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