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.
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- 2009 · 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year as Self (archive footage)
- 2008 · Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood as Gertie Waxted (archive footage)
- 2007 · Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema as Self (archive footage)
- 2005 · William Powell: A True Gentleman as
- 2003 · Complicated Women as Self (archive footage)
- 1994 · That's Entertainment! III as (archive footage)
- 1993 · Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell as Self (archive footage)
- 1990 · Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To as (archive footage)
- 1988 · 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
- 1978 · The End as Maureen Lawson
- 1977 · Ants! 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
- 1974 · The Elevator as Amanda Kenyon
- 1974 · Indict and Convict as Judge Christine Tayloy
- 1973 · The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
- 1972 · The Couple Takes a Wife as Barbara's Mother
- 1972 · Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage)
- 1971 · Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate as Evelyn Tryon
- 1971 · Death Takes a Holiday as Selena Chapman
- 1971 · Columbo as Lizzi Fielding
- 1969 · The April Fools as Grace Greenlaw
- 1967 · Ironside as Andrea Wollcott
- 1966 · Family Affair as
- 1965 · The Love Goddesses as (archive footage)
- 1964 · The Big Parade of Comedy as Nora Charles (archive footage)
- 1962 · The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- 1962 · The Virginian as Mrs. Miles
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1961 · The Legend of Rudolph Valentino as Self (archive footage)
- 1960 · Midnight Lace as Aunt Bea
- 1960 · From the Terrace as Martha Eaton
- 1959 · The DuPont Show with June Allyson as Mary Sidney
- 1959 · Meet Me in St. Louis as Anna Smith
- 1959 · Lonelyhearts as Florence Shrike
- 1956 · The Ambassador's Daughter as Mrs. Cartwright
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Kate Kennedy
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Maggie Webster
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Allie Evans
- 1952 · Belles on Their Toes as Lillian Gilbreth
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Nancy Knox
- 1950 · Cheaper by the Dozen as Lillian Gilbreth
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- 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 Judge Margaret Turner
- 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)
- 1943 · Show-Business at War as Self
- 1941 · Shadow of the Thin Man as Nora Charles
- 1941 · Love Crazy as Susan Ireland
- 1940 · A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound as Self
- 1940 · Third Finger, Left Hand as Margot Sherwood Merrick
- 1940 · I Love You Again as Kay Wilson
- 1940 · Trifles of Importance as Self (archive footage)
- 1940 · Hollywood: Style Center of the World as Self
- 1940 · Northward, Ho! as Herself
- 1939 · Another Thin Man as Nora Charles
- 1939 · The Rains Came as Lady Edwina Esketh
- 1939 · From the Ends of the Earth as Self
- 1939 · Lucky Night as Cora Jordan
- 1938 · Too Hot to Handle as Alma Harding
- 1938 · Test Pilot as Ann "Thursday" Barton
- 1938 · Another Romance of Celluloid as Self (uncredited)
- 1938 · Man-Proof as Mimi Swift
- 1937 · Double Wedding as Margit Agnew
- 1937 · The Romance of Celluloid as Self (archive footage)
- 1937 · Parnell as Katie O'Shea
- 1936 · After the Thin Man as Nora Charles
- 1936 · Libeled Lady as Constance '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
- 1933 · The Barbarian as Diana 'Di' Standing
- 1933 · Scarlet River as Herself (uncredited)
- 1933 · Topaze as Coco
- 1932 · The Animal Kingdom as Cecelia Henry Collier
- 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
- 1930 · The Devil to Pay! as Mary Crayle
- 1930 · The Naughty Flirt as Linda Gregory
- 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 · 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 · Fashion News as Self (1928, 1930)
- 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 · Simple Sis as
- 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)
- 1925 · 1925 Studio Tour as Self (uncredited)