Myrna Loy
Acting
- Born:
- 1905-08-02
- Died:
- 1993-12-14
- Place of birth:
- Radersburg, Montana, USA
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
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
William Powell: A True Gentleman
Alias Nick and Nora
Complicated Women
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
That's Entertainment! III
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
American Experience
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Night of 100 Stars
Summer Solstice
Just Tell Me What You Want
The Kennedy Center Honors
The End
It Happened at Lakewood Manor
That's Entertainment, Part II
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Airport 1975
The Elevator
Indict and Convict
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
The Couple Takes a Wife
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
Death Takes a Holiday
Columbo
The April Fools
Ironside
Family Affair
The Big Parade of Comedy
The Merv Griffin Show
The Virginian
The Mike Douglas Show
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Midnight Lace
From the Terrace
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Meet Me in St. Louis
Lonelyhearts
The Ambassador's Daughter
The George Gobel Show
General Electric Theater
Belles on Their Toes
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Cheaper by the Dozen
What's My Line?
That Dangerous Age
The Red Pony
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
The Senator Was Indiscreet
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Song of the Thin Man
The Best Years of Our Lives
So Goes My Love
The Thin Man Goes Home
Twenty Years After
Show-Business at War
Shadow of the Thin Man
Love Crazy
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Third Finger, Left Hand
I Love You Again
Trifles of Importance
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Northward, Ho!
Another Thin Man
The Rains Came
From the Ends of the Earth
Lucky Night
Too Hot to Handle
Test Pilot
Another Romance of Celluloid
Man-Proof
Double Wedding
The Romance of Celluloid
Parnell
After the Thin Man
Libeled Lady
To Mary - with Love
The Great Ziegfeld
Petticoat Fever
Wife vs. Secretary
Whipsaw
Wings in the Dark
Broadway Bill
Evelyn Prentice
Stamboul Quest
The Thin Man
Manhattan Melodrama
Men in White
The Prizefighter and the Lady
Night Flight
Penthouse
When Ladies Meet
The Barbarian
Scarlet River
Topaze
The Animal Kingdom
The Mask of Fu Manchu
Thirteen Women
Love Me Tonight
New Morals for Old
The Woman in Room 13
The Wet Parade
Vanity Fair
Emma
Arrowsmith
Consolation Marriage
Skyline
Rebound
Transatlantic
Hush Money
A Connecticut Yankee
Body and Soul
Naughty Flirt
The Devil to Pay!
Rogue of the Rio Grande
The Truth About Youth
Renegades
The Bad Man
The Jazz Cinderella
The Last of the Duanes
Bride of the Regiment
Cock o' the Walk
Under a Texas Moon
Isle of Escape
Cameo Kirby
Evidence
The Show of Shows
The Great Divide
The Black Watch
The Squall
The Desert Song
Hardboiled Rose
Fancy Baggage
Noah's Ark
The Midnight Taxi
State Street Sadie
Pay as You Enter
The Crimson City
Turn Back the Hours
A Girl in Every Port
What Price Beauty?
Beware of Married Men
If I Were Single
Ham and Eggs at the Front
The Girl from Chicago
The Jazz Singer
A Sailor's Sweetheart
When a Man Loves
The Heart of Maryland
Simple Sis
The Climbers
Bitter Apples
Finger Prints
The Third Degree
Across the Pacific
Don Juan
So This Is Paris
The Exquisite Sinner
The Gilded Highway
Why Girls Go Back Home
The Love Toy
The Cave Man
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Sporting Life
Pretty Ladies
The Wanderer
1925 Studio Tour