From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
External links
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/nm0001485
Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105941
Facebook: No data
Instagram: No data
X: No data
Filmography (Movies)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:02/07/2009
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Character:Gertie Waxted (archive footage)
Release Date:03/03/2008
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:23/05/2007
William Powell: A True Gentleman
Character:
Release Date:02/08/2005
Complicated Women
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:06/05/2003
That's Entertainment! III
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:01/07/1994
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:04/06/1990
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:13/03/1987
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:09/03/1986
Night of 100 Stars
Character:Self
Release Date:08/03/1982
Summer Solstice
Character:Margaret
Release Date:30/12/1981
Just Tell Me What You Want
Character:Stella Liberti
Release Date:18/01/1980
The End
Character:Maureen Lawson
Release Date:10/05/1978
It Happened at Lakewood Manor
Character:Ethel
Release Date:02/12/1977
That's Entertainment, Part II
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:16/05/1976
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:06/08/1975
Airport 1975
Character:Mrs. Devaney
Release Date:18/10/1974
The Elevator
Character:Amanda Kenyon
Release Date:09/02/1974
Indict and Convict
Character:Judge Christine Tayloy
Release Date:06/01/1974
The Couple Takes a Wife
Character:Barbara's Mother
Release Date:05/12/1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:10/01/1972
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
Character:Evelyn Tryon
Release Date:09/11/1971
Death Takes a Holiday
Character:Selena Chapman
Release Date:23/10/1971
The April Fools
Character:Grace Greenlaw
Release Date:28/05/1969
The Love Goddesses
Character:(Archive Footage)
Release Date:03/03/1965
The Big Parade of Comedy
Character:Nora Charles (archive footage)
Release Date:02/09/1964
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:24/05/1961
Midnight Lace
Character:Aunt Bea
Release Date:13/10/1960
From the Terrace
Character:Martha Eaton
Release Date:15/07/1960
Meet Me in St. Louis
Character:Anna Smith
Release Date:26/04/1959
Lonelyhearts
Character:Florence Shrike
Release Date:04/03/1959
The Ambassador's Daughter
Character:Mrs. Cartwright
Release Date:26/07/1956
Belles on Their Toes
Character:Lillian Gilbreth
Release Date:02/05/1952
Cheaper by the Dozen
Character:Lillian Gilbreth
Release Date:31/03/1950
That Dangerous Age
Character:Lady Cathy Brooke
Release Date:13/04/1949
The Red Pony
Character:Alice Tiflin
Release Date:08/03/1949
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Character:Muriel Blandings
Release Date:25/03/1948
The Senator Was Indiscreet
Character:Mrs. Ashton (uncredited)
Release Date:31/12/1947
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Character:Judge Margaret Turner
Release Date:01/09/1947
Song of the Thin Man
Character:Nora Charles
Release Date:28/08/1947
The Best Years of Our Lives
Character:Milly Stephenson
Release Date:25/12/1946
So Goes My Love
Character:Jane Budden Maxim
Release Date:01/05/1946
The Thin Man Goes Home
Character:Nora Charles
Release Date:24/12/1944
Twenty Years After
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1944
Show-Business at War
Character:Self
Release Date:21/05/1943
Shadow of the Thin Man
Character:Nora Charles
Release Date:21/11/1941
Love Crazy
Character:Susan Ireland
Release Date:23/05/1941
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Character:Self
Release Date:24/10/1940
Third Finger, Left Hand
Character:Margot Sherwood Merrick
Release Date:11/10/1940
I Love You Again
Character:Kay Wilson
Release Date:09/08/1940
Trifles of Importance
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:13/07/1940
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Character:Self
Release Date:29/05/1940
Northward, Ho!
