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 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.
Acting
TV
Columbo
as Lizzi Fielding
1971
Movie
The Best Years of Our Lives
as Milly Stephenson
1946
Movie
The Thin Man
as Nora Charles
1934
Movie
Airport 1975
as Mrs. Devaney
1974
Movie
The Jazz Singer
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
1927
Movie
After the Thin Man
as Nora Charles
1936
Movie
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
as Muriel Blandings
1948
Movie
The Great Ziegfeld
as Billie Burke
1936
Movie
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
as Margaret
1947
Movie
Another Thin Man
as Nora Charles
1939
Movie
Libeled Lady
as Constance 'Connie' Allenbury
1936
Movie
Midnight Lace
as Aunt Bea
1960
Movie
Shadow of the Thin Man
as Nora Charles
1941
Movie
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Slave Girl (uncredited)
1925
Movie
The Thin Man Goes Home
as Nora Charles
1944
Movie
Song of the Thin Man
as Nora Charles
1947
Movie
Love Me Tonight
as Countess Valentine
1932
Movie
The Mask of Fu Manchu
as Fah Lo See
1932
Movie
Cheaper by the Dozen
as Lillian Gilbreth
1950
Movie
Manhattan Melodrama
as Eleanor Packer
1934
Movie
Test Pilot
as Ann "Thursday" Barton
1938
TV
Ironside
as Andrea Wollcott
1967
Movie
The End
as Maureen Lawson
1978
Movie
Wife vs. Secretary
as Linda Stanhope
1936