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Myrna Loy is a Actor American born on 2 august 1905 at Helena (USA)
Myrna Loy (August 2, 1905 – December 14, 1993) was an American film, television and stage actress.
Trained as a dancer, Loy devoted herself fully to an acting career following a few minor 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).
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." In 2014, Maureen O'Hara joined Loy in being the only actresses to ever receive an Academy Award for acting without having been previously nominated.
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.
1936–1942 Arthur Hornblow, Jr., producer
1942–1944 John Hertz, Jr. of the Hertz Rent A Car family
1946–1950 Gene Markey, producer and screenwriter
1951–1960 Howland H. Sargeant, UNESCO delegate
Loy had no children of her own, but was close to her stepchildren by first husband Arthur Hornblow. After her last marriage ended, she moved to 23 East 74th Street in Manhattan's Upper East Side. She later lived at 425 East 63rd Street
There were rumors that Myrna Loy had affairs with:
Spencer Tracy during the filming of Whipsaw in 1935 and Libeled Lady in 1936.
Leslie Howard during the filming of The Animal Kingdom in 1932.
Gambler Titanic Thompson claimed he had an affair with her.
Even before Loy became a staunch Democrat, one of her biggest fans was Franklin D. Roosevelt, who invited her to the White House early in his administration, and she soon became a personal friend of Eleanor Roosevelt.
Regarding religion, Loy stated in a 1970 interview that she was a Methodist.
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Myrna Loy
Birth name Myrna Adele Williams
Nationality USA
Birth 2 august 1905 at Helena (USA)
Death 14 december 1993 (at 88 years) at New York City (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 2 august 1905 at Helena (USA)
Death 14 december 1993 (at 88 years) at New York City (USA)
Myrna Loy (August 2, 1905 – December 14, 1993) was an American film, television and stage actress.
Trained as a dancer, Loy devoted herself fully to an acting career following a few minor 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).
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." In 2014, Maureen O'Hara joined Loy in being the only actresses to ever receive an Academy Award for acting without having been previously nominated.
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.
Biography
Loy was married and divorced four times:1936–1942 Arthur Hornblow, Jr., producer
1942–1944 John Hertz, Jr. of the Hertz Rent A Car family
1946–1950 Gene Markey, producer and screenwriter
1951–1960 Howland H. Sargeant, UNESCO delegate
Loy had no children of her own, but was close to her stepchildren by first husband Arthur Hornblow. After her last marriage ended, she moved to 23 East 74th Street in Manhattan's Upper East Side. She later lived at 425 East 63rd Street
There were rumors that Myrna Loy had affairs with:
Spencer Tracy during the filming of Whipsaw in 1935 and Libeled Lady in 1936.
Leslie Howard during the filming of The Animal Kingdom in 1932.
Gambler Titanic Thompson claimed he had an affair with her.
Even before Loy became a staunch Democrat, one of her biggest fans was Franklin D. Roosevelt, who invited her to the White House early in his administration, and she soon became a personal friend of Eleanor Roosevelt.
Regarding religion, Loy stated in a 1970 interview that she was a Methodist.
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, 1h42Directed by Howard Hawks, W. S. Van Dyke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films
Actors Myrna Loy, Vince Barnett, Robert McWade, Walter Huston, Otto Kruger, Arthur Hoyt
Roles Belle Mercer
Rating62%
While working as a barroom bouncer, sailor Steve Morgan (Max Baer) impresses alcoholic ex-boxing manager "the Professor" (Walter Huston) with his skills. The Professor talks Steve into entering a prize fight with an up-and-coming boxer to make money for both of them.