Character:Herself
Release Date:10/02/1940
Another Thin Man
Character:Nora Charles
Release Date:17/11/1939
The Rains Came
Character:Lady Edwina Esketh
Release Date:15/09/1939
From the Ends of the Earth
Character:Self
Release Date:28/05/1939
Lucky Night
Character:Cora Jordan
Release Date:05/05/1939
Too Hot to Handle
Character:Alma Harding
Release Date:16/09/1938
Test Pilot
Character:Ann "Thursday" Barton
Release Date:16/04/1938
Another Romance of Celluloid
Character:Self (uncredited)
Release Date:05/02/1938
Man-Proof
Character:Mimi Swift
Release Date:07/01/1938
Double Wedding
Character:Margit Agnew
Release Date:15/10/1937
The Romance of Celluloid
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:27/08/1937
Parnell
Character:Katie O'Shea
Release Date:04/06/1937
After the Thin Man
Character:Nora Charles
Release Date:25/12/1936
Libeled Lady
Character:Constance 'Connie' Allenbury
Release Date:09/10/1936
To Mary - with Love
Character:Mary Wallace
Release Date:01/08/1936
The Great Ziegfeld
Character:Billie Burke
Release Date:08/04/1936
Petticoat Fever
Character:Irene Campton
Release Date:20/03/1936
Wife vs. Secretary
Character:Linda Stanhope
Release Date:28/02/1936
Whipsaw
Character:Vivian Palmer
Release Date:18/12/1935
Wings in the Dark
Character:Sheila Mason
Release Date:01/02/1935
Broadway Bill
Character:Alice 'Princess' Higgins
Release Date:30/11/1934
Evelyn Prentice
Character:Evelyn Prentice
Release Date:09/11/1934
Stamboul Quest
Character:Annemarie, aka Fräulein Doktor and Helena Bohlen
Release Date:13/07/1934
The Thin Man
Character:Nora Charles
Release Date:25/05/1934
Manhattan Melodrama
Character:Eleanor Packer
Release Date:04/05/1934
Men in White
Character:Laura Hudson
Release Date:06/04/1934
The Prizefighter and the Lady
Character:Belle Mercer
Release Date:10/11/1933
Night Flight
Character:Wife of Brazilian Pilot
Release Date:06/10/1933
Penthouse
Character:Gertie Waxted
Release Date:08/09/1933
When Ladies Meet
Character:Mary
Release Date:23/06/1933
The Barbarian
Character:Diana 'Di' Standing
Release Date:12/05/1933
Scarlet River
Character:Herself (uncredited)
Release Date:10/03/1933
Topaze
Character:Coco
Release Date:24/02/1933
The Animal Kingdom
Character:Cecelia Henry Collier
Release Date:28/12/1932
The Mask of Fu Manchu
Character:Fah Lo See
Release Date:04/11/1932
Thirteen Women
Character:Ursula Georgi
Release Date:16/09/1932
Love Me Tonight
Character:Countess Valentine
Release Date:18/08/1932
New Morals for Old
Character:Myra
Release Date:04/06/1932
The Woman in Room 13
Character:Sari Loder
Release Date:15/05/1932
The Wet Parade
Character:Eileen Pinchon
Release Date:26/03/1932
Vanity Fair
Character:Becky Sharp
Release Date:15/03/1932
Emma
Character:Isabelle
Release Date:02/01/1932
Arrowsmith
Character:Joyce Lanyon
Release Date:07/12/1931
Consolation Marriage
Character:Elaine Brandon
Release Date:21/11/1931
Skyline
Character:Paula Lambert
Release Date:08/10/1931
Rebound
Character:Evie Lawrence
Release Date:28/08/1931
Transatlantic
Character:Kay Graham
Release Date:19/08/1931
Hush Money
Character:Flo Curtis
Release Date:05/07/1931
A Connecticut Yankee
Character:Queen Morgan le Fay / Evil Sister in Mansion
Release Date:06/04/1931
Body and Soul
Character:Alice Lester
Release Date:22/02/1931
The Naughty Flirt
Character:Linda Gregory
Release Date:11/01/1931
The Devil to Pay!
