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