Myrna Loy
Known for: Acting
Born: August 2, 1905
Died: December 14, 1993
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
159 movies · 14 TV shows, newest first
9.0
Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn
2015
7.5
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
6.1
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008
4.3
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
7.5
William Powell: A True Gentleman
2005
7.0
Alias Nick and Nora
2005
6.9
Complicated Women
2003
8.0
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
7.1
That's Entertainment! III
1994
8.5
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
1990
6.5
American Experience
1988
6.5
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
8.3
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986
5.8
Night of 100 Stars
1982
5.0
Summer Solstice
1981
4.6
Just Tell Me What You Want
1980
7.4
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
5.6
The End
1978
4.7
It Happened at Lakewood Manor
1977
7.0
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
6.3
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
5.8
Airport 1975
1974
6.5
The Elevator
1974
5.0
Indict and Convict
1974
6.3
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
10.0
The Couple Takes a Wife
1972
7.2
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
6.1
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
1971
4.9
Death Takes a Holiday
1971
8.1
Columbo
1971
5.9
The April Fools
1969
6.8
Ironside
1967
6.7
Family Affair
1966
7.2
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
6.8
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
6.5
The Virginian
1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
7.0
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961
6.6
Midnight Lace
1960
6.6
From the Terrace
1960
6.8
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
6.0
Meet Me in St. Louis
1959
6.3
Lonelyhearts
1959
4.9
The Ambassador's Daughter
19567.8
The George Gobel Show
1954
6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
7.1
Belles on Their Toes
1952
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
6.4
Cheaper by the Dozen
1950
7.0
What's My Line?
1950
7.3
That Dangerous Age
1949
6.0
The Red Pony
1949
7.0
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948
6.2
The Senator Was Indiscreet
1947
6.9
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947
6.7
Song of the Thin Man
1947
7.7
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946
7.3
So Goes My Love
1946
7.1
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944
8.0
Twenty Years After
1944
7.0
Show-Business at War
1943
7.0
Shadow of the Thin Man
1941
6.8
Love Crazy
1941
6.8
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940
7.0
Third Finger, Left Hand
1940
7.2
I Love You Again
1940
7.5
Trifles of Importance
1940
5.8
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940
6.7
Northward, Ho!
1940
7.1
Another Thin Man
1939
6.1
The Rains Came
1939
5.0
From the Ends of the Earth
1939
6.8
Lucky Night
1939
6.0
Too Hot to Handle
1938
6.1
Test Pilot
1938
5.3
Another Romance of Celluloid
1938
5.2
Man-Proof
1938
6.4
Double Wedding
1937
7.0
The Romance of Celluloid
1937
4.6
Parnell
1937
7.3
After the Thin Man
1936
7.3
Libeled Lady
1936
5.7
To Mary - with Love
1936
6.3
The Great Ziegfeld
1936
6.1
Petticoat Fever
1936
6.7
Wife vs. Secretary
1936
6.4
Whipsaw
1935
6.4
Wings in the Dark
1935
6.0
Broadway Bill
1934
6.5
Evelyn Prentice
1934
5.2
Stamboul Quest
1934
7.5
The Thin Man
1934
7.0
Manhattan Melodrama
1934
6.3
Men in White
1934
5.5
The Prizefighter and the Lady
1933
5.6
Night Flight
1933
6.9
Penthouse
1933
5.7
When Ladies Meet
1933
5.1
The Barbarian
1933
5.6
Scarlet River
1933
6.0
Topaze
1933
5.6
The Animal Kingdom
1932
5.4
The Mask of Fu Manchu
1932
6.4
Thirteen Women
1932
6.6
Love Me Tonight
1932
4.5
New Morals for Old
1932
8.0
The Woman in Room 13
1932
6.2
The Wet Parade
1932
4.7
Vanity Fair
1932
6.6
Emma
1932
6.6
Arrowsmith
1931
6.4
Consolation Marriage
1931
8.0
Skyline
1931
4.7
Rebound
1931
5.8
Transatlantic
1931
10.0
Hush Money
1931
6.1
A Connecticut Yankee
1931
5.4
Body and Soul
1931
6.2
The Naughty Flirt
1931
5.8
The Devil to Pay!
1930
8.0
Rogue of the Rio Grande
1930
6.2
The Truth About Youth
1930
5.0
Renegades
1930
9.0
The Bad Man
1930
8.0
The Jazz Cinderella
1930
6.0
The Last of the Duanes
1930
6.5
Bride of the Regiment
1930
3.9
Cock o' the Walk
1930
4.5
Under a Texas Moon
1930
6.5
Isle of Escape
1930
8.0
Cameo Kirby
1930
8.0
Evidence
1929
6.6
The Show of Shows
1929
5.3
The Great Divide
1929
5.8
The Black Watch
1929
4.0
The Squall
1929
6.2
The Desert Song
1929
8.0
Hardboiled Rose
1929
10.0
Fancy Baggage
1929
6.4
Noah's Ark
1928
6.5
The Midnight Taxi
1928
8.0
State Street Sadie
1928
8.0
Pay as You Enter
1928
9.0
The Crimson City
1928
10.0
Turn Back the Hours
1928
6.0
A Girl in Every Port
1928
10.0
What Price Beauty?
1928
3.7
Beware of Married Men
1928
9.0
If I Were Single
1927
7.0
Ham and Eggs at the Front
1927
7.0
The Girl from Chicago
1927
6.1
The Jazz Singer
1927
8.0
A Sailor's Sweetheart
1927
6.3
When a Man Loves
1927
7.0
The Heart of Maryland
1927
9.0
Simple Sis
1927
9.0
The Climbers
1927
7.5
Bitter Apples
1927
7.0
Finger Prints
1927
7.0
The Third Degree
1926
5.0
Across the Pacific
1926
6.6
Don Juan
1926
6.4
So This Is Paris
1926
8.0
The Exquisite Sinner
1926
10.0
The Gilded Highway
1926
7.0
Why Girls Go Back Home
1926
10.0
The Love Toy
1926
8.0
The Cave Man
1926
7.3
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
7.0
Sporting Life
1925
5.8
Pretty Ladies
1925
3.0
The Wanderer
1925
6.3
1925 Studio Tour
1925