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