
Myrna Loy
Biography
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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.
Acting (155 movies)

The Best Years of Our Lives
1946

The Mask of Fu Manchu
1932

The Thin Man
1934

Double Wedding
1937

I Love You Again
1940

Love Crazy
1941

Love Me Tonight
1932

The Red Pony
1949

Libeled Lady
1936

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948

Too Hot to Handle
1938

Midnight Lace
1960

Cheaper by the Dozen
1950

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947

Airport 1975
1974

Penthouse
1933

Manhattan Melodrama
1934

The End
1978

After the Thin Man
1936

Another Thin Man
1939

Shadow of the Thin Man
1941

The Thin Man Goes Home
1944

Song of the Thin Man
1947

From the Terrace
1960

The Great Ziegfeld
1936

Test Pilot
1938

Whipsaw
1935

Stamboul Quest
1934

Wife vs. Secretary
1936

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925

Third Finger, Left Hand
1940

Trifles of Importance
1940

Belles on Their Toes
1952

Wings in the Dark
1935

Evelyn Prentice
1934

The April Fools
1969

Arrowsmith
1931

Thirteen Women
1932

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961

Night Flight
1933

Broadway Bill
1934

The Jazz Singer
1927

The Prizefighter and the Lady
1933

So Goes My Love
1946

Transatlantic
1931

Lonelyhearts
1959

The Ambassador's Daughter
1956

Don Juan
1926

The Devil to Pay!
1930

The Animal Kingdom
1932

Emma
1932

Men in White
1934

Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972

The Great Divide
1929

A Connecticut Yankee
1931

Petticoat Fever
1936

The Rains Came
1939

The Naughty Flirt
1931

The Wet Parade
1932

Vanity Fair
1932

Consolation Marriage
1931

Topaze
1933

Just Tell Me What You Want
1980

Pretty Ladies
1925

The Squall
1929

The Black Watch
1929

The Truth About Youth
1930

Renegades
1930

Lucky Night
1939

When Ladies Meet
1933

Rogue of the Rio Grande
1930

Man-Proof
1938

Death Takes a Holiday
1971

The Elevator
1974

The Couple Takes a Wife
1972

New Morals for Old
1932

Parnell
1937

The Barbarian
1933

The Desert Song
1929

The Show of Shows
1929

Bride of the Regiment
1930

Cock o' the Walk
1930

Under a Texas Moon
1930

It Happened at Lakewood Manor
1977

Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
1971

Body and Soul
1931

So This Is Paris
1926

To Mary - with Love
1936

The Last of the Duanes
1930

Why Girls Go Back Home
1926

Rebound
1931

Northward, Ho!
1940

That Dangerous Age
1949

The Bad Man
1930

The Big Parade of Comedy
1964

The Woman in Room 13
1932

1925 Studio Tour
1925

Scarlet River
1933

When a Man Loves
1927

Noah's Ark
1928
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