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)
Lizzi Fielding
1971
Self
1961
Mrs. Miles
1962
Andrea Wollcott
1967
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1988
1966
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Self
1962
Self
1978
Mary Sidney
1959
Self
1954
Mrs. Devaney
1974
Self
1973
Milly Stephenson
1946
Living Statue
1926
Alice 'Princess' Higgins
1934
Martha Eaton
1960
Showgirl / Slave Girl
1928
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
1927
Self (archive footage)
2007
Self (archive footage)
1972
Self (archive footage)
1975
Isabelle
1932
Nora Charles (archive footage)
1964
Muriel Blandings
1948
Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Chinese Fantasy' Numbers
1929
Judge Margaret Turner
1947
Self (archive footage)
1986
Nora Charles
1934
Bit Part (uncredited)
1926
Selena Chapman
1971
Mildred Vane
1930
Lillian Gilbreth
1950
Irene Campton
1936
Florence Shrike
1959
Ursula Georgi
1932
Self (archive footage)
1987
Roma
1926
Maid
1926
Fah Lo See
1932
Yvonne De Russo
1928
Slave Girl (uncredited)
1925
Eleanor Packer
1934
(archive footage)
1976
Elaine Brandon
1931
Self
1982
Mrs. Ashton (uncredited)
1947
Aunt Bea
1960
Mulatta
1927
Kate Kennedy
1953
Maggie Webster
1953
Allie Evans
1953
Paula Lambert
1931
Mary Carlton
1927
Nancy Knox
1951
Self (archive footage)
2003
1927
Self (archive footage)
1961
Nora Charles
1947
Nora Charles
1939
Nora Charles
1944
Cecelia Henry Collier
1932
(archive footage)
1994
Azuri
1929
Lady Edwina Esketh
1939
Mary Wallace
1936
Lady Cathy Brooke
1949
Sari Loder
1932
Kay Wilson
1940
Manuella
1929
Judge Christine Tayloy
1974
Nora Charles
1941
Margot Sherwood Merrick
1940
Self
1939
Lillian Gilbreth
1952
Self
1940
Maureen Lawson
1978
Self (archive footage)
2009
Gertie Waxted
1933
Margit Agnew
1937
Anna Smith
1959
Sadie
1928
Joyce Lanyon
1931
Vivian Palmer
1935
Billie Burke
1936
Mary
1933
Susan Ireland
1941
Alice Tiflin
1949
Tiza Torreon
1928
Wife of Brazilian Pilot
1933
Eileen Pinchon
1932
Sophie
1930
Girl at Baccanal (uncredited)
1925
Cora Jordan
1939
Self (archive footage)
1937
Gertie Waxted (archive footage)
2008
Rose Duhamel
1929
Stella Liberti
1980
Diana 'Di' Standing
1933
Lalle's Maid (uncredited)
1926
Becky Sharp
1932
Grace Greenlaw
1969
Claudette Ralston
1927
Joan Whitley
1927
Amanda Kenyon
1974
Mrs. Cartwright
1956
Lolita Romero
1930
Nora Charles
1936
Margaret
1981
Chorus Girl with Lord Wainwright (uncredited)
1925
Yasmani
1929
Self
1940
Self (uncredited)
1938
Showgirl (uncredited)
1925
Alice Lester
1931
Gertie Fairfax
1928
Sheila Mason
1935
Katie O'Shea
1937
Ann "Thursday" Barton
1938
Lola Bland
1930
Annemarie, aka Fräulein Doktor and Helena Bohlen
1934
Inez Quartz
1926
Ethel
1977
Mimi Swift
1938
Constance 'Connie' Allenbury
1936
Laura Hudson
1934
Vamp
1927
Belle Mercer
1933
Fifi
1927
(archive footage)
1944
Bit Part (uncredited)
1926
Evelyn Tryon
1971
Barbara's Mother
1972
Myra
1932
Self
1943
Mai - Lady in Waiting
1926
Native Girl
1929
Kay Graham
1931
Mary Crayle
1930
Flo Curtis
1931
Jetta - Girl in Singapore (uncredited)
1928
Countess Valentine
1932
Nubi
1929
Self (archive footage)
1940
(archive footage)
1990
Self (archive footage)
1993
Alma Harding
1938
Convict Behind Manon (uncredited)
1927
Isobel
1928
Herself (uncredited)
1933
Lea
1930
Linda Stanhope
1936
Jane Budden Maxim
1946
Myrna
1929
(uncredited)
1930
Moira
1930
Sally Short
1926
Evie Lawrence
1931
Kara
1930
Linda Gregory
1931
Queen Morgan le Fay / Evil Sister in Mansion
1931
Juanita Sheldon
1928
Coco
1933
Evelyn Prentice
1934
Self (uncredited)
1925
Carmita
1930
Belinda White
1927
Eleanore
1930
Vamp
1928
Herself
1940
2005
Countess Veya
1927
Narita
1930