Myrna Loy
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Columbo
Lizzi Fielding
1971
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Series
Ironside
Andrea Wollcott
1967
Series
American Experience
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1988
Series
The Virginian
Mrs. Miles
1962
Series
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Series
What's My Line?
Self
1950
Series
Family Affair
1966
Series
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
1978
Series
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Mary Sidney
1959
The George Gobel Show
Self
1954
Series
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
1973
Film
The Best Years of Our Lives
Milly Stephenson
1946
Film
The Jazz Singer
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
1927
Film
Airport 1975
Mrs. Devaney
1974
Film
The Thin Man
Nora Charles
1934
Film
Cheaper by the Dozen
Lillian Gilbreth
1950
Series
General Electric Theater
Kate Kennedy
1953
Series
General Electric Theater
Maggie Webster
1953
Series
General Electric Theater
Allie Evans
1953
Film
Libeled Lady
Connie Allenbury
1936
Film
The Great Ziegfeld
Billie Burke
1936
Film
The Mask of Fu Manchu
Fah Lo See
1932
Film
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
1994
Film
The April Fools
Grace Greenlaw
1969
Film
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Muriel Blandings
1948
Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Nancy Knox
1951
Film
After the Thin Man
Nora Charles
1936
Film
Song of the Thin Man
Nora Charles
1947
Film
Wife vs. Secretary
Linda Stanhope
1936
Film
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Slave Girl (uncredited)
1925
Film
The Thin Man Goes Home
Nora Charles
1944
Film
Night of 100 Stars
Self
1982
Film
Midnight Lace
Aunt Bea
1960
Film
Manhattan Melodrama
Eleanor Packer
1934
Film
Another Thin Man
Nora Charles
1939
Film
Shadow of the Thin Man
Nora Charles
1941
Film
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self (archive footage)
1995
Film
Too Hot to Handle
Alma Harding
1938
Film
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Margaret
1947
Film
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
2003
Film
The End
Maureen Lawson
1978
Film
It Happened at Lakewood Manor
Ethel
1977
Film
Belles on Their Toes
Lillian Gilbreth
1952
Film
From the Terrace
Martha Eaton
1960
Film
The Rains Came
Lady Edwina Esketh
1939
Film
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
1972
Film
Love Me Tonight
Countess Valentine
1932
Film
Show-Business at War
Self
1943
Film
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
1976
Film
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
1975
Film
Vanity Fair
Becky Sharp
1932
Film
Twenty Years After
(archive footage)
1944
Film
Noah's Ark
Showgirl / Slave Girl
1928
Film
Broadway Bill
Alice 'Princess' Higgins
1934
Film
Lonelyhearts
Florence Shrike
1959
Film
Evelyn Prentice
Evelyn Prentice
1934
Film
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
1987
Film
I Love You Again
Kay Wilson
1940
Film
The Animal Kingdom
Cecelia
1932
Film
The Red Pony
Alice Tiflin
1949
Film
Love Crazy
Susan Ireland
1941
Film
Double Wedding
Margit Agnew
1937
Film
The Wet Parade
Eileen Pinchon
1932
Film
Parnell
Katie O'Shea
1937
Film
Don Juan
Mai - Lady in Waiting
1926
Film
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
2009
Film
Test Pilot
Ann "Thursday" Barton
1938
Film
Evidence
Native Girl
1929
Film
Finger Prints
Vamp
1927
Film
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Self
1940
Film
The Big Parade of Comedy
Nora Charles (archive footage)
1964
Film
The Devil to Pay!
