Filmography
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Known For
The Thin Man Nora Charles (1934) -
The Best Years of Our Lives Milly Stephenson (1946) -
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House Muriel Blandings (1948) -
Known For
After the Thin Man Nora (1936) -
Actress
Love, Sidney Vera Lonnigan (1982) -
Summer Solstice Margaret (1981) -
Just Tell Me What You Want Stella Liberti (1980) -
Where Do You Hide the Sun? (1980) -
The End Maureen Lawson (1978) -
Ants! Ethel (1977) -
Airport 1975 Mrs. Devaney (1974) -
The Elevator Amanda Kenyon (1974) -
Indict and Convict Judge Christine Tayloy (1974) -
Ironside Andrea Wollcott (1973) -
![The Couple Takes a Wife]( "The Couple Takes a Wife")
The Couple Takes a Wife Barbara's Mother (1972) -
![Columbo]( "Columbo")
Columbo Lizzy Fielding (1972) -
![Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate]( "Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate")
Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate Evelyn Tryon (1971) -
![Death Takes a Holiday]( "Death Takes a Holiday")
Death Takes a Holiday Selena Chapman (1971) -
![The April Fools]( "The April Fools")
The April Fools Grace Greenlaw (1969) -
![Thalath Nessa]( "Thalath Nessa")
Thalath Nessa (1968) -
![The Virginian]( "The Virginian")
The Virginian Mrs. Miles (1967) -
![Family Affair]( "Family Affair")
Family Affair Adele (1967) -
![Midnight Lace]( "Midnight Lace")
Midnight Lace Aunt Bea (1960) -
![From the Terrace]( "From the Terrace")
From the Terrace Martha Eaton (1960) -
![The DuPont Show with June Allyson]( "The DuPont Show with June Allyson")
The DuPont Show with June Allyson Mary Sidney (1960) -
![Meet Me in St. Louis]( "Meet Me in St. Louis")
Meet Me in St. Louis Mrs. Anna Smith (1959) -
![Lonelyhearts]( "Lonelyhearts")
Lonelyhearts Florence Shrike (1958) -
![Schlitz Playhouse]( "Schlitz Playhouse")
Schlitz Playhouse Nancy Knox (1957) -
![General Electric Theater]( "General Electric Theater")
General Electric Theater Allie Evans (1955-1957) -
![Kilometer 99]( "Kilometer 99")
Kilometer 99 (1956) -
![The Ambassador's Daughter]( "The Ambassador's Daughter")
The Ambassador's Daughter Mrs. Cartwright (1956) -
![Belles on Their Toes]( "Belles on Their Toes")
Belles on Their Toes Dr. Lillian M. Gilbreth (1952) -
![Cheaper by the Dozen]( "Cheaper by the Dozen")
Cheaper by the Dozen Mrs. Lillian Gilbreth (1950) -
![If This Be Sin]( "If This Be Sin")
If This Be Sin Lady Cathy Brooke (1949) -
![The Red Pony]( "The Red Pony")
The Red Pony Alice Tiflin (1949) -
![Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House]( "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House")
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House Muriel Blandings (1948) -
![The Senator Was Indiscreet]( "The Senator Was Indiscreet")
The Senator Was Indiscreet Mrs. Melvin G. Ashton (1947) -
![Song of the Thin Man]( "Song of the Thin Man")
Song of the Thin Man Nora Charles (1947) -
![The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer]( "The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer")
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer Judge Margaret Turner (1947) -
![The Best Years of Our Lives]( "The Best Years of Our Lives")
The Best Years of Our Lives Milly Stephenson (1946) -
![So Goes My Love]( "So Goes My Love")
So Goes My Love Jane Budden Maxim (1946) -
![The Thin Man Goes Home]( "The Thin Man Goes Home")
The Thin Man Goes Home Nora Charles (1944) -
![Shadow of the Thin Man]( "Shadow of the Thin Man")
Shadow of the Thin Man Nora (1941) -
![Love Crazy]( "Love Crazy")
Love Crazy Susan Ireland (1941) -
![Third Finger, Left Hand]( "Third Finger, Left Hand")
