Myrna Loy
138 movies · 7 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 2, 1905
- Died
- Dec 14, 1993 (age 88)
- Place of birth
- Radersburg, Montana, USA
- Also known as
- Мирна Лой · میرنا لوی
Biography
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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.
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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.
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Myrna Loy: movies and TV shows
Acting (145)
- 2008 Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
as Gertie Waxted (archive footage)
- 2005
- 2005
- 1994 That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1990 Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
as (archive footage)
- 1981 Summer Solstice
as Margaret
- 1980 Just Tell Me What You Want
as Stella Liberti
- 1978 The End
as Maureen Lawson
- 1977 It Happened at Lakewood Manor
as Ethel
- 1976 That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
- 1974 Airport 1975
as Mrs. Devaney
- 1974 The Elevator
as Amanda Kenyon
- 1974 Indict and Convict
as Judge Christine Tayloy
- 1972 The Couple Takes a Wife
as Barbara's Mother
- 1971 Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
as Evelyn Tryon
- 1971 Death Takes a Holiday
as Selena Chapman
- 1971
- 1969 The April Fools
as Grace Greenlaw
- 1967
- 1966
- 1964 The Big Parade of Comedy
as Nora Charles (archive footage)
- 1962
- 1960 Midnight Lace
as Aunt Bea
- 1960 From the Terrace
as Martha Eaton
- 1959
- 1959 Meet Me in St. Louis
as Anna Smith
- 1959 Lonelyhearts
as Florence Shrike
- 1956 The Ambassador's Daughter
as Mrs. Cartwright
- 1953
- 1952 Belles on Their Toes
as Lillian Gilbreth
- 1951
- 1950 Cheaper by the Dozen
as Lillian Gilbreth
- 1949 That Dangerous Age
as Lady Cathy Brooke
- 1949 The Red Pony
as Alice Tiflin
- 1948 Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
as Muriel Blandings
- 1947 The Senator Was Indiscreet
as Mrs. Ashton (uncredited)
- 1947 The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
as Margaret
- 1947 Song of the Thin Man
as Nora Charles
- 1946 The Best Years of Our Lives
as Milly Stephenson
- 1946 So Goes My Love
as Jane Budden Maxim
- 1944 The Thin Man Goes Home
as Nora Charles
- 1944 Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
- 1941 Shadow of the Thin Man
as Nora Charles
- 1941 Love Crazy
as Susan Ireland
- 1940 Third Finger, Left Hand
as Margot Sherwood Merrick
- 1940 I Love You Again
as Kay Wilson
- 1939 Another Thin Man
as Nora Charles
- 1939 The Rains Came
as Lady Edwina Esketh
- 1939 Lucky Night
as Cora Jordan
- 1938 Too Hot to Handle
as Alma Harding
- 1938 Test Pilot
as Ann "Thursday" Barton
- 1938 Man-Proof
as Mimi Swift
- 1937 Double Wedding
as Margit Agnew
- 1937 Parnell
as Katie O'Shea
- 1936 After the Thin Man
as Nora Charles
- 1936 Libeled Lady
as Connie Allenbury
- 1936 To Mary - with Love
as Mary Wallace
- 1936 The Great Ziegfeld
as Billie Burke
- 1936 Petticoat Fever
as Irene Campton
- 1936 Wife vs. Secretary
as Linda Stanhope
- 1935 Whipsaw
as Vivian Palmer
- 1935 Wings in the Dark
as Sheila Mason
- 1934 Broadway Bill
as Alice 'Princess' Higgins
- 1934 Evelyn Prentice
as Evelyn Prentice
- 1934 Stamboul Quest
as Annemarie, aka Fräulein Doktor and Helena Bohlen
- 1934 The Thin Man
as Nora Charles
- 1934 Manhattan Melodrama
as Eleanor Packer
- 1934 Men in White
as Laura Hudson
- 1933 The Prizefighter and the Lady
as Belle Mercer
- 1933 Night Flight
as Wife of Brazilian Pilot
- 1933 Penthouse
as Gertie Waxted
- 1933 When Ladies Meet
as Mary Howard
- 1933 The Barbarian
as Diana 'Di' Standing
- 1933 Topaze
as Coco
- 1932 The Animal Kingdom
as Cecelia
- 1932 The Mask of Fu Manchu
as Fah Lo See
- 1932 Thirteen Women
as Ursula Georgi
- 1932 Love Me Tonight
as Countess Valentine
- 1932 New Morals for Old
as Myra
- 1932 The Woman in Room 13
as Sari Loder
- 1932 The Wet Parade
as Eileen Pinchon
- 1932 Vanity Fair
as Becky Sharp
- 1932 Emma
as Isabelle
- 1931 Arrowsmith
as Joyce Lanyon
- 1931 Consolation Marriage
as Elaine Brandon
- 1931 Skyline
as Paula Lambert
- 1931 Rebound
as Evie Lawrence
- 1931 Transatlantic
as Kay Graham
- 1931 Hush Money
as Flo Curtis
- 1931 A Connecticut Yankee
as Queen Morgan le Fay / Evil Sister in Mansion
- 1931 Body and Soul
as Alice Lester
- 1931 Naughty Flirt
as Linda Gregory
- 1930 The Devil to Pay!
