Myrna Loy

Actor Aug 2 (died age 88) Radersburg, Montana, USA 1925–2009 (84 year career)

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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 T…

Known For

Film

The Best Years of Our Lives

Milly Stephenson

Film

The Thin Man

Nora Charles

Film

After the Thin Man

Nora Charles

Film

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

Muriel Blandings

Film

Libeled Lady

Constance 'Connie' Allenbury

Film

Another Thin Man

Nora Charles

Film

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Slave Girl (uncredited)

Film

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

Judge Margaret Turner

Filmography

Acting (170)

Movies (156)

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

2009

as Self (archive footage)

7.5

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

2008

as Gertie Waxted (archive footage)

6.1

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

2007

as Self (archive footage)

4.3

William Powell: A True Gentleman

2005

7.5

Complicated Women

2003

as Self (archive footage)

6.7

That's Entertainment! III

1994

as (archive footage)

7.0

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

1990

as (archive footage)

9.0

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1987

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

1986

as Self (archive footage)

Night of 100 Stars

as Self

Summer Solstice

as Margaret

Just Tell Me What You Want

as Stella Liberti

The End

as Maureen Lawson

It Happened at Lakewood Manor

1977

as Ethel

4.5

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976

as (archive footage)

6.9

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975

as Self (archive footage)

Airport 1975

as Mrs. Devaney

Indict and Convict

as Judge Christine Tayloy

The Elevator

1974

as Amanda Kenyon

6.0

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

1972

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

The Couple Takes a Wife

1972

as Barbara's Mother

Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate

1971

as Evelyn Tryon

5.9

Death Takes a Holiday

as Selena Chapman

The April Fools

as Grace Greenlaw

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964

as Nora Charles (archive footage)

6.3

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

1961

as Self (archive footage)

Midnight Lace

as Aunt Bea

From the Terrace

as Martha Eaton

Lonelyhearts

as Florence Shrike

Meet Me in St. Louis

as Anna Smith

The Ambassador's Daughter

as Mrs. Cartwright

Belles on Their Toes

as Lillian Gilbreth

Cheaper by the Dozen

as Lillian Gilbreth

The Red Pony

as Alice Tiflin

That Dangerous Age

as Lady Cathy Brooke

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

as Muriel Blandings

Song of the Thin Man

as Nora Charles

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

1947

as Judge Margaret Turner

6.9

The Senator Was Indiscreet

1947

as Mrs. Ashton (uncredited)

5.4

The Best Years of Our Lives

as Milly Stephenson

So Goes My Love

as Jane Budden Maxim

Twenty Years After

as (archive footage)

The Thin Man Goes Home

as Nora Charles

Show-Business at War

as Self

Shadow of the Thin Man

as Nora Charles

Love Crazy

as Susan Ireland

Hollywood: Style Center of the World

as Self

I Love You Again

as Kay Wilson

Trifles of Importance

1940

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

1940

as Self

6.7

Third Finger, Left Hand

1940

as Margot Sherwood Merrick

Northward, Ho!

as Herself

Another Thin Man

as Nora Charles

From the Ends of the Earth

1939

as Self

Lucky Night

1939

as Cora Jordan

6.6

The Rains Came

1939

as Lady Edwina Esketh

5.8

Test Pilot

1938

as Ann "Thursday" Barton

6.5

Man-Proof

1938

as Mimi Swift

4.3

Another Romance of Celluloid

as Self (uncredited)

Too Hot to Handle

as Alma Harding

Parnell

as Katie O'Shea

Double Wedding

as Margit Agnew

The Romance of Celluloid

1937

as Self (archive footage)

To Mary - with Love

as Mary Wallace

Libeled Lady

as Constance 'Connie' Allenbury

After the Thin Man

as Nora Charles

The Great Ziegfeld

as Billie Burke

Petticoat Fever

as Irene Campton

Wife vs. Secretary

as Linda Stanhope

Whipsaw

as Vivian Palmer

Wings in the Dark

as Sheila Mason

The Thin Man

as Nora Charles

Manhattan Melodrama

as Eleanor Packer

Stamboul Quest

as Annemarie, aka Fräulein Doktor and Helena Bohlen

Evelyn Prentice

as Evelyn Prentice

Men in White

as Laura Hudson

Broadway Bill

as Alice 'Princess' Higgins

6.0

The Prizefighter and the Lady

as Belle Mercer

Topaze

as Coco

Penthouse

as Gertie Waxted

The Barbarian

as Diana 'Di' Standing

4.9

Night Flight

1933

as Wife of Brazilian Pilot

When Ladies Meet

as Mary

Scarlet River

as Herself (uncredited)

