Myrna Loy
Acting
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.
Born: August 2, 1905
Place of Birth: Radersburg, Montana, USA
Known For
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
This tribute to Myrna Loy is organized chronologically with a few photographs, many film clips, a handful of personal appearances, and a detailed commentary delivered on camera by Kathleen Turner. Turner walks us through Loy's career as a dancer and an actress miscast as an exotic. She comes into her own as a grown-up women: shrewd, funny, decorous, and sexy - in "Manhattan Melodrama" and "The Thin Man." Her volunteer work during World War II, later stage work, and progressive politics come in for admiration as well. It's her style - seen best in her roles as a wife of charm and independence - that's captured and celebrated here.
Columbo
Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
In this tribute to her frequent co-star and longtime love, Katharine Hepburn hosts a behind-the-scenes look at Spencer Tracy's personal and professional life that features intimate personal accounts, interviews and clips from his most acclaimed work on the silver screen.
The Best Years of Our Lives
It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare.
The Thin Man
A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
William Powell: A True Gentleman
A biography on the life of William Powell narrated by Michael York.
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips and insight into what made the year so special.
The Kennedy Center Honors
The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual honor given to those in the performing arts for their lifetime of contributions to American culture.
After the Thin Man
Nick and Nora Charles investigate when Nora's cousin reports her disreputable husband is missing, and find themselves in a mystery involving the shady owners of a popular nightclub, a singer and her dark brother, the cousin's forsaken true love, and Nora's bombastic and controlling aunt.
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with Roman officer Messala as conqueror and Judah as a wealthy, though conquered, Israelite. A slip of a brick during a Roman parade causes Judah to be sent off as a galley slave, his property confiscated and his mother and sister imprisoned. Years later, as a result of his determination to stay alive and his willingness to aid his Roman master, Judah returns to his homeland an exalted and wealthy Roman athlete. Unable to find his mother and sister, and believing them dead, he can think of nothing else than revenge against Messala.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Gertie Waxted (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
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as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Margaret
as Stella Liberti
as Self
as Maureen Lawson
as Ethel
as (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Mrs. Devaney
as Amanda Kenyon
as Judge Christine Tayloy
as Barbara's Mother
as Self (archive footage)
as Evelyn Tryon
as Selena Chapman
as Lizzi Fielding
as Grace Greenlaw
as Andrea Wollcott
as Nora Charles (archive footage)
as Self
as Mrs. Miles
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Aunt Bea
as Martha Eaton
as Mary Sidney
as Anna Smith
as Florence Shrike
as Mrs. Cartwright
as Kate Kennedy
as Maggie Webster
as Allie Evans
as Lillian Gilbreth
as Nancy Knox
as Lillian Gilbreth
as Self - Mystery Guest
as Lady Cathy Brooke
as Alice Tiflin
as Muriel Blandings
as Mrs. Ashton (uncredited)
as Judge Margaret Turner
as Nora Charles
as Milly Stephenson
as Jane Budden Maxim
as Nora Charles
as (archive footage)
as Self
as Nora Charles
as Susan Ireland
as Margot Sherwood Merrick
as Kay Wilson
as Self (archive footage)
as Herself
as Nora Charles
as Lady Edwina Esketh
as Self
as Cora Jordan
as Alma Harding
as Ann "Thursday" Barton
as Self (uncredited)
as Mimi Swift
as Margit Agnew
as Self (archive footage)
as Katie O'Shea
as Nora Charles
as Constance 'Connie' Allenbury
as Mary Wallace
as Billie Burke
as Irene Campton
as Linda Stanhope
as Vivian Palmer
as Sheila Mason
as Alice 'Princess' Higgins
as Evelyn Prentice
as Annemarie, aka Fräulein Doktor and Helena Bohlen
as Nora Charles
as Eleanor Packer
as Laura Hudson
as Belle Mercer
as Wife of Brazilian Pilot
as Gertie Waxted
as Mary
as Diana 'Di' Standing
as Herself (uncredited)
as Coco
as Cecelia Henry Collier
as Fah Lo See
as Ursula Georgi
as Countess Valentine
as Myra
as Sari Loder
as Eileen Pinchon
as Becky Sharp
as Isabelle
as Joyce Lanyon
as Elaine Brandon
as Paula Lambert
as Evie Lawrence
as Kay Graham
as Flo Curtis
as Queen Morgan le Fay / Evil Sister in Mansion
as Alice Lester
as Linda Gregory
as Mary Crayle
as Carmita
as Kara
as Eleanore
as (uncredited)
as Mildred Vane
as Lola Bland
as Sophie
as Narita
as Lolita Romero
as Moira
as Lea
as Native Girl
as Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Chinese Fantasy' Numbers
as Manuella
as Yasmani
as Nubi
as Azuri
as Rose Duhamel
as Myrna
as Showgirl / Slave Girl
as Gertie Fairfax
as Sadie
as Yvonne De Russo
as Isobel
as Tiza Torreon
as Jetta - Girl in Singapore (uncredited)
as Vamp
as Juanita Sheldon
as Joan Whitley
as Fifi
as Mary Carlton
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
as Claudette Ralston
as Convict Behind Manon (uncredited)
as Mulatta
as Countess Veya
as Belinda White
as Vamp
as Bit Part (uncredited)
as Roma
as Mai - Lady in Waiting
as Lalle's Maid (uncredited)
as Living Statue
as Inez Quartz
as Sally Short
as Bit Part (uncredited)
as Maid
as Slave Girl (uncredited)
as Chorus Girl with Lord Wainwright (uncredited)
as Showgirl (uncredited)
as Girl at Baccanal (uncredited)
as Self (uncredited)