Third Finger, Left Hand Margot Sherwood Merrick (1940) -
![I Love You Again]( "I Love You Again")
I Love You Again Kay Wilson (1940) -
![Another Thin Man]( "Another Thin Man")
Another Thin Man Nora (1939) -
![The Rains Came]( "The Rains Came")
The Rains Came Lady Edwina Esketh (1939) -
![Lucky Night]( "Lucky Night")
Lucky Night Cora Jordan (1939) -
![Too Hot to Handle]( "Too Hot to Handle")
Too Hot to Handle Alma Harding (1938) -
![Test Pilot]( "Test Pilot")
Test Pilot Ann Thurston Barton (1938) -
![Man-Proof]( "Man-Proof")
Man-Proof Mimi Swift (1938) -
![Double Wedding]( "Double Wedding")
Double Wedding Margit Agnew (1937) -
![Parnell]( "Parnell")
Parnell Katie (1937) -
![After the Thin Man]( "After the Thin Man")
After the Thin Man Nora (1936) -
![Libeled Lady]( "Libeled Lady")
Libeled Lady Connie Allenbury (1936) -
![To Mary - with Love]( "To Mary - with Love")
To Mary - with Love Mary Wallace (1936) -
![The Great Ziegfeld]( "The Great Ziegfeld")
The Great Ziegfeld Billie Burke (1936) -
![Petticoat Fever]( "Petticoat Fever")
Petticoat Fever Irene Campton (1936) -
![Wife vs. Secretary]( "Wife vs. Secretary")
Wife vs. Secretary Linda Stanhope (1936) -
![Whipsaw]( "Whipsaw")
Whipsaw Vivian Palmer (1935) -
![Wings in the Dark]( "Wings in the Dark")
Wings in the Dark Sheila Mason (1935) -
![Broadway Bill]( "Broadway Bill")
Broadway Bill Alice Higgins - aka The Princess (1934) -
![Evelyn Prentice]( "Evelyn Prentice")
Evelyn Prentice Evelyn Prentice (1934) -
![Stamboul Quest]( "Stamboul Quest")
Stamboul Quest Annemarie aka Fräulein Doktor and Helena Bohlen (1934) -
![The Thin Man]( "The Thin Man")
The Thin Man Nora Charles (1934) -
![Manhattan Melodrama]( "Manhattan Melodrama")
Manhattan Melodrama Eleanor (1934) -
![Men in White]( "Men in White")
Men in White Laura Hudson (1934) -
![The Prizefighter and the Lady]( "The Prizefighter and the Lady")
The Prizefighter and the Lady Belle (1933) -
![Night Flight]( "Night Flight")
Night Flight Wife of Brazilian Pilot (1933) -
![Penthouse]( "Penthouse")
Penthouse Gertie Waxted (1933) -
![When Ladies Meet]( "When Ladies Meet")
When Ladies Meet Mary Howard (1933) -
![The Barbarian]( "The Barbarian")
The Barbarian Diana Standing (1933) -
![Scarlet River]( "Scarlet River")
Scarlet River Myrna Loy (1933) -
![Topaze]( "Topaze")
Topaze Coco (1933) -
![The Animal Kingdom]( "The Animal Kingdom")
The Animal Kingdom Cecelia (1932) -
![The Mask of Fu Manchu]( "The Mask of Fu Manchu")
The Mask of Fu Manchu Fah Lo See (1932) -
![Thirteen Women]( "Thirteen Women")
Thirteen Women Ursula Georgi (1932) -
![Love Me Tonight]( "Love Me Tonight")
Love Me Tonight Countess Valentine (1932) -
![New Morals for Old]( "New Morals for Old")
New Morals for Old Myra (1932) -
![The Woman in Room 13]( "The Woman in Room 13")
The Woman in Room 13 Sari Loder (1932) -
![The Wet Parade]( "The Wet Parade")
The Wet Parade Eileen Pinchon (1932) -
![Vanity Fair]( "Vanity Fair")
Vanity Fair Becky Sharp (1932) -
![Emma]( "Emma")
Emma Isabelle (1932) -
![Arrowsmith]( "Arrowsmith")
Arrowsmith Joyce Lanyon (1931) -
![Consolation Marriage]( "Consolation Marriage")
Consolation Marriage Elaine Brandon (1931) -
![Skyline]( "Skyline")
Skyline Paula Lambert (1931) -
![Rebound]( "Rebound")
Rebound Evangeline (Evie) Lawrence (1931) -
![Transatlantic]( "Transatlantic")
Transatlantic Kay Graham (1931) -
![Hush Money]( "Hush Money")
Hush Money Flo Curtis (1931) -
![A Connecticut Yankee]( "A Connecticut Yankee")
A Connecticut Yankee Queen Morgan le Fay / Evil Sister in Mansion (1931) -
![Body and Soul]( "Body and Soul")
Body and Soul Alice Lester (1931) -
![The Devil to Pay!]( "The Devil to Pay!")
