Myrna Loy
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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.
Acted in
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008
as Gertie Waxted (archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
as Self (archive footage)
William Powell: A True Gentleman
2005
Complicated Women
2003
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage)
Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell
1993
as Self (archive footage)
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
1990
as (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1988
as Self (archive footage)
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986
as Self (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
Summer Solstice
1981
as Margaret
Just Tell Me What You Want
1980
as Stella Liberti
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
as Self
The End
1978
as Maureen Lawson
Ants!
1977
as Ethel
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
Airport 1975
1974
as Mrs. Devaney
The Elevator
1974
as Amanda Kenyon
Indict and Convict
1974
as Judge Christine Tayloy
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
The Couple Takes a Wife
1972
as Barbara's Mother
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
1971
as Evelyn Tryon
Death Takes a Holiday
1971
as Selena Chapman
Columbo
1971
as Lizzi Fielding
The April Fools
1969
as Grace Greenlaw
Ironside
1967
as Andrea Wollcott
Family Affair
1966
The Love Goddesses
1965
as (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Nora Charles (archive footage)
The Virginian
1962
as Mrs. Miles
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961
as Self (archive footage)
Midnight Lace
1960
as Aunt Bea
From the Terrace
1960
as Martha Eaton
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Mary Sidney
Meet Me in St. Louis
1959
as Anna Smith
Lonelyhearts
1959
as Florence Shrike
The Ambassador's Daughter
1956
as Mrs. Cartwright
General Electric Theater
1953
as Kate Kennedy
General Electric Theater
1953
as Maggie Webster
General Electric Theater
1953
as Allie Evans
Belles on Their Toes
1952
as Lillian Gilbreth
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Nancy Knox
Cheaper by the Dozen
1950
as Lillian Gilbreth
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
That Dangerous Age
1949
as Lady Cathy Brooke
The Red Pony
1949
as Alice Tiflin
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948
as Muriel Blandings
The Senator Was Indiscreet
1947
as Mrs. Ashton (uncredited)
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947
as Judge Margaret Turner
Song of the Thin Man
1947
as Nora Charles
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946
as Milly Stephenson
So Goes My Love
1946
as Jane Budden Maxim
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944
as Nora Charles
Twenty Years After
1944
as (archive footage)
Show-Business at War
1943
as Self
Shadow of the Thin Man
1941
as Nora Charles
Love Crazy
1941
as Susan Ireland
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940
as Self
Third Finger, Left Hand
1940
as Margot Sherwood Merrick
I Love You Again
1940
as Kay Wilson
Trifles of Importance
1940
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940
as Self
Northward, Ho!
1940
as Herself
Another Thin Man
1939
as Nora Charles
The Rains Came
1939
as Lady Edwina Esketh
From the Ends of the Earth
1939
as Self
Lucky Night
1939
as Cora Jordan
Too Hot to Handle
1938
as Alma Harding
Test Pilot
1938
as Ann "Thursday" Barton
Another Romance of Celluloid
1938
as Self (uncredited)
Man-Proof
1938
as Mimi Swift
Double Wedding
1937
as Margit Agnew
The Romance of Celluloid
1937
as Self (archive footage)
Parnell
1937
as Katie O'Shea
After the Thin Man
1936
as Nora Charles
Libeled Lady
