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Myrna Loy
Acting

Myrna Loy
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1905-08-02,Radersburg, Montana, USA
Gender
Female
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.

Filmography

The Best Years of Our Lives

7.8

The Best Years of Our Lives
1946-12-25

The Mask of Fu Manchu

5.392

The Mask of Fu Manchu
1932-11-04

7.504

The Thin Man
1934-05-25

6.4

Double Wedding
1937-10-15

I Love You Again

7.2

I Love You Again
1940-08-09

6.808

Love Crazy
1941-05-23

Love Me Tonight

6.6

Love Me Tonight
1932-08-18

6.053

The Red Pony
1949-03-08

7.3

Libeled Lady
1936-10-09

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

6.992

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948-03-25

Too Hot to Handle

6.024

Too Hot to Handle
1938-09-16

6.566

Midnight Lace
1960-10-13

Cheaper by the Dozen

6.4

Cheaper by the Dozen
1950-03-31

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

6.904

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947-09-01

5.8

Airport 1975
1974-10-18

6.85

Penthouse
1933-09-08

Manhattan Melodrama

7.05

Manhattan Melodrama
1934-05-04

5.625

The End
1978-05-10

Shadow of the Thin Man

7

Shadow of the Thin Man
1941-11-21

Another Thin Man

7.134

Another Thin Man
1939-11-17

After the Thin Man

7.341

After the Thin Man
1936-12-25

The Thin Man Goes Home

7.108

The Thin Man Goes Home
1944-12-24

Song of the Thin Man

6.753

Song of the Thin Man
1947-08-28

From the Terrace

6.6

From the Terrace
1960-07-15

The Great Ziegfeld

6.302

The Great Ziegfeld
1936-04-08

6.568

Test Pilot
1938-04-16

6.375

Whipsaw
1935-12-18

5.227

Stamboul Quest
1934-07-13

Wife vs. Secretary

6.692

Wife vs. Secretary
1936-02-28

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

7.296

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925-12-25

Third Finger, Left Hand

7

Third Finger, Left Hand
1940-10-11

Trifles of Importance

7.5

Trifles of Importance
1940-07-13

Belles on Their Toes

7.219

Belles on Their Toes
1952-05-02

Wings in the Dark

6.375

Wings in the Dark
1935-02-01

Evelyn Prentice

6.532

Evelyn Prentice
1934-11-09

The April Fools

5.936

The April Fools
1969-05-28

6.6

Arrowsmith
1931-12-07

6.429

Thirteen Women
1932-09-16

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

7

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961-05-24

5.762

Night Flight
1933-10-06

6.023

Broadway Bill
1934-11-30

The Jazz Singer

6.121

The Jazz Singer
1927-10-06

The Prizefighter and the Lady

5.471

The Prizefighter and the Lady
1933-11-10

So Goes My Love

7.333

So Goes My Love
1946-05-01

5.846

Transatlantic
1931-08-19

6.316

Lonelyhearts
1959-03-04

The Ambassador's Daughter

4.875

The Ambassador's Daughter
1956-07-26

6.563

Don Juan
1926-08-06

The Devil to Pay!

