Myrna Loy
Acting
🎂 1905-08-02
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.
Cast credits(173)
Self
1962
Self
1961
Lizzi Fielding
1971
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Self
1978
1966
Mary Sidney
1959
Self
1954
Andrea Wollcott
1967
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1988
Mrs. Miles
1962
Self
1973
Kate Kennedy
1953
Maggie Webster
1953
Allie Evans
1953
Slave Girl (uncredited)
1925
Lalle's Maid (uncredited)
1926
Self (archive footage)
1975
Nancy Knox
1951
Cecelia Henry Collier
1932
Milly Stephenson
1946
Mrs. Devaney
1974
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
1927
Wife of Brazilian Pilot
1933
Nora Charles
1941
Nora Charles
1944
Nora Charles
1936
Muriel Blandings
1948
Showgirl / Slave Girl
1928
Nora Charles
1934
Judge Margaret Turner
1947
Constance 'Connie' Allenbury
1936
Nora Charles
1947
Nora Charles
1939
(archive footage)
1976
Self (archive footage)
1988
(archive footage)
1994
Eleanor Packer
1934
Lillian Gilbreth
1950
Aunt Bea
1960
Billie Burke
1936
Mrs. Cartwright
1956
Grace Greenlaw
1969
Maureen Lawson
1978
Self
1982
Mai - Lady in Waiting
1926
Alice 'Princess' Higgins
1934
Martha Eaton
1960
Linda Stanhope
1936
Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Chinese Fantasy' Numbers
1929
Paula Lambert
1931
Sheila Mason
1935
Fah Lo See
1932
Ethel
1977
Kay Wilson
1940
Nora Charles (archive footage)
1964
Susan Ireland
1941
Self (archive footage)
2003
Judge Christine Tayloy
1974
Coco
1933
Margit Agnew
1937
Mulatta
1927
Amanda Kenyon
1974
Florence Shrike
1959
Lady Edwina Esketh
1939
Stella Liberti
1980
Irene Campton
1936
Alice Tiflin
1949
Ann "Thursday" Barton
1938
Joyce Lanyon
1931
Mary Crayle
1930
Showgirl (uncredited)
1925
Yasmani
1929
Lillian Gilbreth
1952
Evelyn Prentice
1934
Annemarie, aka Fräulein Doktor and Helena Bohlen
1934
Diana 'Di' Standing
1933
Manuella
1929
Laura Hudson
1934
Margot Sherwood Merrick
1940
Kay Graham
1931
Alma Harding
1938
Self (archive footage)
1961
Fifi
1927
Self (archive footage)
1972
Jetta - Girl in Singapore (uncredited)
1928
Mildred Vane
1930
Belinda White
1927
Countess Valentine
1932
Mimi Swift
1938
Countess Veya
1927
Self (archive footage)
2007
(archive footage)
1944
Bit Part (uncredited)
1926
Mary Carlton
1927
Maid
1926
Self
1943
Anna Smith
1959
Katie O'Shea
1937
Girl at Baccanal (uncredited)
1925
Cora Jordan
1939
Living Statue
1926
Selena Chapman
1971
Gertie Waxted
1933
Gertie Fairfax
1928
Self (archive footage)
2009
Roma
1926
Mary Wallace
1936
Isabelle
1932
Evelyn Tryon
1971
Evie Lawrence
1931
Vivian Palmer
1935
Eileen Pinchon
1932
Sari Loder
1932
Gertie Waxted (archive footage)
2008
Self (archive footage)
1937
Nubi
1929
Lady Cathy Brooke
1949
Ursula Georgi
1932
Self
1940
Carmita
1930
Self (archive footage)
1986
Kara
1930
Sally Short
1926
Becky Sharp
1932
Vamp
1927
(archive footage)
1990
Convict Behind Manon (uncredited)
1927
Rose Duhamel
1929
Bit Part (uncredited)
1926
Barbara's Mother
1972
Self (uncredited)
1925
Linda Gregory
1931
Eleanore
1930
Queen Morgan le Fay / Evil Sister in Mansion
1931
Self (uncredited)
1938
1927
Sophie
1930
Elaine Brandon
1931
Jane Budden Maxim
1946
Mary
1933
Azuri
1929
Self
1939
Self (archive footage)
1940
Native Girl
1929
Self
1940
Alice Lester
1931
Mrs. Ashton (uncredited)
1947
Self (archive footage)
1993
Margaret
1981
Juanita Sheldon
1928
Belle Mercer
1933
Lola Bland
1930
Isobel
1928
Chorus Girl with Lord Wainwright (uncredited)
1925
Narita
1930
Moira
1930
Herself (uncredited)
1933
Vamp
1928
Myrna
1929
Herself
1940
Flo Curtis
1931
Lolita Romero
1930
Inez Quartz
1926
Lea
1930
2005
Myra
1932
Joan Whitley
1927
Yvonne De Russo
1928
Claudette Ralston
1927
Tiza Torreon
1928
Sadie
1928
(uncredited)
1930