Character:Mary Crayle
Release Date:18/12/1930
Rogue of the Rio Grande
Character:Carmita
Release Date:07/12/1930
The Truth About Youth
Character:Kara
Release Date:03/11/1930
Renegades
Character:Eleanore
Release Date:26/10/1930
The Bad Man
Character:(uncredited)
Release Date:11/09/1930
The Jazz Cinderella
Character:Mildred Vane
Release Date:01/09/1930
The Last of the Duanes
Character:Lola Bland
Release Date:31/08/1930
Bride of the Regiment
Character:Sophie
Release Date:21/05/1930
Cock o' the Walk
Character:Narita
Release Date:13/04/1930
Under a Texas Moon
Character:Lolita Romero
Release Date:01/04/1930
Isle of Escape
Character:Moira
Release Date:01/03/1930
Cameo Kirby
Character:Lea
Release Date:12/01/1930
Evidence
Character:Native Girl
Release Date:05/12/1929
The Show of Shows
Character:Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Chinese Fantasy' Numbers
Release Date:21/11/1929
The Great Divide
Character:Manuella
Release Date:15/09/1929
The Black Watch
Character:Yasmani
Release Date:22/05/1929
The Squall
Character:Nubi
Release Date:09/05/1929
The Desert Song
Character:Azuri
Release Date:08/04/1929
Hardboiled Rose
Character:Rose Duhamel
Release Date:30/03/1929
Fancy Baggage
Character:Myrna
Release Date:26/01/1929
Noah's Ark
Character:Showgirl / Slave Girl
Release Date:01/11/1928
The Midnight Taxi
Character:Gertie Fairfax
Release Date:01/09/1928
State Street Sadie
Character:Sadie
Release Date:25/08/1928
Pay as You Enter
Character:Yvonne De Russo
Release Date:12/05/1928
The Crimson City
Character:Isobel
Release Date:07/04/1928
Turn Back the Hours
Character:Tiza Torreon
Release Date:01/03/1928
A Girl in Every Port
Character:Jetta - Girl in Singapore (uncredited)
Release Date:26/02/1928
What Price Beauty?
Character:Vamp
Release Date:22/01/1928
Beware of Married Men
Character:Juanita Sheldon
Release Date:14/01/1928
If I Were Single
Character:Joan Whitley
Release Date:17/12/1927
Ham and Eggs at the Front
Character:Fifi
Release Date:29/11/1927
The Girl from Chicago
Character:Mary Carlton
Release Date:09/11/1927
The Jazz Singer
Character:Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Release Date:06/10/1927
A Sailor's Sweetheart
Character:Claudette Ralston
Release Date:24/09/1927
When a Man Loves
Character:Convict Behind Manon (uncredited)
Release Date:21/08/1927
The Heart of Maryland
Character:Mulatta
Release Date:13/07/1927
Simple Sis
Character:
Release Date:01/06/1927
The Climbers
Character:Countess Veya
Release Date:03/05/1927
Bitter Apples
Character:Belinda White
Release Date:23/04/1927
Finger Prints
Character:Vamp
Release Date:08/01/1927
The Third Degree
Character:Bit Part (uncredited)
Release Date:01/12/1926
Across the Pacific
Character:Roma
Release Date:02/10/1926
Don Juan
Character:Mai - Lady in Waiting
Release Date:06/08/1926
So This Is Paris
Character:Lalle's Maid (uncredited)
Release Date:31/07/1926
The Exquisite Sinner
Character:Living Statue
Release Date:28/03/1926
The Gilded Highway
Character:Inez Quartz
Release Date:13/03/1926
Why Girls Go Back Home
Character:Sally Short
Release Date:01/03/1926
The Love Toy
Character:Bit Part (uncredited)
Release Date:13/02/1926
The Cave Man
Character:Maid
Release Date:06/02/1926
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Character:Slave Girl (uncredited)
Release Date:25/12/1925
Sporting Life
Character:Chorus Girl with Lord Wainwright (uncredited)
Release Date:29/11/1925
Pretty Ladies
Character:Showgirl (uncredited)
Release Date:06/09/1925
The Wanderer
Character:Girl at Baccanal (uncredited)
Release Date:19/08/1925
1925 Studio Tour
Character:Self (uncredited)
Release Date:09/04/1925
Television Appearances
American Experience
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Kennedy Center Honors
Character:Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Character:Self
Columbo
Character:Lizzi Fielding
Ironside
Character:Andrea Wollcott
Family Affair
Character:
The Merv Griffin Show
Character:Self
The Virginian
Character:Mrs. Miles
The Mike Douglas Show
Character:Self
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Character:Mary Sidney
The George Gobel Show
Character:Self
General Electric Theater
Character:Kate Kennedy
General Electric Theater
Character:Maggie Webster
General Electric Theater
Character:Allie Evans
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character:Nancy Knox
What's My Line?
Character:Self - Mystery Guest
Images
