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Myrna Loy
Actor
Died December 14, 1993 (88 years)
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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
| 2011 | These Amazing Shadows · as Milly Stephenson |
| 2008 | Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood · as Gertie Waxted (archive footage) |
| 1994 | That's Entertainment! III · as (archive footage) |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars · as Unknown |
| 1980 | Just Tell Me What You Want · as Stella Liberti |
| 1978 | The End · as Maureen Lawson |
| 1977 | Ants! · as Ethel |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II · as (archive footage) |
| 1975 | Brother Can You Spare a Dime · as (archive footage) |
| 1974 | Airport 1975 · as Mrs. Devaney |
| 1971 | Columbo (TV Series) · as Lizzi Fielding |
| 1969 | The April Fools · as Grace Greenlaw |
| 1967 | Ironside (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1966 | Family Affair (1966) (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1965 | The Love Goddesses · as (archive footage) |
| 1965 | Hollywood My Home Town · as Unknown |
| 1962 | The Virginian (TV Series) · as Mrs. Miles |
| 1960 | Midnight Lace · as Aunt Bea |
| 1960 | From the Terrace · as Martha Eaton |
| 1958 | Lonelyhearts · as Florence Shrike |
| 1956 | The Ambassador's Daughter · as Mrs. Cartwright |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Kate Kennedy |
| 1950 | Cheaper by the Dozen · as Lillian Gilbreth |
| 1949 | The Red Pony · as Alice Tiflin |
| 1949 | If This Be Sin · as Lady Cathy Brooke |
| 1948 | Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House · as Muriel Blandings |
| 1947 | Song of the Thin Man · as Nora Charles |
| 1947 | The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer · as Judge Margaret Turner |
| 1946 | The Best Years of Our Lives · as Milly Stephenson |
| 1944 | The Thin Man Goes Home · as Nora Charles |
| 1941 | Shadow of the Thin Man · as Nora Charles |
| 1941 | Love Crazy · as Susan Ireland |
| 1940 | I Love You Again · as Kay Wilson |
| 1939 | Another Thin Man · as Nora Charles |
| 1939 | The Rains Came · as Lady Edwina Esketh |
| 1938 | Too Hot to Handle · as Alma Harding |
| 1938 | Test Pilot · as Ann "Thursday" Barton |
| 1937 | Double Wedding · as Margit Agnew |
| 1936 | After the Thin Man · as Nora Charles |
| 1936 | Libeled Lady · as Constance 'Connie' Allenbury |
| 1936 | Wife vs. Secretary · as Linda Stanhope |
| 1936 | The Great Ziegfeld · as Billie Burke |
| 1935 | Whipsaw · as Vivian Palmer |
| 1934 | The Thin Man · as Nora Charles |
| 1934 | Manhattan Melodrama · as Eleanor Packer |
| 1934 | Evelyn Prentice · as Evelyn Prentice |
| 1934 | Stamboul Quest · as Annemarie, aka Fräulein Doktor and Helena Bohlen |
| 1934 | Broadway Bill · as Alice 'Princess' Higgins |
| 1934 | Men in White · as Laura Hudson |
| 1933 | Penthouse · as Gertie Waxted |
| 1933 | Night Flight · as Wife of Brazilian Pilot |
| 1933 | The Prizefighter and the Lady · as Belle Mercer |
| 1932 | The Mask of Fu Manchu · as Fah Lo See |
| 1932 | Love Me Tonight · as Countess Valentine |
| 1932 | Thirteen Women · as Ursula Georgi |
| 1932 | Vanity Fair · as Becky Sharp |
| 1932 | Emma · as Countess Isabelle 'Izzy' Smith Marlin |
| 1932 | The Animal Kingdom · as Cecilia "Cee" Henry Collier |
| 1931 | Arrowsmith · as Joyce Lanyon |
| 1931 | A Connecticut Yankee · as Queen Morgan le Fay / Evil Sister in Mansion |
| 1930 | The Devil to Pay! · as Mary Crayle |
| 1930 | Bride of the Regiment · as Sophie |
| 1929 | The Black Watch · as Yasmani |
| 1928 | Noah's Ark · as Showgirl / Slave Girl |
| 1927 | The Jazz Singer · as Chorus Girl (uncredited) |
| 1926 | Don Juan · as Mai - Lady in Waiting |
| 1925 | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ · as Slave Girl (uncredited) |
| 1925 | Pretty Ladies · as Showgirl (uncredited) |