Myrna Loy
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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.
Movies
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Gertie Waxted (archive footage)
William Powell: A True Gentleman
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
(archive footage)
Summer Solstice
Margaret
Just Tell Me What You Want
Stella Liberti
The End
Maureen Lawson
It Happened at Lakewood Manor
Ethel
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
Airport 1975
Mrs. Devaney
The Elevator
Amanda Kenyon
Indict and Convict
Judge Christine Tayloy
The Couple Takes a Wife
Barbara's Mother
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
Evelyn Tryon
Death Takes a Holiday
Selena Chapman
The April Fools
Grace Greenlaw
The Big Parade of Comedy
Nora Charles (archive footage)
Midnight Lace
Aunt Bea
From the Terrace
Martha Eaton
Meet Me in St. Louis
Anna Smith
Lonelyhearts
Florence Shrike
The Ambassador's Daughter
Mrs. Cartwright
Belles on Their Toes
Lillian Gilbreth
Cheaper by the Dozen
Lillian Gilbreth
That Dangerous Age
Lady Cathy Brooke
The Red Pony
Alice Tiflin
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Muriel Blandings
The Senator Was Indiscreet
Mrs. Ashton (uncredited)
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Judge Margaret Turner
Song of the Thin Man
Nora Charles
The Best Years of Our Lives
Milly Stephenson
So Goes My Love
Jane Budden Maxim
The Thin Man Goes Home
Nora Charles
Twenty Years After
(archive footage)
Shadow of the Thin Man
Nora Charles
Love Crazy
Susan Ireland
Third Finger, Left Hand
Margot Sherwood Merrick
I Love You Again
Kay Wilson
Another Thin Man
Nora Charles
The Rains Came
Lady Edwina Esketh
Lucky Night
Cora Jordan
Too Hot to Handle
Alma Harding
Test Pilot
Ann "Thursday" Barton
Man-Proof
Mimi Swift
Double Wedding
Margit Agnew
Parnell
Katie O'Shea
After the Thin Man
Nora Charles
Libeled Lady
Constance 'Connie' Allenbury
To Mary - with Love
Mary Wallace
The Great Ziegfeld
Billie Burke
Petticoat Fever
Irene Campton
Wife vs. Secretary
Linda Stanhope
Whipsaw
Vivian Palmer
Wings in the Dark
Sheila Mason
Broadway Bill
Alice 'Princess' Higgins
Evelyn Prentice
Evelyn Prentice
Stamboul Quest
Annemarie, aka Fräulein Doktor and Helena Bohlen
The Thin Man
Nora Charles
Manhattan Melodrama
Eleanor Packer
Men in White
Laura Hudson
The Prizefighter and the Lady
Belle Mercer
Night Flight
Wife of Brazilian Pilot
Penthouse
Gertie Waxted
When Ladies Meet
Mary
The Barbarian
Diana 'Di' Standing
Topaze
Coco
The Animal Kingdom
Cecelia Henry Collier
The Mask of Fu Manchu
Fah Lo See
Thirteen Women
Ursula Georgi
Love Me Tonight
Countess Valentine
New Morals for Old
Myra
The Woman in Room 13
Sari Loder
The Wet Parade
Eileen Pinchon
Vanity Fair
Becky Sharp
Emma
Isabelle
Arrowsmith
Joyce Lanyon
Consolation Marriage
Elaine Brandon
Skyline
Paula Lambert
Rebound
Evie Lawrence
Transatlantic
Kay Graham
Hush Money
Flo Curtis
A Connecticut Yankee
Queen Morgan le Fay / Evil Sister in Mansion
Body and Soul
Alice Lester
The Naughty Flirt
Linda Gregory
The Devil to Pay!
Mary Crayle
Rogue of the Rio Grande
Carmita
The Truth About Youth
Kara
Renegades
Eleanore
The Bad Man
(uncredited)
The Jazz Cinderella
Mildred Vane
The Last of the Duanes
Lola Bland
Bride of the Regiment
Sophie
Cock o' the Walk
Narita
Under a Texas Moon
Lolita Romero
Isle of Escape
Moira
Cameo Kirby
Lea
Evidence
Native Girl
The Show of Shows
Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Chinese Fantasy' Numbers
The Great Divide
Manuella
The Black Watch
Yasmani
The Squall
Nubi
The Desert Song
Azuri
Hardboiled Rose
Rose Duhamel
Fancy Baggage
Myrna
Noah's Ark
Showgirl / Slave Girl
The Midnight Taxi
Gertie Fairfax
State Street Sadie
Sadie
Pay as You Enter
Yvonne De Russo
The Crimson City
Isobel
Turn Back the Hours
Tiza Torreon
A Girl in Every Port
Jetta - Girl in Singapore (uncredited)
What Price Beauty?
Vamp
Beware of Married Men
Juanita Sheldon
If I Were Single
Joan Whitley
Ham and Eggs at the Front
Fifi
The Girl from Chicago
Mary Carlton
The Jazz Singer
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
A Sailor's Sweetheart
Claudette Ralston
When a Man Loves
Convict Behind Manon (uncredited)
The Heart of Maryland
Mulatta
Simple Sis
The Climbers
Countess Veya
Bitter Apples
Belinda White
Finger Prints
Vamp
The Third Degree
Bit Part (uncredited)
Across the Pacific
Roma
Don Juan
Mai - Lady in Waiting
So This Is Paris
Lalle's Maid (uncredited)
The Exquisite Sinner
Living Statue
The Gilded Highway
Inez Quartz
Why Girls Go Back Home
Sally Short
The Love Toy
Bit Part (uncredited)
The Cave Man
Maid
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Slave Girl (uncredited)
Sporting Life
Chorus Girl with Lord Wainwright (uncredited)
Pretty Ladies
Showgirl (uncredited)
The Wanderer
Girl at Baccanal (uncredited)
