Myrna Loy

Also Credited As:

Myrna Williams
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Biography

She came to embody the perfect wife--sympathetic, wise and sexy--opposite William Powell, Clark Gable and others. Loy was the ultimate proof that marriage and companionship in the movies need not be an exercise in mutual henpecking or a mere happy ending, but rather something fun and exciting in and of itself.

A former dancer, Loy began in films as a bit player from the mid-20s and was primarily cast as mysterious, exotic types for the first …

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Job Title

Actor

Born

August 2, 1905

LATEST CREDITS

The Rains Came

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The 63rd Annual Academy Awards

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Topaze

Coco

The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer

Judge Margaret Turner

Broadway Bill

Alice

The Thin Man

Nora

Test Pilot

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Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate

Sussy Tryon

After the Thin Man

Nora Charles

The Best Years of Our Lives

Milly Stephenson

The Great Ziegfeld

Billie Burke

Summer Solstice

Margaret Turner

Death Takes a Holiday

Selena Chapman

Libeled Lady

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Cheaper by the Dozen

Mrs Lillian Gilbreth

From the Terrace

Martha Eaton

Just Tell Me What You Want

Stella Liberti

The Couple Takes a Wife

Mother

Lonelyhearts

Florence Shrike

The Ambassador's Daughter

Mrs Cartwright

Body and Soul

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Midnight Lace

Aunt Bea

The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts

Award Recipient

Legends of the Screen

Guest

The April Fools

Grace Greenlaw