Acting · Radersburg, Montana, USA · Born August 2, 1905
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.
MovieLeslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Movie1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008
as Gertie Waxted (archive footage)
MovieWhy Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
as Self (archive footage)
MovieWilliam Powell: A True Gentleman
2005
MovieComplicated Women
2003
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThat's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage)
MovieMyrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
1990
as (archive footage)
TVAmerican Experience
1988
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieJames Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986
as Self (archive footage)
MovieNight of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
MovieSummer Solstice
1981
as Margaret
MovieJust Tell Me What You Want
1980
as Stella Liberti
TVThe Kennedy Center Honors
1978
as Self
MovieThe End
1978
as Maureen Lawson
MovieIt Happened at Lakewood Manor
1977
as Ethel
MovieThat's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
MovieBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
MovieAirport 1975
1974
as Mrs. Devaney
MovieThe Elevator
1974
as Amanda Kenyon
MovieIndict and Convict
1974
as Judge Christine Tayloy
TVThe American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
MovieThe Couple Takes a Wife
1972
as Barbara's Mother
MovieHollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
MovieDo Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
1971
as Evelyn Tryon
MovieDeath Takes a Holiday
1971
as Selena Chapman
TVColumbo
1971
as Lizzi Fielding
MovieThe April Fools
1969
as Grace Greenlaw
TVIronside
1967
as Andrea Wollcott
TVFamily Affair
1966
MovieThe Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Nora Charles (archive footage)
TVThe Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
TVThe Virginian
1962
as Mrs. Miles
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
MovieThe Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961
as Self (archive footage)
MovieMidnight Lace
1960
as Aunt Bea
MovieFrom the Terrace
1960
as Martha Eaton
TVThe DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Mary Sidney
MovieMeet Me in St. Louis
1959
as Anna Smith
MovieLonelyhearts
1959
as Florence Shrike
MovieThe Ambassador's Daughter
1956
as Mrs. Cartwright
The George Gobel Show
1954
as Self
TVGeneral Electric Theater
1953
as Kate Kennedy
MovieBelles on Their Toes
1952
as Lillian Gilbreth
TVSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Nancy Knox
MovieCheaper by the Dozen
1950
as Lillian Gilbreth
TVWhat's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
MovieThat Dangerous Age
1949
as Lady Cathy Brooke
MovieThe Red Pony
1949
as Alice Tiflin
MovieMr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948
as Muriel Blandings
MovieThe Senator Was Indiscreet
1947
as Mrs. Ashton (uncredited)
MovieThe Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947
as Margaret
MovieSong of the Thin Man
1947
as Nora Charles
MovieThe Best Years of Our Lives
1946
as Milly Stephenson
MovieSo Goes My Love
1946
as Jane Budden Maxim
MovieThe Thin Man Goes Home
1944
as Nora Charles
MovieTwenty Years After
1944
as (archive footage)
MovieShow-Business at War
1943
as Self
MovieShadow of the Thin Man
1941
as Nora Charles
MovieLove Crazy
1941
as Susan Ireland
MovieA New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940
as Self
MovieThird Finger, Left Hand
1940
as Margot Sherwood Merrick
MovieI Love You Again
1940
as Kay Wilson
MovieTrifles of Importance
1940
as Self (archive footage)
MovieHollywood: Style Center of the World
1940
as Self
MovieNorthward, Ho!
1940
as Herself
MovieAnother Thin Man
1939
as Nora Charles
MovieThe Rains Came
1939
as Lady Edwina Esketh
MovieFrom the Ends of the Earth
1939
as Self
MovieLucky Night
1939
as Cora Jordan
MovieToo Hot to Handle
1938
as Alma Harding
MovieTest Pilot
1938
as Ann "Thursday" Barton
MovieAnother Romance of Celluloid
1938
as Self (uncredited)
MovieMan-Proof
1938
as Mimi Swift
MovieDouble Wedding
1937
as Margit Agnew
MovieThe Romance of Celluloid
1937
as Self (archive footage)
MovieParnell