5.804

The Devil to Pay!
1930-12-18

The Animal Kingdom

5.56

The Animal Kingdom
1932-12-28

6.6

Emma
1932-01-02

6.321

Men in White
1934-04-06

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

7.333

Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972-01-10

The Great Divide

5.286

The Great Divide
1929-09-15

A Connecticut Yankee

6.125

A Connecticut Yankee
1931-04-06

Petticoat Fever

6.083

Petticoat Fever
1936-03-20

6

The Rains Came
1939-09-15

The Naughty Flirt

6.2

The Naughty Flirt
1931-01-11

6.167

The Wet Parade
1932-03-26

4.667

Vanity Fair
1932-03-15

Consolation Marriage

6.364

Consolation Marriage
1931-11-21

6

Topaze
1933-02-24

Just Tell Me What You Want

4.5

Just Tell Me What You Want
1980-01-18

5.75

Pretty Ladies
1925-09-06

4

The Squall
1929-05-09

The Black Watch

5.906

The Black Watch
1929-05-22

The Truth About Youth

6.167

The Truth About Youth
1930-11-03

6.786

Lucky Night
1939-05-05

5

Renegades
1930-10-26

When Ladies Meet

5.711

When Ladies Meet
1933-06-23

Rogue of the Rio Grande

8

Rogue of the Rio Grande
1930-12-07

5

Man-Proof
1938-01-07

Death Takes a Holiday

4.857

Death Takes a Holiday
1971-10-23

6.5

The Elevator
1974-02-09

The Couple Takes a Wife

10

The Couple Takes a Wife
1972-12-05

New Morals for Old

4.5

New Morals for Old
1932-06-04

4.6

Parnell
1937-06-04

5.133

The Barbarian
1933-05-12

The Desert Song

6.25

The Desert Song
1929-04-08

The Show of Shows

6.75

The Show of Shows
1929-11-21

Bride of the Regiment

6.5

Bride of the Regiment
1930-05-21

Cock o' the Walk

3.9

Cock o' the Walk
1930-04-13

Under a Texas Moon

4.5

Under a Texas Moon
1930-04-01

It Happened at Lakewood Manor

4.622

It Happened at Lakewood Manor
1977-12-02

Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate

6.071

Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
1971-11-09

5.375

Body and Soul
1931-02-22

So This Is Paris

6.2

So This Is Paris
1926-07-31

To Mary - with Love

5.667

To Mary - with Love
1936-08-01

The Last of the Duanes

6

The Last of the Duanes
1930-08-31

Why Girls Go Back Home

7

Why Girls Go Back Home
1926-03-01

4.667

Rebound
1931-08-28

7.5

Northward, Ho!
1940-02-10

That Dangerous Age

7.333

That Dangerous Age
1949-04-13

9

The Bad Man
1930-09-11

The Big Parade of Comedy

7.167

The Big Parade of Comedy
1964-09-02

The Woman in Room 13

8

The Woman in Room 13
1932-05-15

1925 Studio Tour

6.294

1925 Studio Tour
1925-04-09

5.6

Scarlet River
1933-03-10

When a Man Loves

6

When a Man Loves
1927-08-21

6.455

Noah's Ark
1928-11-01

Summer Solstice

5

Summer Solstice
1981-12-30

That's Entertainment! III

7

That's Entertainment! III
1994-07-01

State Street Sadie

8

State Street Sadie
1928-08-25

The Midnight Taxi

6.5

The Midnight Taxi
1928-09-01

Hardboiled Rose

8

Hardboiled Rose
1929-03-30

10

Fancy Baggage
1929-01-26

The Exquisite Sinner

8

The Exquisite Sinner
1926-03-28

From the Ends of the Earth

0

From the Ends of the Earth
1939-05-28

Meet Me in St. Louis

6

Meet Me in St. Louis
1959-04-26

The Senator Was Indiscreet

6.167

The Senator Was Indiscreet
1947-12-31

The Jazz Cinderella

8

The Jazz Cinderella
1930-09-01

What Price Beauty?

10

What Price Beauty?
1928-01-22

8

Skyline
1931-10-08

8

Cameo Kirby
1930-01-12

8

Evidence
1929-12-05

6.5

Isle of Escape
1930-03-01

Indict and Convict

8

Indict and Convict
1974-01-06

Show-Business at War

7

Show-Business at War
1943-05-21

Hollywood: Style Center of the World

6

Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940-05-29

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

6.333

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975-08-06

Complicated Women

6.917

Complicated Women
2003-05-06

That's Entertainment, Part II

7

That's Entertainment, Part II
1976-05-16

3

The Wanderer
1925-08-19

The Romance of Celluloid

7

The Romance of Celluloid
1937-08-27

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

6.857

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940-10-24

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

8.333

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986-03-09

Twenty Years After

8

Twenty Years After
1944-01-01

William Powell: A True Gentleman

7.5

William Powell: A True Gentleman
2005-08-02

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

8.5

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
1990-06-04

7

Sporting Life
1925-11-29

10

Hush Money
1931-07-05

A Girl in Every Port

6

A Girl in Every Port
1928-02-26

The Girl from Chicago

7

The Girl from Chicago
1927-11-09

7.5

Bitter Apples
1927-04-23

Across the Pacific

5

Across the Pacific
1926-10-02

8

The Cave Man
1926-02-06

The Third Degree

7

The Third Degree
1926-12-01

Another Romance of Celluloid

5

Another Romance of Celluloid
1938-02-05

The Gilded Highway

10

The Gilded Highway
1926-03-13

10

The Love Toy
1926-02-13

7

Finger Prints
1927-01-08

Ham and Eggs at the Front

7

Ham and Eggs at the Front
1927-11-29

The Crimson City

9

The Crimson City
1928-04-07

Turn Back the Hours

10

Turn Back the Hours
1928-03-01

If I Were Single

9

If I Were Single
1927-12-17

9

The Climbers
1927-05-03

Pay as You Enter

8

Pay as You Enter
1928-05-12

Beware of Married Men

3.667

Beware of Married Men
1928-01-14

A Sailor's Sweetheart

8

A Sailor's Sweetheart
1927-09-24

9

Simple Sis
1927-06-01

The Heart of Maryland

7

The Heart of Maryland
1927-07-13

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

4.3

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007-05-23

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

6.1

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008-03-03

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

6.5

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987-03-13

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

7.5

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009-07-02

Night of 100 Stars

6.75

Night of 100 Stars
1982-03-08

6.732

Family Affair
1966-09-12

8.1

Columbo
1971-09-15

The Merv Griffin Show

6.6

The Merv Griffin Show
1962-10-01

General Electric Theater

6.833

General Electric Theater
1953-02-01

6.855

Ironside
1967-03-28

6.514

The Virginian
1962-09-19

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

7.2

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951-10-05

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

6.75

The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959-09-21

The Kennedy Center Honors

7.4

The Kennedy Center Honors
1978-12-28

The Mike Douglas Show

5.8

The Mike Douglas Show
1961-12-11

General Electric Theater

6.833

General Electric Theater
1953-02-01

General Electric Theater

6.833

General Electric Theater
1953-02-01

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

6.3

The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973-04-02

What's My Line?

7.034

What's My Line?
1950-02-02

American Experience

6.6

American Experience
1988-10-04

The George Gobel Show

7.75

The George Gobel Show
1954-10-02