1936
as Constance 'Connie' Allenbury
To Mary - with Love
1936
as Mary Wallace
The Great Ziegfeld
1936
as Billie Burke
Petticoat Fever
1936
as Irene Campton
Wife vs. Secretary
1936
as Linda Stanhope
Whipsaw
1935
as Vivian Palmer
Wings in the Dark
1935
as Sheila Mason
Broadway Bill
1934
as Alice 'Princess' Higgins
Evelyn Prentice
1934
as Evelyn Prentice
Stamboul Quest
1934
as Annemarie, aka Fräulein Doktor and Helena Bohlen
The Thin Man
1934
as Nora Charles
Manhattan Melodrama
1934
as Eleanor Packer
Men in White
1934
as Laura Hudson
The Prizefighter and the Lady
1933
as Belle Mercer
Night Flight
1933
as Wife of Brazilian Pilot
Penthouse
1933
as Gertie Waxted
When Ladies Meet
1933
as Mary
The Barbarian
1933
as Diana 'Di' Standing
Scarlet River
1933
as Herself (uncredited)
Topaze
1933
as Coco
The Animal Kingdom
1932
as Cecelia Henry Collier
The Mask of Fu Manchu
1932
as Fah Lo See
Thirteen Women
1932
as Ursula Georgi
Love Me Tonight
1932
as Countess Valentine
New Morals for Old
1932
as Myra
The Woman in Room 13
1932
as Sari Loder
The Wet Parade
1932
as Eileen Pinchon
Vanity Fair
1932
as Becky Sharp
Emma
1932
as Isabelle
Arrowsmith
1931
as Joyce Lanyon
Consolation Marriage
1931
as Elaine Brandon
Skyline
1931
as Paula Lambert
Rebound
1931
as Evie Lawrence
Transatlantic
1931
as Kay Graham
Hush Money
1931
as Flo Curtis
A Connecticut Yankee
1931
as Queen Morgan le Fay / Evil Sister in Mansion
Body and Soul
1931
as Alice Lester
The Devil to Pay!
1930
as Mary Crayle
The Naughty Flirt
1930
as Linda Gregory
Rogue of the Rio Grande
1930
as Carmita
The Truth About Youth
1930
as Kara
Renegades
1930
as Eleanore
The Bad Man
1930
as (uncredited)
The Jazz Cinderella
1930
as Mildred Vane
The Last of the Duanes
1930
as Lola Bland
Bride of the Regiment
1930
as Sophie
Cock o' the Walk
1930
as Narita
Under a Texas Moon
1930
as Lolita Romero
Isle of Escape
1930
as Moira
Cameo Kirby
1930
as Lea
Evidence
1929
as Native Girl
Show of Shows
1929
as Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Chinese Fantasy' Numbers
The Great Divide
1929
as Manuella
The Black Watch
1929
as Yasmani
The Squall
1929
as Nubi
The Desert Song
1929
as Azuri
Hardboiled Rose
1929
as Rose Duhamel
Fancy Baggage
1929
as Myrna
Fashion News
1928
as Self (1928, 1930)
Noah's Ark
1928
as Showgirl / Slave Girl
The Midnight Taxi
1928
as Gertie Fairfax
State Street Sadie
1928
as Sadie
Pay as You Enter
1928
as Yvonne De Russo
The Crimson City
1928
as Isobel
Turn Back the Hours
1928
as Tiza Torreon
A Girl in Every Port
1928
as Jetta - Girl in Singapore (uncredited)
What Price Beauty?
1928
as Vamp
Beware of Married Men
1928
as Juanita Sheldon
If I Were Single
1927
as Joan Whitley
Ham and Eggs at the Front
1927
as Fifi
The Girl from Chicago
1927
as Mary Carlton
The Jazz Singer
1927
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
A Sailor's Sweetheart
1927
as Claudette Ralston
When a Man Loves
1927
as Convict Behind Manon (uncredited)
The Heart of Maryland
1927
as Mulatta
Simple Sis
1927
The Climbers
1927
as Countess Veya
Bitter Apples
1927
as Belinda White
Finger Prints
1927
as Vamp
The Third Degree
1926
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Across the Pacific
1926
as Roma
Don Juan
1926
as Mai - Lady in Waiting
So This Is Paris
1926
as Lalle's Maid (uncredited)
The Exquisite Sinner
1926
as Living Statue
The Gilded Highway
1926
as Inez Quartz
Why Girls Go Back Home
1926
as Sally Short
The Love Toy
1926
as Bit Part (uncredited)
The Cave Man
1926
as Maid
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
as Slave Girl (uncredited)
Sporting Life
1925
as Chorus Girl with Lord Wainwright (uncredited)
Pretty Ladies
1925
as Showgirl (uncredited)
The Wanderer
1925
as Girl at Baccanal (uncredited)
1925 Studio Tour
1925
as Self (uncredited)