
1940
Kay Wilson
movieTrifles of Importance
1940
Self (archive footage)
movieNorthward, Ho!
1940
Herself
movieAnother Thin Man
1939
Nora Charles
movieThe Rains Came
1939
Lady Edwina Esketh
movieLucky Night
1939
Cora Jordan
movieToo Hot to Handle
1938
Alma Harding
movieTest Pilot
1938
Ann "Thursday" Barton
movieAnother Romance of Celluloid
1938
Self (uncredited)
movieMan-Proof
1938
Mimi Swift
movieDouble Wedding
1937
Margit Agnew
movieThe Romance of Celluloid
1937
Self (archive footage)
movieParnell
1937
Katie O'Shea
movieAfter the Thin Man
1936
Nora Charles
movieLibeled Lady
1936
Connie Allenbury
movieTo Mary - with Love
1936
Mary Wallace
movieThe Great Ziegfeld
1936
Billie Burke
moviePetticoat Fever
1936
Irene Campton
movieWife vs. Secretary
1936
Linda Stanhope
movieWhipsaw
1935
Vivian Palmer
movieWings in the Dark
1935
Sheila Mason
movieBroadway Bill
1934
Alice 'Princess' Higgins
movieEvelyn Prentice
1934
Evelyn Prentice
movieStamboul Quest
1934
Annemarie, aka Fräulein Doktor and Helena Bohlen
movieThe Thin Man
1934
Nora Charles
movieManhattan Melodrama
1934
Eleanor Packer
movieMen in White
1934
Laura Hudson
movieThe Prizefighter and the Lady
1933
Belle Mercer
movieNight Flight
1933
Wife of Brazilian Pilot
moviePenthouse
1933
Gertie Waxted
movieWhen Ladies Meet
1933
Mary Howard
movieThe Barbarian
1933
Diana 'Di' Standing
movieScarlet River
1933
Herself (uncredited)
movieTopaze
1933
Coco
movieThe Animal Kingdom
1932
Cecelia
movieThe Mask of Fu Manchu
1932
Fah Lo See
movieThirteen Women
1932
Ursula Georgi
movieLove Me Tonight
1932
Countess Valentine
movieThe Woman in Room 13
1932
Sari Loder
movieThe Wet Parade
1932
Eileen Pinchon
movieVanity Fair
1932
Becky Sharp
movieEmma
1932
Isabelle
movieArrowsmith
1931
Joyce Lanyon
movieConsolation Marriage
1931
Elaine Brandon
movieSkyline
1931
Paula Lambert
movieRebound
1931
Evie Lawrence
movieTransatlantic
1931
Kay Graham
movieHush Money
1931
Flo Curtis
movieA Connecticut Yankee
1931
Queen Morgan le Fay / Evil Sister in Mansion
movieBody and Soul
1931
Alice Lester
movieThe Naughty Flirt
1931
Linda Gregory
movieThe Devil to Pay!
1930
Mary Crayle
movieRenegades
1930
Eleanore
movieThe Bad Man
1930
(uncredited)
movieThe Jazz Cinderella
1930
Mildred Vane
movieThe Last of the Duanes
1930
Lola Bland
movieUnder a Texas Moon
1930
Lolita Romero
movieEvidence
1929
Native Girl
movieThe Show of Shows
1929
Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Chinese Fantasy' Numbers
movieThe Great Divide
1929
Manuella
movieThe Black Watch
1929
Yasmani
movieHardboiled Rose
1929
Rose Duhamel
movieNoah's Ark
1928
Showgirl / Slave Girl
movieThe Midnight Taxi
1928
Gertie Fairfax
moviePay as You Enter
1928
Yvonne De Russo
movieTurn Back the Hours
1928
Tiza Torreon
movieA Girl in Every Port
1928
Jetta - Girl in Singapore (uncredited)
movieBeware of Married Men
1928
Juanita Sheldon
movieIf I Were Single
1927
Joan Whitley
movieThe Girl from Chicago
1927
Mary Carlton
movieThe Jazz Singer
1927
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
movieA Sailor's Sweetheart
1927
Claudette Ralston
movieWhen a Man Loves
1927
Convict Behind Manon (uncredited)
movieThe Climbers
1927
Countess Veya
movieBitter Apples
1927
Belinda White
movieThe Third Degree
1926
Bit Part (uncredited)
movieDon Juan
1926
Mai - Lady in Waiting
movieSo This Is Paris
1926
Lalle's Maid (uncredited)
movieThe Exquisite Sinner
1926
Living Statue
movieThe Gilded Highway
1926
Inez Quartz
movieWhy Girls Go Back Home
1926
Sally Short
movieThe Love Toy
1926
Bit Part (uncredited)
movieBen-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
Slave Girl (uncredited)
movieSporting Life
1925
Chorus Girl with Lord Wainwright (uncredited)
moviePretty Ladies
1925
Showgirl (uncredited)
movieThe Wanderer
1925
Girl at Baccanal (uncredited)
movie1925 Studio Tour
1925
Self (uncredited)