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Myrna Loy (1905–1993)

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Born in Helena, Mont. Myrna was educated in Los Angeles and Westlake School for Girls. She had some stage experience in stage prologues at Grauman's Theatre in Hollywood. She was discovered by Mrs. Rudolph Valentino: Natacha Rambova' and given a part in pictures. Her first film was What Price Beauty?. See full bio »

Born:

Myrna Adele Williams
in Radersburg, Montana, USA

Died:

(age 88) in New York City, New York, USA
William Powell and Myrna Loy in Still of Myrna Loy and William Powell in The Thin Man Goes Home Still of Myrna Loy and William Powell in Shadow of the Thin Man Still of Myrna Loy and William Powell in Song of the Thin Man Still of Cary Grant and Myrna Loy in Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House Still of Myrna Loy and William Powell in Another Thin Man
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Hide HideActress (138 titles)
1982 Love, Sidney (TV series)
Vera Lonnigan
– Sidney and the Actress (1982) … Vera Lonnigan
 
1981 Summer Solstice (TV movie)
Margaret
 
1980 Just Tell Me What You Want
Stella Liberti
 
1978/I The End
Maureen Lawson
 
1977 It Happened at Lakewood Manor (TV movie)
Ethel - Special Appearance
 
1974 Airport 1975
Mrs. Devaney
 
1974 The Elevator (TV movie)
Amanda Kenyon
 
1974 Indict and Convict (TV movie)
Judge Christine Tayloy
 
1973 Ironside (TV series)
Andrea Wollcott
– All About Andrea (1973) … Andrea Wollcott
 
1972 The Couple Takes a Wife (TV movie)
Barbara's Mother
 
1972 Columbo (TV series)
Lizzy Fielding
– Étude in Black (1972) … Lizzy Fielding
 
1971 Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate (TV movie)
Evelyn Tryon
 
1971 Death Takes a Holiday (TV movie)
Selena Chapman
 
1969 The April Fools
Grace Greenlaw
 
1967 The Virginian (TV series)
Mrs. Miles
– Lady of the House (1967) … Mrs. Miles
 
1967 Family Affair (TV series)
Adele
– A Helping Hand (1967) … Adele
 
1960 Midnight Lace
Aunt Bea
 
1960 From the Terrace
Martha Eaton
 
1960 The DuPont Show with June Allyson (TV series)
Mary Sidney
– Surprise Party (1960) … Mary Sidney
 
1959 Meet Me in St. Louis (TV movie)
Mrs. Anna Smith
 
1958 Lonelyhearts
Florence Shrike
 
1957 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
– No Second Helping (1957)
 
1955-1957 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Allie Evans / Kate Kennedy / Maggie Webster
– Love Came Late (1957) … Allie Evans
– Lady of the House (1957) … Maggie Webster
– It Gives Me Great Pleasure (1955) … Kate Kennedy
 