Emma

as Isabelle

Vanity Fair

as Becky Sharp

Thirteen Women

as Ursula Georgi

Love Me Tonight

as Countess Valentine

6.5

The Animal Kingdom

1932

as Cecelia Henry Collier

5.4

The Mask of Fu Manchu

as Fah Lo See

The Wet Parade

as Eileen Pinchon

New Morals for Old

as Myra

The Woman in Room 13

as Sari Loder

Arrowsmith

1931

as Joyce Lanyon

6.6

A Connecticut Yankee

1931

as Queen Morgan le Fay / Evil Sister in Mansion

6.0

Skyline

1931

as Paula Lambert

The Naughty Flirt

1931

as Linda Gregory

5.7

Hush Money

1931

as Flo Curtis

Rebound

as Evie Lawrence

Body and Soul

as Alice Lester

Transatlantic

as Kay Graham

Consolation Marriage

as Elaine Brandon

The Jazz Cinderella

as Mildred Vane

Under a Texas Moon

1930

as Lolita Romero

1.0

Rogue of the Rio Grande

1930

as Carmita

Renegades

as Eleanore

Isle of Escape

as Moira

Cock o' the Walk

as Narita

The Devil to Pay!

as Mary Crayle

The Bad Man

as (uncredited)

The Truth About Youth

1930

as Kara

5.7

The Last of the Duanes

1930

as Lola Bland

3.0

Bride of the Regiment

1930

as Sophie

6.0

Cameo Kirby

1930

as Lea

The Desert Song

as Azuri

The Great Divide

as Manuella

Evidence

as Native Girl

The Black Watch

as Yasmani

The Squall

as Nubi

The Show of Shows

as Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Chinese Fantasy' Numbers

5.5

Fancy Baggage

1929

as Myrna

Hardboiled Rose

1929

as Rose Duhamel

Turn Back the Hours

1928

as Tiza Torreon

What Price Beauty?

1928

as Vamp

The Crimson City

1928

as Isobel

Noah's Ark

1928

as Showgirl / Slave Girl

6.2

State Street Sadie

1928

as Sadie

Beware of Married Men

1928

as Juanita Sheldon

1.0

A Girl in Every Port

1928

as Jetta - Girl in Singapore (uncredited)

6.0

Pay as You Enter

1928

as Yvonne De Russo

The Midnight Taxi

1928

as Gertie Fairfax

5.0

When a Man Loves

1927

as Convict Behind Manon (uncredited)

5.9

The Girl from Chicago

1927

as Mary Carlton

The Jazz Singer

1927

as Chorus Girl (uncredited)

6.1

Finger Prints

1927

as Vamp

A Sailor's Sweetheart

as Claudette Ralston

Simple Sis

The Climbers

as Countess Veya

Bitter Apples

1927

as Belinda White

The Heart of Maryland

1927

as Mulatta

If I Were Single

1927

as Joan Whitley

Ham and Eggs at the Front

1927

as Fifi

The Third Degree

1926

as Bit Part (uncredited)

The Gilded Highway

1926

as Inez Quartz

The Cave Man

1926

as Maid

The Exquisite Sinner

1926

as Living Statue

So This Is Paris

1926

as Lalle's Maid (uncredited)

6.1

The Love Toy

1926

as Bit Part (uncredited)

Don Juan

1926

as Mai - Lady in Waiting

6.4

Across the Pacific

1926

as Roma

4.0

Why Girls Go Back Home

1926

as Sally Short

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

1925

as Slave Girl (uncredited)

7.3

Pretty Ladies

1925

as Showgirl (uncredited)

1925 Studio Tour

as Self (uncredited)

The Wanderer

as Girl at Baccanal (uncredited)

1.0

Sporting Life

1925

as Chorus Girl with Lord Wainwright (uncredited)

Television (14)

American Experience

1988

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.6

The Kennedy Center Honors

1978

as Self

7.4

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

as Self

Columbo

as Lizzi Fielding

Ironside

as Andrea Wollcott

Family Affair

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

The Virginian

as Mrs. Miles

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

as Self

5.4

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

1959

as Mary Sidney

6.3

The George Gobel Show

1954

as Self

7.3

General Electric Theater

1953

as Kate Kennedy

6.4

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

as Nancy Knox

7.2

What's My Line?

1950

as Self - Mystery Guest

6.9