Mary Crayle
1930
Film
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
(archive footage)
1990
Film
The Girl from Chicago
Mary Carlton
1927
Film
The Naughty Flirt
Linda Gregory
1931
Film
Thirteen Women
Ursula Georgi
1932
Film
Penthouse
Gertie Waxted
1933
Film
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Gertie Waxted (archive footage)
2008
Film
When a Man Loves
Convict Behind Manon (uncredited)
1927
Film
Night Flight
Wife of Brazilian Pilot
1933
Film
New Morals for Old
Myra
1932
Film
Bitter Apples
Belinda White
1927
Film
When Ladies Meet
Mary Howard
1933
Film
The Show of Shows
Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Chinese Fantasy' Numbers
1929
Film
Arrowsmith
Joyce Lanyon
1931
Film
Meet Me in St. Louis
Anna Smith
1959
Film
The Black Watch
Yasmani
1929
Film
The Senator Was Indiscreet
Mrs. Ashton (uncredited)
1947
Film
Stamboul Quest
Annemarie, aka Fräulein Doktor and Helena Bohlen
1934
Film
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Self
1940
Film
A Connecticut Yankee
Queen Morgan le Fay / Evil Sister in Mansion
1931
Film
A Girl in Every Port
Jetta - Girl in Singapore (uncredited)
1928
Film
To Mary - with Love
Mary Wallace
1936
Film
Indict and Convict
Judge Christine Tayloy
1974
Film
Men in White
Laura Hudson
1934
Film
Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn
Self (archive footage)
2015
Film
The Romance of Celluloid
Self (archive footage)
1937
Film
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Self (archive footage)
1961
Film
Beware of Married Men
Juanita Sheldon
1928
Film
Lucky Night
Cora Jordan
1939
Film
Death Takes a Holiday
Selena Chapman
1971
Film
Simple Sis
1927
Film
Whipsaw
Vivian Palmer
1935
Film
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
Evelyn Tryon
1971
Film
The Ambassador's Daughter
Mrs. Cartwright
1956
Film
So This Is Paris
Lalle's Maid (uncredited)
1926
Film
Emma
Isabelle
1932
Film
1925 Studio Tour
Self (uncredited)
1925
Film
Transatlantic
Kay Graham
1931
Film
Just Tell Me What You Want
Stella Liberti
1980
Film
Man-Proof
Mimi Swift
1938
Film
Skyline
Paula Lambert
1931
Film
Consolation Marriage
Elaine Brandon
1931
Film
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Self (archive footage)
2007
Film
Hush Money
Flo Curtis
1931
Film
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Self (archive footage)
1986
Film
Third Finger, Left Hand
Margot Sherwood Merrick
1940
Film
Scarlet River
Herself (uncredited)
1933
Film
From the Ends of the Earth
Self
1939
Film
That Dangerous Age
Lady Cathy Brooke
1949
Film
Isle of Escape
Moira
1930
Film
The Last of the Duanes
Lola Bland
1930
Film
The Wanderer
Girl at Baccanal (uncredited)
1925
Film
Topaze
Coco
1933
Film
Across the Pacific
Roma
1926
Film
The Squall
Nubi
1929
Film
The Elevator
Amanda Kenyon
1974
Film
Cock o' the Walk
Narita
1930
Film
The Woman in Room 13
Sari Loder
1932
Film
Summer Solstice
Margaret
1981
Film
The Exquisite Sinner
Living Statue
1926
Film
The Prizefighter and the Lady
Belle Mercer
1933
Film
Rebound
Evie Lawrence
1931
Film
Renegades
Eleanore
1930
Film
Pretty Ladies
Showgirl (uncredited)
1925
Film
The Heart of Maryland
Mulatta
1927
Film
Turn Back the Hours
Tiza Torreon
1928
Film
The Midnight Taxi
Gertie Fairfax
1928
Film
Ham and Eggs at the Front
Fifi
1927
Film
The Climbers
Countess Veya
1927
Film
A Sailor's Sweetheart
Claudette Ralston
1927
Film
The Barbarian
Diana 'Di' Standing
1933
Film
The Truth About Youth
Kara
1930
Film
Wings in the Dark
Sheila Mason
1935
Film
Northward, Ho!
Herself
1940
Film
So Goes My Love
Jane Budden Maxim
1946
Film
Hardboiled Rose
Rose Duhamel
1929
Film
The Desert Song
Azuri
1929
Film
Bride of the Regiment
Sophie
1930
Film
The Cave Man
Maid
1926
Film
The Third Degree
Bit Part (uncredited)
1926
Film
Body and Soul
Alice Lester
1931
Film
The Great Divide
Manuella
1929
Film
Cameo Kirby
Lea
1930
Film
The Bad Man
(uncredited)
1930
Film
The Crimson City
Isobel
1928
Film
What Price Beauty?
Vamp
1928
Film
William Powell: A True Gentleman
2005
Film
Under a Texas Moon
Lolita Romero
1930
Film
Petticoat Fever
Irene Campton
1936
Film
State Street Sadie
Sadie
1928
Film
Fancy Baggage
Myrna
1929
Film
The Love Toy
Bit Part (uncredited)
1926
Film
The Couple Takes a Wife
Barbara's Mother
1972
Film
Another Romance of Celluloid
Self (uncredited)
1938
Film
Pay as You Enter
Yvonne De Russo
1928
Film
Why Girls Go Back Home
Sally Short
1926
Film
The Jazz Cinderella
Mildred Vane
1930
Film
The Gilded Highway
Inez Quartz
1926
Film
Sporting Life
Chorus Girl with Lord Wainwright (uncredited)
1925
Film
If I Were Single
Joan Whitley
1927
Film
Rogue of the Rio Grande
Carmita
1930
Film
Trifles of Importance
Self (archive footage)
1940