Myrna Loy
Acting
1905-08-02 · Radersburg, Montana, USA
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.
Filmography
Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn
2015 · Movie
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009 · Movie
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008 · Movie
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007 · Movie
William Powell: A True Gentleman
2005 · Movie
Alias Nick and Nora
2005 · Movie
Complicated Women
2003 · Movie
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995 · Movie
That's Entertainment! III
1994 · Movie
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
1990 · Movie
American Experience
1988 · Series
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987 · Movie
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986 · Movie
Night of 100 Stars
1982 · Movie
Summer Solstice
1981 · Movie
Just Tell Me What You Want
1980 · Movie
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978 · Series
The End
1978 · Movie
It Happened at Lakewood Manor
1977 · Movie
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976 · Movie
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 · Movie
Airport 1975
1974 · Movie
The Elevator
1974 · Movie
Indict and Convict
1974 · Movie
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973 · Series
The Couple Takes a Wife
1972 · Movie
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972 · Movie
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
1971 · Movie
Death Takes a Holiday
1971 · Movie
Columbo
1971 · Series
The April Fools
1969 · Movie
Ironside
1967 · Series
Family Affair
1966 · Series
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964 · Movie
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Series
The Virginian
1962 · Series
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Series
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961 · Movie
Midnight Lace
1960 · Movie
From the Terrace
1960 · Movie
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959 · Series
Meet Me in St. Louis
1959 · Movie
Lonelyhearts
1959 · Movie
The Ambassador's Daughter
1956 · Movie
The George Gobel Show
1954 · Series
General Electric Theater
1953 · Series
Belles on Their Toes
1952 · Movie
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Series
Cheaper by the Dozen
1950 · Movie
What's My Line?
1950 · Series
That Dangerous Age
1949 · Movie
The Red Pony
1949 · Movie
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948 · Movie
The Senator Was Indiscreet
1947 · Movie
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947 · Movie
Song of the Thin Man
1947 · Movie
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946 · Movie
So Goes My Love
1946 · Movie
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944 · Movie
Twenty Years After
1944 · Movie
Show-Business at War
1943 · Movie
Shadow of the Thin Man
1941 · Movie
Love Crazy
1941 · Movie
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940 · Movie
Third Finger, Left Hand
1940 · Movie
I Love You Again
1940 · Movie
Trifles of Importance
1940 · Movie
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940 · Movie
Northward, Ho!
1940 · Movie
Another Thin Man
1939 · Movie
The Rains Came
1939 · Movie
From the Ends of the Earth
1939 · Movie
Lucky Night
1939 · Movie
Too Hot to Handle
1938 · Movie
Test Pilot
1938 · Movie
Another Romance of Celluloid
1938 · Movie
Man-Proof
1938 · Movie
Double Wedding
1937 · Movie
The Romance of Celluloid
1937 · Movie
Parnell
1937 · Movie
After the Thin Man
1936 · Movie
Libeled Lady
1936 · Movie
To Mary - with Love
1936 · Movie
The Great Ziegfeld
1936 · Movie
Petticoat Fever
1936 · Movie
Wife vs. Secretary
1936 · Movie
Whipsaw
1935 · Movie
Wings in the Dark
1935 · Movie
Broadway Bill
1934 · Movie
Evelyn Prentice
1934 · Movie
Stamboul Quest
1934 · Movie
The Thin Man
1934 · Movie
Manhattan Melodrama
1934 · Movie
Men in White
1934 · Movie
The Prizefighter and the Lady
1933 · Movie
Night Flight
1933 · Movie
Penthouse
1933 · Movie
When Ladies Meet
1933 · Movie
The Barbarian
1933 · Movie
Scarlet River
1933 · Movie
Topaze
1933 · Movie
The Animal Kingdom
1932 · Movie
The Mask of Fu Manchu
1932 · Movie
Thirteen Women
1932 · Movie
Love Me Tonight
1932 · Movie
New Morals for Old
1932 · Movie
The Woman in Room 13
1932 · Movie
The Wet Parade
1932 · Movie
Vanity Fair
1932 · Movie
Emma
1932 · Movie
Arrowsmith
1931 · Movie
Consolation Marriage
1931 · Movie
Skyline
1931 · Movie
Rebound
1931 · Movie
Transatlantic
1931 · Movie
Hush Money
1931 · Movie
A Connecticut Yankee
1931 · Movie
Body and Soul
1931 · Movie
Naughty Flirt
1931 · Movie
The Devil to Pay!
1930 · Movie
Rogue of the Rio Grande
1930 · Movie
The Truth About Youth
1930 · Movie
Renegades
1930 · Movie
The Bad Man
1930 · Movie
The Jazz Cinderella
1930 · Movie
The Last of the Duanes
1930 · Movie
Bride of the Regiment
1930 · Movie
Cock o' the Walk
1930 · Movie
Under a Texas Moon
1930 · Movie
Isle of Escape
1930 · Movie
Cameo Kirby
1930 · Movie
Evidence
1929 · Movie
The Show of Shows
1929 · Movie
The Great Divide
1929 · Movie
The Black Watch
1929 · Movie
The Squall
1929 · Movie
The Desert Song
1929 · Movie
Hardboiled Rose
1929 · Movie
Fancy Baggage
1929 · Movie
Noah's Ark
1928 · Movie
The Midnight Taxi
1928 · Movie
State Street Sadie
1928 · Movie
Pay as You Enter
1928 · Movie
The Crimson City
1928 · Movie
Turn Back the Hours
1928 · Movie
A Girl in Every Port
1928 · Movie
What Price Beauty?
1928 · Movie
Beware of Married Men
1928 · Movie
If I Were Single
1927 · Movie
Ham and Eggs at the Front
1927 · Movie
The Girl from Chicago
1927 · Movie
The Jazz Singer
1927 · Movie
A Sailor's Sweetheart
1927 · Movie
When a Man Loves
1927 · Movie
The Heart of Maryland
1927 · Movie
Simple Sis
1927 · Movie
The Climbers
1927 · Movie
Bitter Apples
1927 · Movie
Finger Prints
1927 · Movie
The Third Degree
1926 · Movie
Across the Pacific
1926 · Movie
Don Juan
1926 · Movie
So This Is Paris
1926 · Movie
The Exquisite Sinner
1926 · Movie
The Gilded Highway
1926 · Movie
Why Girls Go Back Home
1926 · Movie
The Love Toy
1926 · Movie
The Cave Man
1926 · Movie
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925 · Movie
Sporting Life
1925 · Movie
Pretty Ladies
1925 · Movie
The Wanderer
1925 · Movie
1925 Studio Tour
1925 · Movie