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

• 2008Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood — Gertie Waxted (archive footage)
• 2005Alias Nick and Nora
• 2005William Powell: A True Gentleman
• 1994That's Entertainment! III — (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1990Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To — (archive footage)
• 1981Summer Solstice — Margaret
• 1980Just Tell Me What You Want — Stella Liberti
• 1978The End — Maureen Lawson
• 1977It Happened at Lakewood Manor — Ethel
• 1976That's Entertainment, Part II — (archive footage)
• 1974Airport 1975 — Mrs. Devaney
• 1974Indict and Convict — Judge Christine Tayloy
• 1974The Elevator — Amanda Kenyon
• 1972The Couple Takes a Wife — Barbara's Mother
• Columbo — Lizzi Fielding
• 1971Death Takes a Holiday — Selena Chapman
• 1971Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate — Evelyn Tryon
• 1969The April Fools — Grace Greenlaw
• Ironside — Andrea Wollcott
• Family Affair
• 1964The Big Parade of Comedy — Nora Charles (archive footage)
• The Virginian — Mrs. Miles
• 1960From the Terrace — Martha Eaton
• 1960Midnight Lace — Aunt Bea
• 1959Lonelyhearts — Florence Shrike
• 1959Meet Me in St. Louis — Anna Smith
• The DuPont Show with June Allyson — Mary Sidney
• 1956The Ambassador's Daughter — Mrs. Cartwright
• General Electric Theater — Kate Kennedy, Maggie Webster, Allie Evans
• 1952Belles on Their Toes — Lillian Gilbreth
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars — Nancy Knox
• 1950Cheaper by the Dozen — Lillian Gilbreth
• 1949That Dangerous Age — Lady Cathy Brooke
• 1949The Red Pony — Alice Tiflin
• 1948Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House — Muriel Blandings
• 1947Song of the Thin Man — Nora Charles
• 1947The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer — Margaret
• 1947The Senator Was Indiscreet — Mrs. Ashton (uncredited)
• 1946So Goes My Love — Jane Budden Maxim
• 1946The Best Years of Our Lives — Milly Stephenson
• 1944The Thin Man Goes Home — Nora Charles
• 1944Twenty Years After — (archive footage)
• 1941Love Crazy — Susan Ireland
• 1941Shadow of the Thin Man — Nora Charles
• 1940I Love You Again — Kay Wilson
• 1940Third Finger, Left Hand — Margot Sherwood Merrick
• 1939Another Thin Man — Nora Charles
• 1939Lucky Night — Cora Jordan
• 1939The Rains Came — Lady Edwina Esketh
• 1938Man-Proof — Mimi Swift
• 1938Test Pilot — Ann "Thursday" Barton
• 1938Too Hot to Handle — Alma Harding
• 1937Double Wedding — Margit Agnew
• 1937Parnell — Katie O'Shea
• 1936After the Thin Man — Nora Charles
• 1936Libeled Lady — Connie Allenbury
• 1936Petticoat Fever — Irene Campton
• 1936The Great Ziegfeld — Billie Burke
• 1936To Mary - with Love — Mary Wallace
• 1936Wife vs. Secretary — Linda Stanhope
• 1935Whipsaw — Vivian Palmer
• 1935Wings in the Dark — Sheila Mason
• 1934Broadway Bill — Alice 'Princess' Higgins
• 1934Evelyn Prentice — Evelyn Prentice
• 1934Manhattan Melodrama — Eleanor Packer
• 1934Men in White — Laura Hudson
• 1934Stamboul Quest — Annemarie, aka Fräulein Doktor and Helena Bohlen
• 1934The Thin Man — Nora Charles
• 1933Night Flight — Wife of Brazilian Pilot
• 1933Penthouse — Gertie Waxted
• 1933The Barbarian — Diana 'Di' Standing
• 1933The Prizefighter and the Lady — Belle Mercer
• 1933Topaze — Coco
• 1933When Ladies Meet — Mary Howard
• 1932Emma — Isabelle
• 1932Love Me Tonight — Countess Valentine
• 1932New Morals for Old — Myra
• 1932The Animal Kingdom — Cecelia
• 1932The Mask of Fu Manchu — Fah Lo See
• 1932The Wet Parade — Eileen Pinchon
• 1932The Woman in Room 13 — Sari Loder
• 1932Thirteen Women — Ursula Georgi
• 1932Vanity Fair — Becky Sharp
• 1931A Connecticut Yankee — Queen Morgan le Fay / Evil Sister in Mansion
• 1931Arrowsmith — Joyce Lanyon
• 1931Body and Soul — Alice Lester
• 1931Consolation Marriage — Elaine Brandon
• 1931Hush Money — Flo Curtis
