Personal Info
Known Credits
157
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1905-08-02 (120 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Radersburg, Montana, USA
Also Known For
Мирна Лойمیرنا لوی
Myrna Loy
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 T ...
Known For
Acting
2009 --
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
| Self (archive footage)
2008 --
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
| Gertie Waxted (archive footage)
2007 --
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
| Self (archive footage)
2005 --
William Powell: A True Gentleman
|
2003 --
Complicated Women
| Self (archive footage)
1994 --
That's Entertainment! III
| (archive footage)
1993 --
Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell
| Self (archive footage)
1990 --
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
| (archive footage)
1988 --
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
| Self (archive footage)
1986 --
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
| Self (archive footage)
1982 --
Night of 100 Stars
| Self
1981 --
Summer Solstice
| Margaret
1980 --
Just Tell Me What You Want
| Stella Liberti
1978 --
The End
| Maureen Lawson
1977 --
It Happened at Lakewood Manor
| Ethel
1976 --
That's Entertainment, Part II
| (archive footage)
1975 --
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
| Self (archive footage)
1974 --
Airport 1975
| Mrs. Devaney
1974 --
The Elevator
| Amanda Kenyon
1974 --
Indict and Convict
| Judge Christine Tayloy
1972 --
The Couple Takes a Wife
| Barbara's Mother
1972 --
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
| Self (archive footage)
1971 --
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
| Evelyn Tryon
1971 --
Death Takes a Holiday
| Selena Chapman
1969 --
The April Fools
| Grace Greenlaw
1964 --
The Big Parade of Comedy
| Nora Charles (archive footage)
1961 --
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
| Self (archive footage)
1960 --
Midnight Lace
| Aunt Bea
1960 --
From the Terrace
| Martha Eaton
1959 --
Meet Me in St. Louis
| Anna Smith
1959 --
Lonelyhearts
| Florence Shrike
1956 --
The Ambassador's Daughter
| Mrs. Cartwright
1952 --
Belles on Their Toes
| Lillian Gilbreth
1950 --
Cheaper by the Dozen
| Lillian Gilbreth
1949 --
That Dangerous Age
| Lady Cathy Brooke
1949 --
The Red Pony
| Alice Tiflin
1948 --
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
| Muriel Blandings
1947 --
The Senator Was Indiscreet
| Mrs. Ashton (uncredited)
1947 --
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
| Judge Margaret Turner
1947 --
Song of the Thin Man
| Nora Charles
1946 --
The Best Years of Our Lives
| Milly Stephenson
1946 --
So Goes My Love
| Jane Budden Maxim
1944 --
The Thin Man Goes Home
| Nora Charles
1944 --
Twenty Years After
| (archive footage)
1943 --
Show-Business at War
| Self
1941 --
Shadow of the Thin Man
| Nora Charles
1941 --
Love Crazy
| Susan Ireland
1940 --
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
| Self
1940 --
Third Finger, Left Hand
| Margot Sherwood Merrick
1940 --
I Love You Again
| Kay Wilson
1940 --
Trifles of Importance
| Self (archive footage)
1940 --
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
| Self
1940 --
Northward, Ho!
| Herself
1939 --
Another Thin Man
| Nora Charles
1939 --
The Rains Came
| Lady Edwina Esketh
1939 --
From the Ends of the Earth
| Self
1939 --
Lucky Night
| Cora Jordan
1938 --
Too Hot to Handle
| Alma Harding
1938 --
Test Pilot
| Ann "Thursday" Barton
1938 --
Another Romance of Celluloid
| Self (uncredited)
1938 --
Man-Proof
| Mimi Swift
1937 --
Double Wedding
| Margit Agnew
1937 --
The Romance of Celluloid
| Self (archive footage)
1937 --
Parnell
| Katie O'Shea
1936 --
After the Thin Man
| Nora Charles
1936 --
Libeled Lady
| Constance 'Connie' Allenbury
