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Myrna Loy
Radersburg, Montana, USA
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 f…
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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.
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2015
Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2009
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2008
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Movie Gertie Waxted (archive footage)
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2007
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Movie Self (archive footage)
- 2005
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2005
Alias Nick and Nora
Movie
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2003
Complicated Women
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1994
That's Entertainment! III
Movie (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1990
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
Movie (archive footage)
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1988
American Experience
TV show Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1986
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1982
Night of 100 Stars
Movie Self
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1981
Summer Solstice
Movie Margaret
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1980
Just Tell Me What You Want
Movie Stella Liberti
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1978
The Kennedy Center Honors
TV show Self
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1978
The End
Movie Maureen Lawson
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1977
It Happened at Lakewood Manor
Movie Ethel
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1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie (archive footage)
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1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1974
Airport 1975
Movie Mrs. Devaney
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1974
The Elevator
Movie Amanda Kenyon
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1974
Indict and Convict
Movie Judge Christine Tayloy
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1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV show Self
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1972
The Couple Takes a Wife
Movie Barbara's Mother
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1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1971
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
Movie Evelyn Tryon
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1971
Death Takes a Holiday
Movie Selena Chapman
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1971
Columbo
TV show Lizzi Fielding
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1969
The April Fools
Movie Grace Greenlaw
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1967
Ironside
TV show Andrea Wollcott
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1966
Family Affair
TV show
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1964
The Big Parade of Comedy
Movie Nora Charles (archive footage)
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1962
The Merv Griffin Show
TV show Self
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1962
The Virginian
TV show Mrs. Miles
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1961
The Mike Douglas Show
TV show Self
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1961
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1960
Midnight Lace
Movie Aunt Bea
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1960
From the Terrace
Movie Martha Eaton
