Myrna Loy
Acting
Born: 1905-08-02 in Radersburg, Montana, USA
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.
Known For
Columbo
Lizzi Fielding
The Best Years of Our Lives
Milly Stephenson
The Thin Man
Nora Charles
Airport 1975
Mrs. Devaney
The Jazz Singer
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Muriel Blandings
After the Thin Man
Nora Charles
The Great Ziegfeld
Billie Burke
Another Thin Man
Nora Charles
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Margaret
Libeled Lady
Connie Allenbury
Midnight Lace
Aunt Bea
Shadow of the Thin Man
Nora Charles
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Slave Girl (uncredited)
The Thin Man Goes Home
Nora Charles
Song of the Thin Man
Nora Charles
Love Me Tonight
Countess Valentine
Test Pilot
Ann "Thursday" Barton
The Mask of Fu Manchu
Fah Lo See
Cheaper by the Dozen
Lillian Gilbreth
Manhattan Melodrama
Eleanor Packer
The End
Maureen Lawson
Ironside
Andrea Wollcott
Wife vs. Secretary
Linda Stanhope
I Love You Again
Kay Wilson
From the Terrace
Martha Eaton
It Happened at Lakewood Manor
Ethel
American Experience
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
Family Affair
The April Fools
Grace Greenlaw
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Love Crazy
Susan Ireland
Double Wedding
Margit Agnew
Thirteen Women
Ursula Georgi
The Virginian
Mrs. Miles
Arrowsmith
Joyce Lanyon
Evelyn Prentice
Evelyn Prentice
So This Is Paris
Lalle's Maid (uncredited)
What's My Line?
Self