1936 --
To Mary - with Love
| Mary Wallace
1936 --
The Great Ziegfeld
| Billie Burke
1936 --
Petticoat Fever
| Irene Campton
1936 --
Wife vs. Secretary
| Linda Stanhope
1935 --
Whipsaw
| Vivian Palmer
1935 --
Wings in the Dark
| Sheila Mason
1934 --
Broadway Bill
| Alice 'Princess' Higgins
1934 --
Evelyn Prentice
| Evelyn Prentice
1934 --
Stamboul Quest
| Annemarie, aka Fräulein Doktor and Helena Bohlen
1934 --
The Thin Man
| Nora Charles
1934 --
Manhattan Melodrama
| Eleanor Packer
1934 --
Men in White
| Laura Hudson
1933 --
The Prizefighter and the Lady
| Belle Mercer
1933 --
Night Flight
| Wife of Brazilian Pilot
1933 --
Penthouse
| Gertie Waxted
1933 --
When Ladies Meet
| Mary
1933 --
The Barbarian
| Diana 'Di' Standing
1933 --
Scarlet River
| Herself (uncredited)
1933 --
Topaze
| Coco
1932 --
The Animal Kingdom
| Cecelia Henry Collier
1932 --
The Mask of Fu Manchu
| Fah Lo See
1932 --
Thirteen Women
| Ursula Georgi
1932 --
Love Me Tonight
| Countess Valentine
1932 --
New Morals for Old
| Myra
1932 --
The Woman in Room 13
| Sari Loder
1932 --
The Wet Parade
| Eileen Pinchon
1932 --
Vanity Fair
| Becky Sharp
1932 --
Emma
| Isabelle
1931 --
Arrowsmith
| Joyce Lanyon
1931 --
Consolation Marriage
| Elaine Brandon
1931 --
Skyline
| Paula Lambert
1931 --
Rebound
| Evie Lawrence
1931 --
Transatlantic
| Kay Graham
1931 --
Hush Money
| Flo Curtis
1931 --
A Connecticut Yankee
| Queen Morgan le Fay / Evil Sister in Mansion
1931 --
Body and Soul
| Alice Lester
1931 --
The Naughty Flirt
| Linda Gregory
1930 --
The Devil to Pay!
| Mary Crayle
1930 --
Rogue of the Rio Grande
| Carmita
1930 --
The Truth About Youth
| Kara
1930 --
Renegades
| Eleanore
1930 --
The Bad Man
| (uncredited)
1930 --
The Jazz Cinderella
| Mildred Vane
1930 --
The Last of the Duanes
| Lola Bland
1930 --
Bride of the Regiment
| Sophie
1930 --
Cock o' the Walk
| Narita
1930 --
Under a Texas Moon
| Lolita Romero
1930 --
Isle of Escape
| Moira
1930 --
Cameo Kirby
| Lea
1929 --
Evidence
| Native Girl
1929 --
Show of Shows
| Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Chinese Fantasy' Numbers
1929 --
The Great Divide
| Manuella
1929 --
The Black Watch
| Yasmani
1929 --
The Squall
| Nubi
1929 --
The Desert Song
| Azuri
1929 --
Hardboiled Rose
| Rose Duhamel
1929 --
Fancy Baggage
| Myrna
1928 --
Noah's Ark
| Showgirl / Slave Girl
1928 --
The Midnight Taxi
| Gertie Fairfax
1928 --
State Street Sadie
| Sadie
1928 --
Pay as You Enter
| Yvonne De Russo
1928 --
The Crimson City
| Isobel
1928 --
Turn Back the Hours
| Tiza Torreon
1928 --
A Girl in Every Port
| Jetta - Girl in Singapore (uncredited)
1928 --
What Price Beauty?
| Vamp
1928 --
Beware of Married Men
| Juanita Sheldon
1927 --
If I Were Single
| Joan Whitley
1927 --
Ham and Eggs at the Front
| Fifi
1927 --
The Girl from Chicago
| Mary Carlton
1927 --
The Jazz Singer
| Chorus Girl (uncredited)
1927 --
A Sailor's Sweetheart
| Claudette Ralston
1927 --
When a Man Loves
| Convict Behind Manon (uncredited)
1927 --
The Heart of Maryland
| Mulatta
1927 --
Simple Sis
|
1927 --
The Climbers
| Countess Veya
1927 --
Bitter Apples
| Belinda White
1927 --
Finger Prints
| Vamp
1926 --
The Third Degree
| Bit Part (uncredited)
1926 --
Across the Pacific
| Roma
1926 --
Don Juan
| Mai - Lady in Waiting
1926 --
So This Is Paris
| Lalle's Maid (uncredited)
1926 --
The Exquisite Sinner
| Living Statue
1926 --
The Gilded Highway
| Inez Quartz
1926 --
Why Girls Go Back Home
| Sally Short
1926 --
The Love Toy
| Bit Part (uncredited)
1926 --
The Cave Man
| Maid
1925 --
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
| Slave Girl (uncredited)
1925 --
Sporting Life
| Chorus Girl with Lord Wainwright (uncredited)
1925 --
Pretty Ladies
| Showgirl (uncredited)
1925 --
The Wanderer
| Girl at Baccanal (uncredited)
1925 --
1925 Studio Tour
| Self (uncredited)