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

From the Terrace as Martha Eaton
Midnight Lace as Aunt Bea

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 - Mystery Guest
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

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer as Margaret
Song of the Thin Man as Nora Charles
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

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

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

1939

The Rains Came as Lady Edwina Esketh
Another Thin Man as Nora Charles
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

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

1936

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

1935

Whipsaw as Vivian Palmer
Wings in the Dark as Sheila Mason

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
Scarlet River as Herself (uncredited)
The Barbarian as Diana 'Di' Standing
Penthouse as Gertie Waxted
Topaze as Coco
The Prizefighter and the Lady as Belle Mercer

1932

Love Me Tonight as Countess Valentine
Vanity Fair as Becky Sharp
The Wet Parade as Eileen Pinchon
The Mask of Fu Manchu as Fah Lo See
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

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

1930

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

1929

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

1928

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

1927

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

1926

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

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)