Myrna Loy

Born: 1905-08-02 in Radersburg, Montana, USA

Died: 1993-12-14

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

2003

Complicated Women as Self (archive footage)

1995

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies as Self (archive footage)

1994

That's Entertainment! III as (archive footage)

1990

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To as (archive footage)

1988

American Experience as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1987

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life as Self (archive footage)

1986

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn as Self (archive footage)

1982

Night of 100 Stars as Self

1981

Summer Solstice as Margaret

1980

Just Tell Me What You Want as Stella Liberti

1978

The Kennedy Center Honors as Self
The End as Maureen Lawson

1977

It Happened at Lakewood Manor as Ethel

1976

That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)

1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)

1974

Airport 1975 as Mrs. Devaney
Indict and Convict as Judge Christine Tayloy
The Elevator as Amanda Kenyon

1973

The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self

1972

Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage)
The Couple Takes a Wife as Barbara's Mother

1971

Columbo as Lizzi Fielding
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate as Evelyn Tryon
Death Takes a Holiday as Selena Chapman

1969

The April Fools as Grace Greenlaw

1967

Ironside as Andrea Wollcott

1966

Family Affair

1964

The Big Parade of Comedy as Nora Charles (archive footage)

1962

The Merv Griffin Show as Self
The Virginian as Mrs. Miles

1961

The Mike Douglas Show as Self
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino as Self (archive footage)

1960

Midnight Lace as Aunt Bea
From the Terrace as Martha Eaton

1959

The DuPont Show with June Allyson as Mary Sidney
Lonelyhearts as Florence Shrike
Meet Me in St. Louis as Anna Smith

1956

The Ambassador's Daughter as Mrs. Cartwright

1954

The George Gobel Show as Self

1953

General Electric Theater as Kate Kennedy

1952

Belles on Their Toes as Lillian Gilbreth

1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Nancy Knox

1950

What's My Line? as Self
Cheaper by the Dozen as Lillian Gilbreth

1949

The Red Pony as Alice Tiflin
That Dangerous Age as Lady Cathy Brooke

1948

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House as Muriel Blandings

1947

Song of the Thin Man as Nora Charles
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer as Margaret
The Senator Was Indiscreet as Mrs. Ashton (uncredited)

1946

The Best Years of Our Lives as Milly Stephenson
So Goes My Love as Jane Budden Maxim

1944

The Thin Man Goes Home as Nora Charles
Twenty Years After as (archive footage)

1943

Show-Business at War as Self

1941

Shadow of the Thin Man as Nora Charles
Love Crazy as Susan Ireland

1940

I Love You Again as Kay Wilson
Hollywood: Style Center of the World as Self
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound as Self
Third Finger, Left Hand as Margot Sherwood Merrick
Northward, Ho! as Herself
Trifles of Importance as Self (archive footage)

1939

Another Thin Man as Nora Charles
The Rains Came as Lady Edwina Esketh
Lucky Night as Cora Jordan
From the Ends of the Earth as Self

1938

Too Hot to Handle as Alma Harding
Test Pilot as Ann "Thursday" Barton
Man-Proof as Mimi Swift
Another Romance of Celluloid as Self (uncredited)

1937

Double Wedding as Margit Agnew
The Romance of Celluloid as Self (archive footage)
Parnell as Katie O'Shea

1936

Libeled Lady as Connie Allenbury
After the Thin Man as Nora Charles
Wife vs. Secretary as Linda Stanhope
The Great Ziegfeld as Billie Burke
To Mary - with Love as Mary Wallace
Petticoat Fever as Irene Campton

1935

Wings in the Dark as Sheila Mason
Whipsaw as Vivian Palmer

1934

The Thin Man as Nora Charles
Manhattan Melodrama as Eleanor Packer
Evelyn Prentice as Evelyn Prentice
Broadway Bill as Alice 'Princess' Higgins
Men in White as Laura Hudson
Stamboul Quest as Annemarie, aka Fräulein Doktor and Helena Bohlen

1933

Night Flight as Wife of Brazilian Pilot
When Ladies Meet as Mary Howard
Penthouse as Gertie Waxted
Scarlet River as Herself (uncredited)
The Prizefighter and the Lady as Belle Mercer
The Barbarian as Diana 'Di' Standing
Topaze as Coco

1932

The Mask of Fu Manchu as Fah Lo See
Love Me Tonight as Countess Valentine
Vanity Fair as Becky Sharp
The Wet Parade as Eileen Pinchon
The Animal Kingdom as Cecelia
Emma as Isabelle
Thirteen Women as Ursula Georgi
New Morals for Old as Myra
The Woman in Room 13 as Sari Loder

1931

Arrowsmith as Joyce Lanyon
Transatlantic as Kay Graham
The Naughty Flirt as Linda Gregory
A Connecticut Yankee as Queen Morgan le Fay / Evil Sister in Mansion
Consolation Marriage as Elaine Brandon
Skyline as Paula Lambert
Body and Soul as Alice Lester
Rebound as Evie Lawrence
Hush Money as Flo Curtis

1930

The Devil to Pay! as Mary Crayle
The Last of the Duanes as Lola Bland
The Bad Man as (uncredited)
Cock o' the Walk as Narita
The Truth About Youth as Kara
Under a Texas Moon as Lolita Romero
Isle of Escape as Moira
Bride of the Regiment as Sophie
Renegades as Eleanore
Rogue of the Rio Grande as Carmita
Cameo Kirby as Lea
The Jazz Cinderella as Mildred Vane

1929

The Show of Shows as Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Chinese Fantasy' Numbers
Evidence as Native Girl
The Black Watch as Yasmani
The Squall as Nubi
The Great Divide as Manuella
The Desert Song as Azuri
Hardboiled Rose as Rose Duhamel
Fancy Baggage as Myrna

1928

Noah's Ark as Showgirl / Slave Girl
Beware of Married Men as Juanita Sheldon
A Girl in Every Port as Jetta - Girl in Singapore (uncredited)
Turn Back the Hours as Tiza Torreon
The Midnight Taxi as Gertie Fairfax
The Crimson City as Isobel
Pay as You Enter as Yvonne De Russo
State Street Sadie as Sadie
What Price Beauty? as Vamp

1927

The Jazz Singer as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Bitter Apples as Belinda White
Finger Prints as Vamp
The Girl from Chicago as Mary Carlton
When a Man Loves as Convict Behind Manon (uncredited)
Simple Sis
A Sailor's Sweetheart as Claudette Ralston
The Heart of Maryland as Mulatta
The Climbers as Countess Veya
Ham and Eggs at the Front as Fifi
If I Were Single as Joan Whitley

1926

Don Juan as Mai - Lady in Waiting
So This Is Paris as Lalle's Maid (uncredited)
The Exquisite Sinner as Living Statue
Across the Pacific as Roma
The Love Toy as Bit Part (uncredited)
The Third Degree as Bit Part (uncredited)
Why Girls Go Back Home as Sally Short
The Cave Man as Maid
The Gilded Highway as Inez Quartz

1925

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ as Slave Girl (uncredited)
The Wanderer as Girl at Baccanal (uncredited)
Pretty Ladies as Showgirl (uncredited)
1925 Studio Tour as Self (uncredited)
Sporting Life as Chorus Girl with Lord Wainwright (uncredited)