The Devil to Pay! Mary (1930) -
![The Naughty Flirt]( "The Naughty Flirt")
The Naughty Flirt Linda Gregory (1930) -
![Rogue of the Rio Grande]( "Rogue of the Rio Grande")
Rogue of the Rio Grande Carmita (1930) -
![The Truth About Youth]( "The Truth About Youth")
The Truth About Youth Kara aka The Firefly (1930) -
![Renegades]( "Renegades")
Renegades Eleanore (1930) -
![The Bad Man]( "The Bad Man")
The Bad Man (1930) -
![The Jazz Cinderella]( "The Jazz Cinderella")
The Jazz Cinderella Mildred Vane (1930) -
![The Last of the Duanes]( "The Last of the Duanes")
The Last of the Duanes Lola Bland (1930) -
![Bride of the Regiment]( "Bride of the Regiment")
Bride of the Regiment Sophie (1930) -
![Cock o' the Walk]( "Cock o' the Walk")
Cock o' the Walk Narita (1930) -
![Under a Texas Moon]( "Under a Texas Moon")
Under a Texas Moon Lolita Romero (1930) -
![Isle of Escape]( "Isle of Escape")
Isle of Escape Moira (1930) -
![Cameo Kirby]( "Cameo Kirby")
Cameo Kirby Lea (1930) -
![Show of Shows]( "Show of Shows")
Show of Shows Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Chinese Fantasy' Numbers (1929) -
![Evidence]( "Evidence")
Evidence Native Girl (1929) -
![The Great Divide]( "The Great Divide")
The Great Divide Manuella (1929) -
![The Squall]( "The Squall")
The Squall Nubi (1929) -
![The Black Watch]( "The Black Watch")
The Black Watch Yasmani (1929) -
![The Desert Song]( "The Desert Song")
The Desert Song Azuri (1929) -
![Hardboiled Rose]( "Hardboiled Rose")
Hardboiled Rose Rose Duhamel (1929) -
![Fancy Baggage]( "Fancy Baggage")
Fancy Baggage Myrna (1929) -
![Noah's Ark]( "Noah's Ark")
Noah's Ark Dancer / Slave Girl (1928) -
![The Midnight Taxi]( "The Midnight Taxi")
The Midnight Taxi Gertie Fairfax (1928) -
![State Street Sadie]( "State Street Sadie")
State Street Sadie Sadie (1928) -
![Pay as You Enter]( "Pay as You Enter")
Pay as You Enter Yvonne De Russo (1928) -
![Turn Back the Hours]( "Turn Back the Hours")
Turn Back the Hours Tiza Torreon (1928) -
![The Crimson City]( "The Crimson City")
The Crimson City Isobel (1928) -
![A Girl in Every Port]( "A Girl in Every Port")
A Girl in Every Port Jetta - Girl in Singapore (1928) -
![Beware of Married Men]( "Beware of Married Men")
Beware of Married Men Juanita Sheldon (1928) -
![If I Were Single]( "If I Were Single")
If I Were Single Joan Whitley (1927) -
![Ham and Eggs at the Front]( "Ham and Eggs at the Front")
Ham and Eggs at the Front Fifi (1927) -
![The Girl from Chicago]( "The Girl from Chicago")
The Girl from Chicago Mary Carlton (1927) -
![The Jazz Singer]( "The Jazz Singer")
The Jazz Singer Chorus Girl (1927) -
A Sailor's Sweetheart Claudette Ralston (1927)
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![The Heart of Maryland]( "The Heart of Maryland")
The Heart of Maryland Mulatta (1927) -
![Simple Sis]( "Simple Sis")
Simple Sis Edith Van (1927) -
![The Climbers]( "The Climbers")
The Climbers Countess Veya (1927) -
![Bitter Apples]( "Bitter Apples")
Bitter Apples Belinda White (1927) -
![When a Man Loves]( "When a Man Loves")
When a Man Loves Convict Behind Manon (1927) -
![Finger Prints]( "Finger Prints")
Finger Prints Vamp (1927) -
![The Third Degree]( "The Third Degree")
The Third Degree Bit Part (1926) -
![Across the Pacific]( "Across the Pacific")
Across the Pacific Roma (1926) -
![Don Juan]( "Don Juan")
Don Juan Mai - Lady in Waiting (1926) -
![So This Is Paris]( "So This Is Paris")
So This Is Paris Lalle's Maid (1926) -
![Exquisite Sinner]( "Exquisite Sinner")
Exquisite Sinner Living statue (1926) -
![The Gilded Highway]( "The Gilded Highway")
The Gilded Highway Inez Quartz (1926) -
![Why Girls Go Back Home]( "Why Girls Go Back Home")
Why Girls Go Back Home Sally Short (1926) -
![The Love Toy]( "The Love Toy")
The Love Toy Bit Part (1926) -
![The Caveman]( "The Caveman")
The Caveman Maid (1926) -
![What Price Beauty?]( "What Price Beauty?")
