Myrna Loy
- Acting
- August 2, 1905 · Radersburg, Montana, USA
- December 14, 1993
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 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.
Known for
Filmography
- Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn · Self
- 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year · Self
- Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood · Gertie Waxted (archive footage)
- Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema · Self
- William Powell: A True Gentleman
- Alias Nick and Nora
- Complicated Women · Self
- The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies · Self
- That's Entertainment! III · (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To · (archive footage)
- American Experience · Self
- James Stewart: A Wonderful Life · Self
- The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn · Self
- Night of 100 Stars · Self
- Summer Solstice · Margaret
- Just Tell Me What You Want · Stella Liberti
- The Kennedy Center Honors · Self
- The End · Maureen Lawson
- It Happened at Lakewood Manor · Ethel
- That's Entertainment, Part II · (archive footage)
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? · Self
- Airport 1975 · Mrs. Devaney
- The Elevator · Amanda Kenyon
- Indict and Convict · Judge Christine Tayloy
- The American Film Institute Salute to ... · Self
- The Couple Takes a Wife · Barbara's Mother
- Hollywood: The Dream Factory · Self
- Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate · Evelyn Tryon
- Death Takes a Holiday · Selena Chapman
- Columbo · Lizzi Fielding
- The April Fools · Grace Greenlaw
- Ironside · Andrea Wollcott
- Family Affair
- The Big Parade of Comedy · Nora Charles (archive footage)
- The Merv Griffin Show · Self
- The Virginian · Mrs. Miles
- The Mike Douglas Show · Self
- The Legend of Rudolph Valentino · Self
- Midnight Lace · Aunt Bea
- From the Terrace · Martha Eaton
- The DuPont Show with June Allyson · Mary Sidney
- Meet Me in St. Louis · Anna Smith
- Lonelyhearts · Florence Shrike
- The Ambassador's Daughter · Mrs. Cartwright
- The George Gobel Show · Self
- General Electric Theater · Kate Kennedy, Maggie Webster
- Belles on Their Toes · Lillian Gilbreth
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars · Nancy Knox
- Cheaper by the Dozen · Lillian Gilbreth
- What's My Line? · Self
- 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 · Margaret
- 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)
- Show-Business at War · Self
- Shadow of the Thin Man · Nora Charles
- Love Crazy · Susan Ireland
- A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound · Self
- Third Finger, Left Hand · Margot Sherwood Merrick
- I Love You Again · Kay Wilson
- Trifles of Importance · Self
- Hollywood: Style Center of the World · Self
- Northward, Ho! · Self
- Another Thin Man · Nora Charles
- The Rains Came · Lady Edwina Esketh
- From the Ends of the Earth · Self
- Lucky Night · Cora Jordan
- Too Hot to Handle · Alma Harding
- Test Pilot · Ann "Thursday" Barton
- Another Romance of Celluloid · Self
- Man-Proof · Mimi Swift
- Double Wedding · Margit Agnew
- The Romance of Celluloid · Self
- Parnell · Katie O'Shea