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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