Myrna Loy

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1905-08-02 (88 years old)

Deathday

1993-12-14

Place of Birth

Radersburg, Montana, USA

Myrna Loy

Biography

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 ...

Acting

1946

The Best Years of Our Lives

as Milly Stephenson

1932

1934

The Thin Man

as Nora Charles

1937

Double Wedding

as Margit Agnew

1940

I Love You Again

as Kay Wilson

1941

Love Crazy

as Susan Ireland

1932

Love Me Tonight

as Countess Valentine

1949

The Red Pony

as Alice Tiflin

1936

Libeled Lady

as Constance 'Connie' Allenbury

1938

Too Hot to Handle

as Alma Harding

1960

Midnight Lace

as Aunt Bea

1950

Cheaper by the Dozen

as Lillian Gilbreth

1947

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

as Judge Margaret Turner

1974

Airport 1975

as Mrs. Devaney

1933

Penthouse

as Gertie Waxted

1934

Manhattan Melodrama

as Eleanor Packer

1978

The End

as Maureen Lawson

1936

After the Thin Man

as Nora Charles

1939

Another Thin Man

as Nora Charles

1941

Shadow of the Thin Man

as Nora Charles

1944

The Thin Man Goes Home

as Nora Charles

1947

Song of the Thin Man

as Nora Charles

1960

From the Terrace

as Martha Eaton

1936

The Great Ziegfeld

as Billie Burke

1938

Test Pilot

as Ann "Thursday" Barton

1935

Whipsaw

as Vivian Palmer

1934

Stamboul Quest

as Annemarie, aka Fräulein Doktor and Helena Bohlen

1936

Wife vs. Secretary

as Linda Stanhope

1925

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

as Slave Girl (uncredited)

1940

Third Finger, Left Hand

as Margot Sherwood Merrick

1940

Trifles of Importance

as Self (archive footage)

1952

Belles on Their Toes

as Lillian Gilbreth

1935

Wings in the Dark

as Sheila Mason

1934

Evelyn Prentice

as Evelyn Prentice

1969

The April Fools

as Grace Greenlaw

1931

Arrowsmith

as Joyce Lanyon

1932

Thirteen Women

as Ursula Georgi

1961

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

as Self (archive footage)

1933

Night Flight

as Wife of Brazilian Pilot

1934

Broadway Bill

as Alice 'Princess' Higgins

1927

The Jazz Singer

as Chorus Girl (uncredited)

1946

So Goes My Love

as Jane Budden Maxim

1931

Transatlantic

as Kay Graham

1959

Lonelyhearts

as Florence Shrike

1956

The Ambassador's Daughter

as Mrs. Cartwright

1926

Don Juan

as Mai - Lady in Waiting

1930

The Devil to Pay!

as Mary Crayle

1932

The Animal Kingdom

as Cecelia Henry Collier

1932

Emma

as Isabelle

1934

Men in White

as Laura Hudson

1972

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)

1929

The Great Divide

as Manuella

1931

A Connecticut Yankee

as Queen Morgan le Fay / Evil Sister in Mansion

1936

Petticoat Fever

as Irene Campton

1939

The Rains Came

as Lady Edwina Esketh

1931

The Naughty Flirt

as Linda Gregory

1932

The Wet Parade

as Eileen Pinchon

1932

Vanity Fair

as Becky Sharp

1931

Consolation Marriage

as Elaine Brandon

1933

Topaze

as Coco

1980

1925

Pretty Ladies

as Showgirl (uncredited)

1929

The Squall

as Nubi

1929

The Black Watch

as Yasmani

1930

Renegades

as Eleanore

1939

Lucky Night

as Cora Jordan

1933

1938

Man-Proof

as Mimi Swift

1971

Death Takes a Holiday

as Selena Chapman

1974

The Elevator

as Amanda Kenyon

1972

The Couple Takes a Wife

as Barbara's Mother

1937

Parnell

as Katie O'Shea

1933

The Barbarian

as Diana 'Di' Standing

1929

1929

The Show of Shows

as Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Chinese Fantasy' Numbers

1930

1930

Under a Texas Moon

as Lolita Romero

1931

Body and Soul

as Alice Lester

1926

So This Is Paris

as Lalle's Maid (uncredited)

1936

To Mary - with Love

as Mary Wallace

1930

1926

1931

Rebound

as Evie Lawrence

1940

Northward, Ho!

as Herself

1949

That Dangerous Age

as Lady Cathy Brooke

1930

The Bad Man

as (uncredited)

1964

The Big Parade of Comedy

as Nora Charles (archive footage)

1932

1925

1925 Studio Tour

as Self (uncredited)

1933

Scarlet River

as Herself (uncredited)

1927

When a Man Loves

as Convict Behind Manon (uncredited)

1928

Noah's Ark

as Showgirl / Slave Girl

1981

Summer Solstice

as Margaret

1994

That's Entertainment! III

as (archive footage)

1993

Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell

as Self (archive footage)

1928

1928

The Midnight Taxi

as Gertie Fairfax

1929

Hardboiled Rose

as Rose Duhamel

1929

1926

The Exquisite Sinner

as Living Statue

1959

1974

Indict and Convict

as Judge Christine Tayloy

1947

The Senator Was Indiscreet

as Mrs. Ashton (uncredited)

1931

Skyline

as Paula Lambert

1930

1930

The Jazz Cinderella

as Mildred Vane

1930

1929

Evidence

as Native Girl

1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)

2003

Complicated Women

as Self (archive footage)

1976

That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

1937

The Romance of Celluloid

as Self (archive footage)

1944

Twenty Years After

as (archive footage)

1990

1925

The Wanderer

as Girl at Baccanal (uncredited)

1925

Sporting Life

as Chorus Girl with Lord Wainwright (uncredited)

1931

Hush Money

as Flo Curtis

1928

A Girl in Every Port

as Jetta - Girl in Singapore (uncredited)

1927

The Girl from Chicago

as Mary Carlton

1927

Bitter Apples

as Belinda White

1926

1938

Another Romance of Celluloid

as Self (uncredited)

1926

The Love Toy

as Bit Part (uncredited)

1926

The Gilded Highway

as Inez Quartz

1926

The Third Degree

as Bit Part (uncredited)

1928

Pay as You Enter

as Yvonne De Russo

1928

1928

Turn Back the Hours

as Tiza Torreon

1928

Beware of Married Men

as Juanita Sheldon

1927

1927

If I Were Single

as Joan Whitley

1927

The Climbers

as Countess Veya

1927

A Sailor's Sweetheart

as Claudette Ralston

1927

1987

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

as Self (archive footage)

2009

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

as Self (archive footage)

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