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