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Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
1990
as (archive footage)
Myrna Loy
Also known as: Myrna Adele Williams, Catharina Myrna Adele Williams, The Queen of Hollywood
Acting
Nationality:United States
Education:Harvard-Westlake School, Venice High School
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CommunityBiographyvia wikipedia
Myrna Loy (born Myrna Adele Williams; August 2, 1905 – December 14, 1993) was an American film, television and stage actress. As a performer, she was known for her ability to adapt to her screen partner's acting style. Born in Helena, Montana, Loy was raised in rural Radersburg and Helena. She relocated to Los Angeles with her mother in early adolescence and trained as a dancer in high school. She was discovered by production designer Natacha Rambova, who organized film auditions for her. She began obtaining small roles in the late 1920s. Loy devoted herself fully to acting after a few roles in silent films. She was originally typecast in exotic roles, often as a vamp or a woman of Asian descent, but her career prospects improved greatly following her portrayal of Nora Charles in The Thin Man (1934). The role helped elevate her reputation and she became known as a versatile actress adept at both drama and comedy; she would play the role of Nora Charles five more times. Loy's performances peaked in the 1940s, with films like The Thin Man Goes Home, The Best Years of Our Lives, The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer, and Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House. In the 1950s she appeared in a lead role in the comedy Cheaper by the Dozen (1950), as well as supporting roles in The Ambassador's Daughter (1956) and the drama Lonelyhearts (1958). She appeared in eight films between 1960 and 1981, after which she retired from acting. Although Loy was never nominated for an Academy Award, in March 1991 she received an Honorary Academy Award in recognition of her life's work both onscreen and off, including serving as assistant to the director of military and naval welfare for the Red Cross during World War II, and a member-at-large of the U.S. Commission to UNESCO. In 2009, The Guardian named her one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination. Loy died in December 1993 in New York City, at age 88.
Filmography (136 movies)
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The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986
as Self (archive footage)
7.8
7.8
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946
as Milly Stephenson
7.5
7.5
William Powell: A True Gentleman
2005
7.5
7.5
The Thin Man
1934
as Nora Charles
7.3
7.3
After the Thin Man
1936
as Nora Charles
7.3
7.3
Libeled Lady
1936
as Constance 'Connie' Allenbury
7.2
7.2
I Love You Again
1940
as Kay Wilson
7.1
7.1
Another Thin Man
1939
as Nora Charles
7.1
7.1
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944
as Nora Charles
7.0
7.0
So Goes My Love
1946
as Jane Budden Maxim
7.0
7.0
Manhattan Melodrama
1934
as Eleanor Packer
7.0
7.0
A Sailor's Sweetheart
1927
as Claudette Ralston
7.0
7.0
Shadow of the Thin Man
1941
as Nora Charles
7.0
7.0
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948
as Muriel Blandings
6.9
6.9
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947
as Judge Margaret Turner
6.8
6.8
Belles on Their Toes
1952
as Lillian Gilbreth
6.8
6.8
Third Finger, Left Hand
1940
as Margot Sherwood Merrick
6.7
6.7
Love Crazy
1941
as Susan Ireland
6.7
6.7
Song of the Thin Man
1947
as Nora Charles
6.7
6.7
Penthouse
1933
as Gertie Waxted
6.7
6.7
Wife vs. Secretary
1936
as Linda Stanhope
6.6
6.6
Lucky Night
1939
as Cora Jordan
6.6
6.6
From the Terrace
1960
as Martha Eaton
6.6
6.6
Arrowsmith
1931
as Joyce Lanyon
6.5
6.5
Midnight Lace
1960
as Aunt Bea
6.5
6.5
Test Pilot
1938
as Ann "Thursday" Barton
6.5
6.5
That Dangerous Age
1949
as Lady Cathy Brooke
6.5
6.5
Love Me Tonight
1932
as Countess Valentine
6.5
6.5
Evelyn Prentice
1934
as Evelyn Prentice
6.4
6.4
Don Juan
1926
as Mai - Lady in Waiting
6.4
6.4
Emma
1932
as Isabelle
6.4
6.4
Wings in the Dark
1935
as Sheila Mason
6.4
6.4
Double Wedding
1937
as Margit Agnew
6.3
6.3
Thirteen Women
1932
as Ursula Georgi
6.3
6.3
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Nora Charles (archive footage)
6.3
6.3
Cheaper by the Dozen
1950
as Lillian Gilbreth
6.3
6.3
The Great Ziegfeld
1936
as Billie Burke
6.2
6.2
Whipsaw
1935
as Vivian Palmer
6.2
6.2
Noah's Ark
1928
as Showgirl / Slave Girl
6.1
6.1
A Girl in Every Port
1928
as Jetta - Girl in Singapore (uncredited)
6.1
6.1
Consolation Marriage
1931
as Elaine Brandon
6.1
6.1
Lonelyhearts
1959
as Florence Shrike
6.1
6.1
So This Is Paris
1926
as Lalle's Maid (uncredited)
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6.0
The Elevator
1974
as Amanda Kenyon
6.0
6.0
The Black Watch
1929
as Yasmani
6.0
6.0
Trifles of Importance
1940
as Self (archive footage)
6.0
6.0
Isle of Escape
1930
as Moira
6.0
6.0
A Connecticut Yankee
1931
as Queen Morgan le Fay / Evil Sister in Mansion
6.0
6.0
Broadway Bill
1934
as Alice 'Princess' Higgins
6.0
6.0
Men in White
1934
as Laura Hudson
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6.0
Bride of the Regiment
1930
as Sophie
5.9
5.9
Topaze
1933
as Coco
5.9
5.9
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
1971
as Evelyn Tryon
5.9
5.9
When a Man Loves
1927
as Convict Behind Manon (uncredited)
5.9
5.9
The April Fools
1969
as Grace Greenlaw
5.8
5.8
The Rains Came
1939
as Lady Edwina Esketh
5.8
5.8
The Wet Parade
1932
as Eileen Pinchon
5.8
5.8
Too Hot to Handle
1938
as Alma Harding
5.7
5.7
The Devil to Pay!