1956 The Ambassador's Daughter
Mrs. Cartwright
 
1952 Belles on Their Toes
Dr. Lillian M. Gilbreth
 
1950 Cheaper by the Dozen
Mrs. Lillian Gilbreth
 
1949 If This Be Sin
Lady Cathy Brooke
 
1949 The Red Pony
Alice Tiflin
 
1948 Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Muriel Blandings
 
1947 The Senator Was Indiscreet
Cameo appearance (Mrs Ashton) (uncredited)
 
1947 Song of the Thin Man
Nora Charles
 
1947 The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Margaret
 
1946 The Best Years of Our Lives
Milly Stephenson
 
1946 So Goes My Love
Jane Budden Maxim
 
1945 The Thin Man Goes Home
Nora Charles
 
1941 Shadow of the Thin Man
Nora Charles
 
1941 Love Crazy
Susan Ireland
 
1940 Third Finger, Left Hand
Margot Sherwood Merrick
 
1940 I Love You Again
Kay Wilson
 
1939 Another Thin Man
Nora Charles
 
1939 The Rains Came
Lady Edwina Esketh
 
1939 Lucky Night
Cora Jordan
 
1938 Too Hot to Handle
Alma Harding
 
1938 Test Pilot
Ann
 
1938 Man-Proof
Mimi Swift
 
1937 Double Wedding
Margit Agnew
 
1937 Parnell
Mrs. Katie O'Shea
 
1936 After the Thin Man
Nora Charles
 
1936 Libeled Lady
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
 
1935 Whipsaw
Vivian Palmer
 
1935 Wings in the Dark
Sheila Mason
 
1934 Broadway Bill
Princess
 
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
 
1933 Night Flight
Wife of Brazilian pilot
 
1933 Penthouse
Gertie Waxted
 
1933 When Ladies Meet
Mary Howard
 
1933 The Barbarian
Diana 'Di' Standing
 
1933/I Topaze
Coco
 
1932 The Animal Kingdom
Cecilia 'Cee' 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/I Vanity Fair
Becky Sharp
 
1932 Emma
Countess Isabelle 'Izzy' Smith Marlin
 
1931 Arrowsmith
Mrs. Joyce Lanyon
 
1931 Consolation Marriage
Elaine Brandon
 
1931 Skyline
Paula Lambert
 
1931 Transatlantic
Kay Graham
 
1931 Rebound
Evie Lawrence
 
1931 Hush Money
Flo Curtis
 
1931 A Connecticut Yankee
Queen Morgan le Fay / Evil Sister in Mansion
 
1931/I 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 - the Firefly
 
1930 Renegades
Eleanore
 
1930 The Bad Man
 
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 The Show of Shows
(songs "What Became of the Floradora Boys"/"Chinese Fantasy")
 
1929 Evidence
Native Girl
 
1929 The Great Divide
Manuella
 
1929 The Squall
Nubi
 
1929 The Black Watch
Yasmani
 
1929 The Desert Song
Azuri
 
1929 Hardboiled Rose
Rose Duhamel
 
1929 Fancy Baggage
Myrna
 
1928/I Noah's Ark
Dancer/Slave Girl
 
1928 The Midnight Taxi
Gertie Fairfax
 
1928 State Street Sadie
Isobel
 
1928 Pay as You Enter
Yvonne De Russo
 
1928 The Crimson City
Isobel / State Street Sadie
 
1928 Turn Back the Hours
Tiza Torreon
 
1928 A Girl in Every Port
Girl in China (uncredited)
 
1928 Beware of Married Men
Juanita Sheldon
 
1927 Ham and Eggs at the Front
Fifi
 
1927 If I Were Single
Joan Whitley
 
1927 The Girl from Chicago
Mary Carlton
 
1927 The Jazz Singer
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
 
1927 A Sailor's Sweetheart
Claudette Ralston
 
1927 The Heart of Maryland
Mulatta
 
1927 Simple Sis
Edith Van
 
1927 The Climbers
Countess Veya
 
1927 Bitter Apples
Belinda White
 
1927 When a Man Loves
Convict Behind Manon (uncredited)
 
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
Maid
 
1926 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 Caveman
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 What Price Beauty?
Vamp
 
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1949 The Red Pony ("Marche Militaire", "Shall We Gather at the River?")
 
1940 Third Finger, Left Hand ("The Riddle" 1940 - uncredited, "Over the Rainbow" 1939 - uncredited)
 
1939 Another Thin Man ("Adios Muchachos I Get Ideas")
 
1938 Test Pilot ("The Prisoner's Song If I Had the Wings of an Angel" 1924 - uncredited)
 
1938 Man-Proof ("On a Sunday Afternoon" 1935)
 
1936 Wife vs. Secretary ("Thank You for a Lovely Evening" - uncredited)
 
1934 Broadway Bill ("Split-Pea Soup and Succotash" - uncredited)
 
1933 The Prizefighter and the Lady (performer: "Downstream Drifter" 1933 - uncredited)
 
1933 When Ladies Meet ("I Love But Thee Jeg elsker Dig!" 1864 - uncredited)
 
1933 The Barbarian ("Love Songs of the Nile")
 
1932 Love Me Tonight (performer: "The Son Of A Gun Is Nothing But a Tailor")
 
1931 Rebound (performer: "Same Thing Over Again" 1931, "There's No Use Trying to Give Me the Air")
 
1930 The Truth About Youth (performer: "Playing Around", "I Have to Have You" 1929)
 
1929 The Squall ("Gypsy Charmer" 1929)
 
1929 The Show of Shows (performer: "Li-Po-Li" / "What's Become of the Floradora Boys?")
 
Show ShowSelf (23 titles)
2000 72nd Annual Academy Awards Pre-Show (TV special)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1991 The 63rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Honorary Award Recipient (Live from her Manhattan residence)
 