Scarlet River (1933)
, 54minutesDirected by Otto Brower
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance, Western
Actors Tom Keene, Dorothy Wilson, Roscoe Ates, Lon Chaney, Jr., Edgar Kennedy, Hooper Atchley
Roles Herself (uncredited)
Rating60%
This script must be run from the command line
The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932)
, 1h8Directed by Charles Vidor, Charles Brabin
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Horror
Actors Boris Karloff, Lewis Stone, Myrna Loy, Jean Hersholt, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Karen Morley
Roles Fah Lo See
Rating61%
Sir Denis Nayland Smith (Lewis Stone) of the British Secret Service warns Egyptologist Sir Lionel Barton (Lawrence Grant) that he must beat Fu Manchu in the race to find the tomb of Genghis Khan. The power-mad Fu Manchu (Boris Karloff) intends to use the sword and mask to proclaim himself the reincarnation of the legendary conqueror and inflame the peoples of Asia and the Middle East into a war to wipe out the "white race". Sir Lionel is kidnapped soon afterward and taken to Fu Manchu. Fu Manchu tries bribing his captive, even offering his own daughter, Fah Lo See (Myrna Loy). When that fails, Barton suffers the "torture of the bell" (lying underneath a gigantic, constantly ringing bell) in an unsuccessful attempt to get him to reveal the location of the tomb.
Thirteen Women (1932)
, 1h13Directed by George Archainbaud
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Slasher
Actors Myrna Loy, Irene Dunne, Ricardo Cortez, Jill Esmond, Florence Eldridge, Mary Duncan
Roles Ursula Georgi
Rating61%
Thirteen women, who were sorority sisters at the all girl's college St. Alban's, all write to a clairvoyant "swami" (C. Henry Gordon) who by mail sends each a horoscope foreseeing swift doom. However, the clairvoyant is under the sway of Ursula Georgi (Myrna Loy), a half-Javanese Eurasian woman who was snubbed at school by the other women owing to her mixed-race heritage, eventually forcing Georgi to leave school. She now seeks revenge by manipulating the women into killing themselves or each other. She also goads the clairvoyant into killing himself by falling into the path of a subway train.
Vanity Fair (1932)
, 1h18Directed by Chester M. Franklin, Chester Franklin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about children, Political films, Napoleonic Wars films, French Revolution films
Actors Myrna Loy, Conway Tearle, Barbara Kent, Anthony Bushell, Walter Byron, Montagu Love
Roles Becky Sharp
Rating55%
An ambitious and ruthless young woman advances from the position of governess to the heights of British society.
The Wet Parade (1932)
, 1h58Directed by Victor Fleming
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Actors Jimmy Durante, Dorothy Jordan, Lewis Stone, Myrna Loy, Robert Young, Neil Hamilton
Roles Eileen Pinchon
Rating61%
The Animal Kingdom (1932)
, 1h25Directed by George Cukor, Edward H. Griffith
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Leslie Howard, Ann Harding, Myrna Loy, William Gargan, Neil Hamilton, Henry Stephenson
Roles Cecelia Henry Collier
Rating62%
The film is based on a play, of the same name, set in 1930’s New York and Connecticut.
Emma (1932)
, 1h12Directed by Clarence Brown
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Marie Dressler, Richard Cromwell, Jean Hersholt, Myrna Loy, Barbara Kent, Dale Fuller
Roles Isabelle
Rating69%
Inventor Frederick Smith's wife dies during the birth of their fourth baby, Ronnie, leaving the family in the care of their faithful housekeeper Emma. Twenty years later, after Smith's inventions have made the family rich, the affable Ronnie, who is Emma's favorite, arrives home from college, announcing that he wants to quit school and become a pilot. The other Smith children, Bill, Gypsy and Isabelle, have all grown into spoiled adults, but Emma lovingly indulges them all, making excuses for their bad behavior to their father and everyone else.
Love Me Tonight (1932)
, 1h44Directed by Rouben Mamoulian
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Charles Ruggles, Charles Butterworth, Myrna Loy, C. Aubrey Smith
Roles Countess Valentine
Rating74%
The story describes an encounter between a Parisian tailor named Maurice Courtelin (Chevalier) and a family of local aristocrats. These include Vicomte Gilbert de Varèze (Ruggles), who owes Maurice a large amount of money for tailoring work; Gilbert's uncle the Duc d'Artelines (C. Aubrey Smith), the family patriarch; d'Artelines' man-hungry niece Valentine (Loy); and his other 22-year-old niece, Princesse Jeanette (MacDonald), who has been a widow for three years. D'Artelines has been unable to find Jeanette a new husband of suitable age and rank. The household also includes three aunts and an ineffectual suitor the Comte de Savignac (Butterworth).
