Myrna Loy
Acting
Born 1905-08-02
Died 1993-12-14
Radersburg, Montana, USA
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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.
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The Mike Douglas Show
Columbo
Ironside
The Virginian
American Experience
What's My Line?
The Merv Griffin Show
Family Affair
The Kennedy Center Honors
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
The George Gobel Show
Airport 1975
The Best Years of Our Lives
Love Me Tonight
Cheaper by the Dozen
The Thin Man
The Jazz Singer
Wife vs. Secretary
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Libeled Lady
Midnight Lace
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
That's Entertainment! III
The Show of Shows
From the Terrace
The April Fools
After the Thin Man
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
The Great Ziegfeld
Evelyn Prentice
That's Entertainment, Part II
The End
Another Thin Man
General Electric Theater
Manhattan Melodrama
Complicated Women
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Noah's Ark
Vanity Fair
Simple Sis
Shadow of the Thin Man
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Summer Solstice
Night of 100 Stars
The Big Parade of Comedy
I Love You Again
Don Juan
The Mask of Fu Manchu
Song of the Thin Man
The Rains Came
Twenty Years After
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
It Happened at Lakewood Manor
Test Pilot
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Belles on Their Toes
Parnell
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
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