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Myrna Loy
Myrna Loy was an acclaimed American film, television, and stage actress known for her versatility in screen roles. Born Myrna Adele Williams on August 2, 1905, in Helena, Montana, Loy established a successful acting career spanning from 1925 to 1982. Trained intensely as a dancer during her high school years, Loy initially entered the film industry in small roles, often being typecast as an exotic character. Her significant breakthrough came with her portrayal of Nora Charles in The Thin Man (1934), a role that tremendously boosted her reputation as a competent actress. Throughout the 1940s, Loy delivered iconic performances in films such as The Thin Man Goes Home, The Best Years of Our Lives, The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer, and Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House. In the following decades, Loy's appearances became more sporadic, ending with her retirement in 1982.
Throughout her life, Loy was highly engaged in activism and received multiple recognitions for her contribution to the industry and society. During World War II, she worked with the Red Cross and even made it to Adolf Hitler's blacklist for her outspoken views against him. Loy also dedicated her efforts to combating housing discrimination. While she was never nominated for an Academy Award for any particular role, Loy was honored in 1991 with an Honorary Academy Award in acknowledgment of her life's work, both on-screen and off. After a long, illustrious career, Loy died on December 14, 1993.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: Myrna Adele Williams
Born: Helena, Montana, U.S.
Citizenship: American
Birthday: August 2, 1905
Occupations: Actress
Years Active: 1925-1982
Spouses: Arthur Hornblow Jr., John Hertz, Jr., Gene Markey, Howland H. Sargeant
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Movies Featuring Myrna Loy
The End
The Thin Man
The Best Years of Our Lives
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
The April Fools
Midnight Lace
The Great Ziegfeld
Another Thin Man
Shadow of the Thin Man
Complicated Women
William Powell: A True Gentleman
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
Night of 100 Stars
Just Tell Me What You Want
Summer Solstice
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
So Goes My Love
The Mask of Fu Manchu
When a Man Loves
Noah’s Ark
Vanity Fair
A Girl in Every Port
The Naughty Flirt
Manhattan Melodrama
The Truth About Youth
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Body and Soul
Stamboul Quest
The Big Parade of Comedy
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Renegades
Love Crazy
Men in White
Arrowsmith
A Connecticut Yankee
The Squall
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
The Animal Kingdom
Don Juan
It Happened at Lakewood Manor
1925 Studio Tour
The Ambassador’s Daughter
The Show of Shows
Death Takes a Holiday
Thirteen Women
Northward, Ho!
The Rains Came
From the Terrace
Lucky Night
Show-Business at War
Test Pilot
From the Ends of the Earth
The Prizefighter and the Lady
Lonelyhearts
So This Is Paris
The Black Watch
Libeled Lady
Broadway Bill
Love Me Tonight
Pretty Ladies
Consolation Marriage
Another Romance of Celluloid
The Elevator
The Devil to Pay!
Meet Me in St. Louis
Twenty Years After
Man-Proof
Penthouse
Transatlantic
Evelyn Prentice
The Barbarian
1939: Hollywood’s Greatest Year
Cheaper by the Dozen
Too Hot to Handle
Petticoat Fever
To Mary - with Love
The Great Divide
I Love You Again
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
The Thin Man Goes Home
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Rogue of the Rio Grande
That Dangerous Age
The Wet Parade
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Wife vs. Secretary
The Red Pony
Song of the Thin Man
Bride of the Regiment
Whipsaw
Wings in the Dark
Scarlet River
Third Finger, Left Hand
The Senator Was Indiscreet
When Ladies Meet
Emma
Belles on Their Toes
Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell
Parnell
After the Thin Man
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
The Romance of Celluloid
Under a Texas Moon
Career Timeline
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1947
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Song of the Thin Man
Nora Charles
The Senator Was Indiscreet
Mrs. Ashton (uncredited)
1940
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Self
Northward, Ho!
Herself
I Love You Again
Kay Wilson
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Self
Third Finger, Left Hand
Margot Sherwood Merrick
1939
Another Thin Man
The Rains Came
Lady Edwina Esketh
Lucky Night
Cora Jordan
From the Ends of the Earth
Self
1938
Test Pilot
Ann "Thursday" Barton
Another Romance of Celluloid
Self (uncredited)
Man-Proof
Mimi Swift
Too Hot to Handle
Alma Harding
1936
The Great Ziegfeld
Libeled Lady
Constance 'Connie' Allenbury
Petticoat Fever
Irene Campton
To Mary - with Love
Mary Wallace
Wife vs. Secretary
Linda Stanhope
After the Thin Man
Nora Charles
1934
The Thin Man
Manhattan Melodrama
Eleanor Packer
Stamboul Quest
Annemarie, aka Fräulein Doktor and Helena Bohlen
Men in White
Laura Hudson
Broadway Bill
Alice 'Princess' Higgins
Evelyn Prentice
Evelyn Prentice
1933
The Prizefighter and the Lady
Belle Mercer
Penthouse
Gertie Waxted
The Barbarian
Diana 'Di' Standing
Scarlet River
Herself (uncredited)
When Ladies Meet
Mary
1932
The Mask of Fu Manchu
Fah Lo See
Vanity Fair
Becky Sharp
The Animal Kingdom
Cecelia Henry Collier
Thirteen Women
Ursula Georgi
Love Me Tonight
Countess Valentine
The Wet Parade
Eileen Pinchon
Emma
Isabelle
1931
Body and Soul
Alice Lester
Arrowsmith
Joyce Lanyon
A Connecticut Yankee
Queen Morgan le Fay / Evil Sister in Mansion
Consolation Marriage
Elaine Brandon
Transatlantic
Kay Graham
1930
The Naughty Flirt
Linda Gregory
The Truth About Youth
Kara
Renegades
Eleanore
The Devil to Pay!
Mary Crayle
Rogue of the Rio Grande
Carmita
Bride of the Regiment
Sophie
Under a Texas Moon
Lolita Romero
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