1988 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV special)
Herself - Honoree
 
1982 Night of 100 Stars (TV special)
Herself
 
1981 Henry Fonda and the Making of 'Summer Solstice' (TV documentary short)
Herself
 
1980 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 21 October 1980 (1980) … Herself
 
1976 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to William Wyler (TV special documentary)
Herself
 
1974 ABC Late Night (TV series)
Herself
– That's Entertainment! 50 Years of MGM (1974) … Herself
 
1973 Day at Night (TV series)
Herself - Guest
– Myrna Loy (1973) … Herself - Guest
 
1972 The Movie Game (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 7 February 1972 (1972) … Herself
 
1970 The 42nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter: Best Short Films, Art Direction, and Best Director
 
1969 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #2.76 (1969) … Herself
 
1967 The Linkletter Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 12 January 1967 (1967) … Herself
 
1960 I've Got a Secret (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 30 November 1960 (1960) … Herself
 
1960 What's My Line? (TV series)
Herself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 31 July 1960 (1960) … Herself - Mystery Guest
 
1959 The George Gobel Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #5.8 (1959) … Herself
 
1956 This Is Your Life (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Myrna Loy (1956) … Herself
 
1956 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Herself
– Myrna Loy (1956) … Herself
 
1943 Show-Business at War (documentary short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1940 Hollywood: Style Center of the World (documentary short)
Herself
 
1939 Verdensberømtheder i København (short)
Herself
 
1938 Another Romance of Celluloid (documentary short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1933 Scarlet River
Herself (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (29 titles)
2011 Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn (documentary)
 
2009 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (TV documentary)
 
2008 Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (TV documentary)
Gertie Waxted
 
2005 William Powell: A True Gentleman (video short)
 
2004 Robert Capa: The Man Who Believed His Own Legend (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2003 Complicated Women (TV documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1998 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1998 Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1995 The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1994 That's Entertainment! III (documentary)
Performer in Clip from 'The Barbarian' (uncredited)
 
1994 The 66th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Memorial Tribute
 
1993 Myrna Loy Remembered (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1992 MGM: When the Lion Roars
Herself
 
1991 Hollywood Remembers: Myrna Loy - So Nice to Come Home to (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1990 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1986 The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn (TV special documentary)
Herself
 
1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (documentary)
Clip from 'The Thin Man'
 
1965 Inside Daisy Clover
Herself (uncredited)
 
1965 The Love Goddesses (documentary)
Herself
 
1965 Hollywood My Home Town (documentary)
Herself
 
1964 The Big Parade of Comedy (documentary)
Actress in 'The Thin Man'
 
1961 The Legend of Rudolph Valentino (video documentary)
Herself
 
1956 Some of the Greatest (short)
Ming
 
1955 Screen Snapshots: Ramblin' Round Hollywood (documentary short)
Herself
 
1940 Trifles of Importance (short)
Herself, film clip (uncredited)
 
1940 Northward, Ho! (documentary short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1939 From the Ends of the Earth (documentary short)
Herself
 
1937 Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 1 (documentary short)
Herself
 
1937 Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 11 (documentary short)
Herself
 

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(mid-1970s) Stage: Toured with Ricardo Montalban, Kurt Kasznar and Edward Mulhare in a staged reading of George Bernard Shaw's 'Don Juan in Hell". See more »

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Height:

5' 6" (1.68 m)
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[on Barbra Streisand] I think Barbra Streisand is a genius, the creativity she has! And I am very impressed with her as a person. Some years ago I was on the Academy Awards broadcast, she came up to me. I was standing in the wings and Barbra walked across the stage to greet me. Very polite, very nice... See more »

Trivia:

The statue outside Venice High School that bares her likeness is titled 'Inspiration', and has been the target of vandalism and school pranks for decades (Loy mentions in her book that the statue was even decapetated at one point). It is now surrounded by a fence. See more »

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Turned-up nose See more »

Nickname:

The Perfect Wife See more »

Star Sign:

Leo