as Mary Crayle
- 1930 Rogue of the Rio Grande
as Carmita
- 1930 The Truth About Youth
as Kara
- 1930 Renegades
as Eleanore
- 1930 The Bad Man
as (uncredited)
- 1930 The Jazz Cinderella
as Mildred Vane
- 1930 The Last of the Duanes
as Lola Bland
- 1930 Bride of the Regiment
as Sophie
- 1930 Cock o' the Walk
as Narita
- 1930 Under a Texas Moon
as Lolita Romero
- 1930 Isle of Escape
as Moira
- 1930 Cameo Kirby
as Lea
- 1929 Evidence
as Native Girl
- 1929 The Show of Shows
as Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Chinese Fantasy' Numbers
- 1929 The Great Divide
as Manuella
- 1929 The Black Watch
as Yasmani
- 1929 The Squall
as Nubi
- 1929 The Desert Song
as Azuri
- 1929 Hardboiled Rose
as Rose Duhamel
- 1929 Fancy Baggage
as Myrna
- 1928 Noah's Ark
as Showgirl / Slave Girl
- 1928 The Midnight Taxi
as Gertie Fairfax
- 1928 State Street Sadie
as Sadie
- 1928 Pay as You Enter
as Yvonne De Russo
- 1928 The Crimson City
as Isobel
- 1928 Turn Back the Hours
as Tiza Torreon
- 1928 A Girl in Every Port
as Jetta - Girl in Singapore (uncredited)
- 1928 What Price Beauty?
as Vamp
- 1928 Beware of Married Men
as Juanita Sheldon
- 1927 If I Were Single
as Joan Whitley
- 1927 Ham and Eggs at the Front
as Fifi
- 1927 The Girl from Chicago
as Mary Carlton
- 1927 The Jazz Singer
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
- 1927 A Sailor's Sweetheart
as Claudette Ralston
- 1927 When a Man Loves
as Convict Behind Manon (uncredited)
- 1927 The Heart of Maryland
as Mulatta
- 1927
- 1927 The Climbers
as Countess Veya
- 1927 Bitter Apples
as Belinda White
- 1927 Finger Prints
as Vamp
- 1926 The Third Degree
as Bit Part (uncredited)
- 1926 Across the Pacific
as Roma
- 1926 Don Juan
as Mai - Lady in Waiting
- 1926 So This Is Paris
as Lalle's Maid (uncredited)
- 1926 The Exquisite Sinner
as Living Statue
- 1926 The Gilded Highway
as Inez Quartz
- 1926 Why Girls Go Back Home
as Sally Short
- 1926 The Love Toy
as Bit Part (uncredited)
- 1926 The Cave Man
as Maid
- 1925 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Slave Girl (uncredited)
- 1925 Sporting Life
as Chorus Girl with Lord Wainwright (uncredited)
- 1925 Pretty Ladies
as Showgirl (uncredited)
- 1925 The Wanderer
as Girl at Baccanal (uncredited)
Talk shows and appearances (28)
- 2015
- 2009
- 2007
- 2003
- 1995
- 1988 American Experience
1 episode
- 1987
- 1986
- 1982
- 1978 The Kennedy Center Honors
1 episode
- 1975
- 1973
- 1972
- 1962 The Merv Griffin Show
1 episode
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show
1 episode
- 1961
- 1954 The George Gobel Show
1 episode
- 1950 What's My Line?
1 episode
- 1943
- 1940
- 1940
- 1940
- 1940
- 1939
- 1938
- 1937
- 1933
- 1925