Myrna Loy
ActingAlso Known As
Мирна Лой, میرنا لوی
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 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.
Movies
(156 total)
The Best Years of Our Lives
as Milly Stephenson
The Thin Man
as Nora Charles
Airport 1975
as Mrs. Devaney
The Jazz Singer
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
as Muriel Blandings
After the Thin Man
as Nora Charles
The Great Ziegfeld
as Billie Burke
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
as Judge Margaret Turner
Another Thin Man
as Nora Charles
Libeled Lady
as Constance 'Connie' Allenbury
Midnight Lace
as Aunt Bea
Shadow of the Thin Man
as Nora Charles
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Slave Girl (uncredited)
The Thin Man Goes Home
as Nora Charles
Song of the Thin Man
as Nora Charles
The Mask of Fu Manchu
as Fah Lo See
Love Me Tonight
as Countess Valentine
Cheaper by the Dozen
as Lillian Gilbreth
Manhattan Melodrama
as Eleanor Packer
Test Pilot
as Ann "Thursday" Barton
TV Shows
(16 total)
Columbo
as Lizzi Fielding
Ironside
as Andrea Wollcott
American Experience
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Virginian
as Mrs. Miles
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
General Electric Theater
as Kate Kennedy
General Electric Theater
as Maggie Webster
General Electric Theater
as Allie Evans
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Nancy Knox
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Mary Sidney