• 1931Rebound — Evie Lawrence
• 1931Skyline — Paula Lambert
• 1931The Naughty Flirt — Linda Gregory
• 1931Transatlantic — Kay Graham
• 1930Bride of the Regiment — Sophie
• 1930Cameo Kirby — Lea
• 1930Cock o' the Walk — Narita
• 1930Isle of Escape — Moira
• 1930Renegades — Eleanore
• 1930Rogue of the Rio Grande — Carmita
• 1930The Bad Man — (uncredited)
• 1930The Devil to Pay! — Mary Crayle
• 1930The Jazz Cinderella — Mildred Vane
• 1930The Last of the Duanes — Lola Bland
• 1930The Truth About Youth — Kara
• 1930Under a Texas Moon — Lolita Romero
• 1929Evidence — Native Girl
• 1929Fancy Baggage — Myrna
• 1929Hardboiled Rose — Rose Duhamel
• 1929The Black Watch — Yasmani
• 1929The Desert Song — Azuri
• 1929The Great Divide — Manuella
• 1929The Show of Shows — Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Chinese Fantasy' Numbers
• 1929The Squall — Nubi
• 1928A Girl in Every Port — Jetta - Girl in Singapore (uncredited)
• 1928Beware of Married Men — Juanita Sheldon
• 1928Noah's Ark — Showgirl / Slave Girl
• 1928Pay as You Enter — Yvonne De Russo
• 1928State Street Sadie — Sadie
• 1928The Crimson City — Isobel
• 1928The Midnight Taxi — Gertie Fairfax
• 1928Turn Back the Hours — Tiza Torreon
• 1928What Price Beauty? — Vamp
• 1927A Sailor's Sweetheart — Claudette Ralston
• 1927Bitter Apples — Belinda White
• 1927Finger Prints — Vamp
• 1927Ham and Eggs at the Front — Fifi
• 1927If I Were Single — Joan Whitley
• 1927Simple Sis
• 1927The Climbers — Countess Veya
• 1927The Girl from Chicago — Mary Carlton
• 1927The Heart of Maryland — Mulatta
• 1927The Jazz Singer — Chorus Girl (uncredited)
• 1927When a Man Loves — Convict Behind Manon (uncredited)
• 1926Across the Pacific — Roma
• 1926Don Juan — Mai - Lady in Waiting
• 1926So This Is Paris — Lalle's Maid (uncredited)
• 1926The Cave Man — Maid
• 1926The Exquisite Sinner — Living Statue
• 1926The Gilded Highway — Inez Quartz
• 1926The Love Toy — Bit Part (uncredited)
• 1926The Third Degree — Bit Part (uncredited)
• 1926Why Girls Go Back Home — Sally Short
• 1925Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ — Slave Girl (uncredited)
• 1925Pretty Ladies — Showgirl (uncredited)
• 1925Sporting Life — Chorus Girl with Lord Wainwright (uncredited)
• 1925The Wanderer — Girl at Baccanal (uncredited)

Appearances as themselves (28)

• 2015Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn — Self (archive footage)
• 20091939: Hollywood's Greatest Year — Self (archive footage)
• 2007Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema — Self (archive footage)
• 2003Complicated Women — Self (archive footage)
• 1995The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies — Self (archive footage)
• American Experience — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1987James Stewart: A Wonderful Life — Self (archive footage)
• 1986The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn — Self (archive footage)
• 1982Night of 100 Stars — Self
• The Kennedy Center Honors — Self
• 1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? — Self (archive footage)
• The American Film Institute Salute to ... — Self
• 1972Hollywood: The Dream Factory — Self (archive footage)
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self
• 1961The Legend of Rudolph Valentino — Self (archive footage)
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self
• The George Gobel Show — Self
• What's My Line? — Self
• 1943Show-Business at War — Self
• 1940A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound — Self
• 1940Hollywood: Style Center of the World — Self
• 1940Northward, Ho! — Herself
• 1940Trifles of Importance — Self (archive footage)
• 1939From the Ends of the Earth — Self
• 1938Another Romance of Celluloid — Self (uncredited)
• 1937The Romance of Celluloid — Self (archive footage)
• 1933Scarlet River — Herself (uncredited)
• 19251925 Studio Tour — Self (uncredited)