Myrna Loy

Birthday:
08/02/1905
Place of birth:
Radersburg, Montana, USA:
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.

Credits

Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn (2015)
as Self (archive footage)
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)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To (1990)
as (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1987)
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 End (1978)
as Maureen Lawson
It Happened at Lakewood Manor (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 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
The April Fools (1969)
as Grace Greenlaw
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
as Nora Charles (archive footage)
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino (1961)
as Self (archive footage)
Midnight Lace (1960)
as Aunt Bea
From the Terrace (1960)
as Martha Eaton
Meet Me in St. Louis (1959)
as Anna Smith
Lonelyhearts (1959)
as Florence Shrike
The Ambassador's Daughter (1956)
as Mrs. Cartwright
Belles on Their Toes (1952)
as Lillian Gilbreth
Cheaper by the Dozen (1950)
as Lillian Gilbreth
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 Margaret
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 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 Howard
The Barbarian (1933)
as Diana 'Di' Standing
Scarlet River (1933)
as Herself (uncredited)
Topaze (1933)
as Coco
The Animal Kingdom (1932)
as Cecelia
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 Naughty Flirt (1931)
as Linda Gregory
The Devil to Pay! (1930)
as Mary Crayle
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
The 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
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)

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