Myrna Loy
Acting
Born August 2, 1905 · Radersburg, Montana, USA
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.
Films (156)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
William Powell: A True Gentleman
2005
Complicated Women
2003
That's Entertainment! III
1994
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
1990
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986
Night of 100 Stars
1982
Summer Solstice
1981
Just Tell Me What You Want
1980
The End
1978
It Happened at Lakewood Manor
1977
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
Airport 1975
1974
The Elevator
1974
Indict and Convict
1974
The Couple Takes a Wife
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
1971
Death Takes a Holiday
1971
The April Fools
1969
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961
Midnight Lace
1960
From the Terrace
1960
Meet Me in St. Louis
1959
Lonelyhearts
1959
The Ambassador's Daughter
1956
Belles on Their Toes
1952
Cheaper by the Dozen
1950
That Dangerous Age
1949
The Red Pony
1949
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948
The Senator Was Indiscreet
1947
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947
Song of the Thin Man
1947
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946
So Goes My Love
1946
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944
Twenty Years After
1944
Show-Business at War
1943
Shadow of the Thin Man
1941
Love Crazy
1941
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940
Third Finger, Left Hand
1940
I Love You Again
1940
Trifles of Importance
1940
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940
Northward, Ho!
1940
Another Thin Man
1939
The Rains Came
1939
From the Ends of the Earth
1939
Lucky Night
1939
Too Hot to Handle
1938
Test Pilot
1938
Another Romance of Celluloid
1938
Man-Proof
1938
Double Wedding
1937
The Romance of Celluloid
1937
Parnell
1937
After the Thin Man
1936
Libeled Lady
1936
To Mary - with Love
1936
The Great Ziegfeld
1936
Petticoat Fever
1936
Wife vs. Secretary
1936
Whipsaw
1935
Wings in the Dark
1935
Broadway Bill
1934
Evelyn Prentice
1934
Stamboul Quest
1934
The Thin Man
1934
Manhattan Melodrama
1934
Men in White
1934
The Prizefighter and the Lady
1933
Night Flight
1933
Penthouse
1933
When Ladies Meet
1933
The Barbarian
1933
Scarlet River
1933
Topaze
1933
The Animal Kingdom
1932
The Mask of Fu Manchu
1932
Thirteen Women
1932
Love Me Tonight
1932
New Morals for Old
1932
The Woman in Room 13
1932
The Wet Parade
1932
Vanity Fair
1932
Emma
1932
Arrowsmith
1931
Consolation Marriage
1931
Skyline
1931
Rebound
1931
Transatlantic
1931
Hush Money
1931
A Connecticut Yankee
1931
Body and Soul
1931
The Naughty Flirt
1931
The Devil to Pay!
1930
Rogue of the Rio Grande
1930
The Truth About Youth
1930
Renegades
1930
The Bad Man
1930
The Jazz Cinderella
1930
The Last of the Duanes
1930
Bride of the Regiment
1930
Cock o' the Walk
1930
Under a Texas Moon
1930
Isle of Escape
1930
Cameo Kirby
1930
Evidence
1929
The Show of Shows
1929
The Great Divide
1929
The Black Watch
1929
The Squall
1929
The Desert Song
1929
Hardboiled Rose
1929
Fancy Baggage
1929
Noah's Ark
1928
The Midnight Taxi
1928
State Street Sadie
1928
Pay as You Enter
1928
The Crimson City
1928
Turn Back the Hours
1928
A Girl in Every Port
1928
What Price Beauty?
1928
Beware of Married Men
1928
If I Were Single
1927
Ham and Eggs at the Front
1927
The Girl from Chicago
1927
The Jazz Singer
1927
A Sailor's Sweetheart
1927
When a Man Loves
1927
The Heart of Maryland
1927
Simple Sis
1927
The Climbers
1927
Bitter Apples
1927
Finger Prints
1927
The Third Degree
1926
Across the Pacific
1926
Don Juan
1926
So This Is Paris
1926
The Exquisite Sinner
1926
The Gilded Highway
1926
Why Girls Go Back Home
1926
The Love Toy
1926
The Cave Man
1926
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
Sporting Life
1925
Pretty Ladies
1925
The Wanderer
1925
1925 Studio Tour
1925