1937
as Katie O'Shea
MovieAfter the Thin Man
1936
as Nora Charles
MovieLibeled Lady
1936
as Connie Allenbury
MovieTo Mary - with Love
1936
as Mary Wallace
MovieThe Great Ziegfeld
1936
as Billie Burke
MoviePetticoat Fever
1936
as Irene Campton
MovieWife vs. Secretary
1936
as Linda Stanhope
MovieWhipsaw
1935
as Vivian Palmer
MovieWings in the Dark
1935
as Sheila Mason
MovieBroadway Bill
1934
as Alice 'Princess' Higgins
MovieEvelyn Prentice
1934
as Evelyn Prentice
MovieStamboul Quest
1934
as Annemarie, aka Fräulein Doktor and Helena Bohlen
MovieThe Thin Man
1934
as Nora Charles
MovieManhattan Melodrama
1934
as Eleanor Packer
MovieMen in White
1934
as Laura Hudson
MovieThe Prizefighter and the Lady
1933
as Belle Mercer
MovieNight Flight
1933
as Wife of Brazilian Pilot
MoviePenthouse
1933
as Gertie Waxted
MovieWhen Ladies Meet
1933
as Mary Howard
MovieThe Barbarian
1933
as Diana 'Di' Standing
MovieScarlet River
1933
as Herself (uncredited)
MovieTopaze
1933
as Coco
MovieThe Animal Kingdom
1932
as Cecelia
MovieThe Mask of Fu Manchu
1932
as Fah Lo See
MovieThirteen Women
1932
as Ursula Georgi
MovieLove Me Tonight
1932
as Countess Valentine
MovieNew Morals for Old
1932
as Myra
MovieThe Woman in Room 13
1932
as Sari Loder
MovieThe Wet Parade
1932
as Eileen Pinchon
MovieVanity Fair
1932
as Becky Sharp
MovieEmma
1932
as Isabelle
MovieArrowsmith
1931
as Joyce Lanyon
MovieConsolation Marriage
1931
as Elaine Brandon
MovieSkyline
1931
as Paula Lambert
MovieRebound
1931
as Evie Lawrence
MovieTransatlantic
1931
as Kay Graham
MovieHush Money
1931
as Flo Curtis
MovieA Connecticut Yankee
1931
as Queen Morgan le Fay / Evil Sister in Mansion
MovieBody and Soul
1931
as Alice Lester
MovieThe Naughty Flirt
1931
as Linda Gregory
MovieThe Devil to Pay!
1930
as Mary Crayle
MovieRogue of the Rio Grande
1930
as Carmita
MovieThe Truth About Youth
1930
as Kara
MovieRenegades
1930
as Eleanore
MovieThe Bad Man
1930
as (uncredited)
MovieThe Jazz Cinderella
1930
as Mildred Vane
MovieThe Last of the Duanes
1930
as Lola Bland
MovieBride of the Regiment
1930
as Sophie
MovieCock o' the Walk
1930
as Narita
MovieUnder a Texas Moon
1930
as Lolita Romero
MovieIsle of Escape
1930
as Moira
MovieCameo Kirby
1930
as Lea
MovieEvidence
1929
as Native Girl
MovieThe Show of Shows
1929
as Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Chinese Fantasy' Numbers
MovieThe Great Divide
1929
as Manuella
MovieThe Black Watch
1929
as Yasmani
MovieThe Squall
1929
as Nubi
MovieThe Desert Song
1929
as Azuri
MovieHardboiled Rose
1929
as Rose Duhamel
MovieFancy Baggage
1929
as Myrna
MovieNoah's Ark
1928
as Showgirl / Slave Girl
MovieThe Midnight Taxi
1928
as Gertie Fairfax
MovieState Street Sadie
1928
as Sadie
MoviePay as You Enter
1928
as Yvonne De Russo
MovieThe Crimson City
1928
as Isobel
MovieTurn Back the Hours
1928
as Tiza Torreon
MovieA Girl in Every Port
1928
as Jetta - Girl in Singapore (uncredited)
MovieWhat Price Beauty?
1928
as Vamp
MovieBeware of Married Men
1928
as Juanita Sheldon
MovieIf I Were Single
1927
as Joan Whitley
MovieHam and Eggs at the Front
1927
as Fifi
MovieThe Girl from Chicago
1927
as Mary Carlton
MovieThe Jazz Singer
1927
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
MovieA Sailor's Sweetheart
1927
as Claudette Ralston
MovieWhen a Man Loves
1927
as Convict Behind Manon (uncredited)
MovieThe Heart of Maryland
1927
as Mulatta
MovieSimple Sis
1927
MovieThe Climbers
1927
as Countess Veya
MovieBitter Apples
1927
as Belinda White
MovieFinger Prints
1927
as Vamp
MovieThe Third Degree
1926
as Bit Part (uncredited)
MovieAcross the Pacific
1926
as Roma
MovieDon Juan
1926
as Mai - Lady in Waiting
MovieSo This Is Paris
1926
as Lalle's Maid (uncredited)
MovieThe Exquisite Sinner
1926
as Living Statue
MovieThe Gilded Highway
1926
as Inez Quartz
MovieWhy Girls Go Back Home
1926
as Sally Short
MovieThe Love Toy
1926
as Bit Part (uncredited)
MovieThe Cave Man
1926
as Maid
MovieBen-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
as Slave Girl (uncredited)
MovieSporting Life
1925
as Chorus Girl with Lord Wainwright (uncredited)
MoviePretty Ladies
1925
as Showgirl (uncredited)
MovieThe Wanderer
1925
as Girl at Baccanal (uncredited)
Movie1925 Studio Tour
1925
as Self (uncredited)