1930
as Mary Crayle
5.7
5.7
Airport 1975
1974
as Mrs. Devaney
5.7
5.7
The Truth About Youth
1930
as Kara
5.7
5.7
The Naughty Flirt
1931
as Linda Gregory
5.7
5.7
The Red Pony
1949
as Alice Tiflin
5.6
5.6
Night Flight
1933
as Wife of Brazilian Pilot
5.5
5.5
The End
1978
as Maureen Lawson
5.5
5.5
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940
as Self
5.5
5.5
Transatlantic
1931
as Kay Graham
5.5
5.5
The Show of Shows
1929
as Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Chinese Fantasy' Numbers
5.5
5.5
Petticoat Fever
1936
as Irene Campton
5.4
5.4
The Animal Kingdom
1932
as Cecelia Henry Collier
5.4
5.4
The Prizefighter and the Lady
1933
as Belle Mercer
5.4
5.4
The Mask of Fu Manchu
1932
as Fah Lo See
5.3
5.3
When Ladies Meet
1933
as Mary
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5.0
Northward, Ho!
1940
as Herself
5.0
5.0
Another Romance of Celluloid
1938
as Self (uncredited)
5.0
5.0
Meet Me in St. Louis
1959
as Anna Smith
5.0
5.0
The Midnight Taxi
1928
as Gertie Fairfax
5.0
5.0
Stamboul Quest
1934
as Annemarie, aka Fräulein Doktor and Helena Bohlen
4.9
4.9
The Barbarian
1933
as Diana 'Di' Standing
4.8
4.8
The Great Divide
1929
as Manuella
4.5
4.5
Scarlet River
1933
as Herself (uncredited)
4.5
4.5
Body and Soul
1931
as Alice Lester
4.5
4.5
Death Takes a Holiday
1971
as Selena Chapman
4.5
4.5
The Desert Song
1929
as Azuri
4.5
4.5
To Mary - with Love
1936
as Mary Wallace
4.4
4.4
It Happened at Lakewood Manor
1977
as Ethel
4.3
4.3
The Ambassador's Daughter
1956
as Mrs. Cartwright
4.3
4.3
Man-Proof
1938
as Mimi Swift
4.3
4.3
Just Tell Me What You Want
1980
as Stella Liberti
4.1
4.1
Parnell
1937
as Katie O'Shea
4.0
4.0
Across the Pacific
1926
as Roma
4.0
4.0
Vanity Fair
1932
as Becky Sharp
4.0
4.0
Summer Solstice
1981
as Margaret
4.0
4.0
Renegades
1930
as Eleanore
3.8
3.8
Rebound
1931
as Evie Lawrence
3.6
3.6
New Morals for Old
1932
as Myra
3.1
3.1
Cock o' the Walk
1930
as Narita
3.0
3.0
The Last of the Duanes
1930
as Lola Bland
3.0
3.0
The Squall
1929
as Nubi
1.0
1.0
Under a Texas Moon
1930
as Lolita Romero
1.0
1.0
Beware of Married Men
1928
as Juanita Sheldon
1.0
1.0
The Wanderer
1925
as Girl at Baccanal (uncredited)
Bitter Apples
1927
as Belinda White
The Girl from Chicago
1927
as Mary Carlton
The Love Toy
1926
as Bit Part (uncredited)
The Gilded Highway
1926
as Inez Quartz
The Cave Man
1926
as Maid
The Third Degree
1926
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Finger Prints
1927
as Vamp
The Climbers
1927
as Countess Veya
Simple Sis
1927
The Heart of Maryland
1927
as Mulatta
If I Were Single
1927
as Joan Whitley
Pay as You Enter
1928
as Yvonne De Russo
The Crimson City
1928
as Isobel
Turn Back the Hours
1928
as Tiza Torreon
Skyline
1931
as Paula Lambert
The Couple Takes a Wife
1972
as Barbara's Mother
Ham and Eggs at the Front
1927
as Fifi
What Price Beauty?
1928
as Vamp
The Exquisite Sinner
1926
as Living Statue
Why Girls Go Back Home
1926
as Sally Short
Rogue of the Rio Grande
1930
as Carmita
From the Ends of the Earth
1939
as Self
The Woman in Room 13
1932
as Sari Loder
State Street Sadie
1928
as Sadie
The Bad Man
1930
as (uncredited)
Fancy Baggage
1929
as Myrna
Hardboiled Rose
1929
as Rose Duhamel
Indict and Convict
1974
as Judge Christine Tayloy
Cameo Kirby
1930
as Lea
The Jazz Cinderella
1930
as Mildred Vane
Hush Money
1931
as Flo Curtis
Evidence
1929
as Native Girl
Sporting Life
1925
as Chorus Girl with Lord Wainwright (uncredited)
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