New Morals for Old (1932)
, 1h14Directed by Charles Brabin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Robert Young, Lewis Stone, Laura Hope Crews, Myrna Loy, Jean Hersholt, David Newell
Roles Myra
Rating54%
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas are affluent New Yorkers who are unhappy that their adult children, Ralph Thomas (Robert Young) and Phyl Thomas (Margaret Perry), spend so many evenings at parties instead of spending time with family. Their disapproval deepens when they discover both children want to move out to pursue lifestyles that the parents deem unacceptable: Phyl moves into her own apartment so that she can conduct an affair with a married man, Duff Wilson (David Newell). Her brother, Ralph, goes to Paris to pursue his dream of being a painter, thus disappointing his father who expected him to remain in the family wallpaper business. Mrs. Thomas repeatedly tries to invoke guilt in both children for not being with her, especially after Mr. Thomas dies of a stroke.
The Woman in Room 13 (1932)
, 58minutesDirected by Henry King, Frank Lloyd
Origin USA
Genres Crime, Melodrama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Pauline Frederick, Elissa Landi, Ralph Bellamy, Richard Tucker, Charles Clary, Neil Hamilton
Roles Sari Loder
Rating60%
The Woman in Room 13 (1932)
, 1h7Directed by Henry King
Origin USA
Actors Elissa Landi, Ralph Bellamy, Neil Hamilton, Myrna Loy, Gilbert Roland, Walter Walker
Roles Sari Loder
Rating60%
Arrowsmith (1931)
, 1h48Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Ronald Colman, Helen Hayes, Richard Bennett, Myrna Loy, Alec B. Francis, Beulah Bondi
Roles Joyce Lanyon
Rating62%
An idealistic young medical student named Martin Arrowsmith (Ronald Colman) makes a favorable impression on Dr. Max Gottlieb (A. E. Anson). When Arrowsmith graduates, Gottlieb offers him a position as his research assistant, but the young man reluctantly has to turn him down. He has fallen in love with nurse Leora (Helen Hayes), and the salary is not enough to support the couple. Instead, he marries Leora and sets up his medical practice in her rural home town. One day, he develops a serum to cure a fatal cow disease ravaging the nearby herds. Reinvigorated, he decides to join Gottlieb at the McGurk Institute in New York. Meanwhile, Leora miscarries and, to the couple's sorrow, is unable to have any more children, so she devotes herself to supporting her husband's mission.
Consolation Marriage (1931)
, 1h21Directed by Paul Sloane
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Irene Dunne, Pat O'Brien, John Halliday, Myrna Loy, Matt Moore, Lester Vail
Roles Elaine Brandon
Rating60%
In prohibition-era Manhattan, shopkeeper Mary Brown loses Aubrey, her childhood sweetheart, when he marries a rich woman. Reporter Steve "Rollo" Porter has lost -his- childhood sweetheart, Elaine, who has also married another. Mary and Steve become friends, and make a marriage of convenience, based on a shared sense of whimsical humor as well as their mutual losses. When their old loves re-enter their lives a few years later, Mary and Steve must decide what is really important to them.
Body and Soul (1931)
, 1h10Directed by Alfred Santell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Spy films, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Children's films
Actors Charles Farrell, Elissa Landi, Humphrey Bogart, Myrna Loy, Don Dillaway, Crauford Kent
Roles Alice Lester
Rating69%
In World War I, American pilots Mal Andrews (Charles Farrell), Tap Johnson (Don Dillaway) and Jim Watson (Humphrey Bogart) enrol in a Royal Air Force squadron. Mal and Tap are worried that their friend Jim is cheating on his new bride. When General Trafford Jones (Ian MacLaren) arrives to evaluate the squadron, he criticizes its lack of discipline and poor effort in aerial battles. Consequently, the general orders Watson to undertake a near-suicidal mission to shoot down an enemy balloon for his first flight with the squadron. Secretly, Mal joins him aboard the aircraft and when Jim is killed in the air battle, his friend manages to complete the mission and make it look like the dead pilot was a hero.