What Price Beauty? Vamp (1925) -
![Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ]( "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ")
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ Slave Girl (1925) -
![Sporting Life]( "Sporting Life")
Sporting Life Chorus Girl with Lord Wainwright (1925) -
![The Wanderer]( "The Wanderer")
The Wanderer Girl at Baccanal (1925) -
Actress
![Pretty Ladies]( "Pretty Ladies")
Pretty Ladies Showgirl (1925) -
Soundtrack
![Belles on Their Toes]( "Belles on Their Toes")
Belles on Their Toes (1952) -
![The Red Pony]( "The Red Pony")
The Red Pony (1949) -
![Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House]( "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House")
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![Third Finger, Left Hand]( "Third Finger, Left Hand")
Third Finger, Left Hand (1940) -
![Another Thin Man]( "Another Thin Man")
Another Thin Man (1939) -
![Test Pilot]( "Test Pilot")
Test Pilot (1938) -
![Man-Proof]( "Man-Proof")
Man-Proof (1938) -
![Wife vs. Secretary]( "Wife vs. Secretary")
Wife vs. Secretary (1936) -
![Broadway Bill]( "Broadway Bill")
Broadway Bill (1934) -
![Evelyn Prentice]( "Evelyn Prentice")
Evelyn Prentice (1934) -
![The Prizefighter and the Lady]( "The Prizefighter and the Lady")
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![When Ladies Meet]( "When Ladies Meet")
When Ladies Meet (1933) -
![The Barbarian]( "The Barbarian")
The Barbarian (1933) -
![Love Me Tonight]( "Love Me Tonight")
Love Me Tonight (1932) -
![Rebound]( "Rebound")
Rebound (1931) -
![The Truth About Youth]( "The Truth About Youth")
The Truth About Youth (1930) -
![Show of Shows]( "Show of Shows")
Show of Shows (1929) -
Soundtrack
![The Squall]( "The Squall")
The Squall (1929) -
Archive footage
![The Movies]( "The Movies")
The Movies (2019) -
![Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn]( "Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn")
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![Stars of the Silver Screen]( "Stars of the Silver Screen")
Stars of the Silver Screen (2011) -
![These Amazing Shadows]( "These Amazing Shadows")
These Amazing Shadows (2011) -
![1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year]( "1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year")
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![American Masters]( "American Masters")
American Masters (2009) -
![Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood]( "Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood")
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![California's Golden Parks]( "California's Golden Parks")
California's Golden Parks (2007) -
![Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema]( "Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema")
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![Screen Goddesses]( "Screen Goddesses")
Screen Goddesses (2006) -
![William Powell: A True Gentleman]( "William Powell: A True Gentleman")
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![Complicated Women]( "Complicated Women")
Complicated Women (2003) -
![Biography]( "Biography")
Biography (1995-1998) -
![Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream]( "Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream")
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![Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years]( "Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years")
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![American Experience]( "American Experience")
American Experience (1996) -
![The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies]( "The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies")
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![That's Entertainment! III]( "That's Entertainment! III")
That's Entertainment! III (1994) -
![The 66th Annual Academy Awards]( "The 66th Annual Academy Awards")
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![Myrna Loy Remembered]( "Myrna Loy Remembered")
Myrna Loy Remembered (1993) -
![Entertainment Tonight]( "Entertainment Tonight")
Entertainment Tonight (1993) -
![MGM: When the Lion Roars]( "MGM: When the Lion Roars")
MGM: When the Lion Roars (1992) -
![Arena]( "Arena")
Arena (1991) -
![The Republic Pictures Story]( "The Republic Pictures Story")
The Republic Pictures Story (1991) -
![Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home to]( "Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home to")
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![The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic]( "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic")
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![Moonlighting]( "Moonlighting")
Moonlighting (1987) -
![James Stewart: A Wonderful Life - Hosted by Johnny Carson]( "James Stewart: A Wonderful Life - Hosted by Johnny Carson")
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![The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn]( "The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn")
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![Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter]( "Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter")
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![Remember Me]( "Remember Me")
Remember Me (1978) -
![That's Entertainment, Part II]( "That's Entertainment, Part II")
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![Brother Can You Spare a Dime]( "Brother Can You Spare a Dime")
Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975) -
![Hollywood: The Dream Factory]( "Hollywood: The Dream Factory")
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972) -
![The Dick Cavett Show]( "The Dick Cavett Show")
The Dick Cavett Show (1971) -
![Hollywood My Home Town]( "Hollywood My Home Town")
Hollywood My Home Town (1965) -
![Inside Daisy Clover]( "Inside Daisy Clover")
Inside Daisy Clover (1965) -
![The Love Goddesses]( "The Love Goddesses")
The Love Goddesses (1965) -
![The Big Parade of Comedy]( "The Big Parade of Comedy")
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964) -
![Hollywood and the Stars]( "Hollywood and the Stars")
Hollywood and the Stars (1963-1964) -
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Some of the Greatest (1955)
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![The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story]( "The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story")
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![Twenty Years After]( "Twenty Years After")
Twenty Years After (1944) -
![The Miracle of Sound]( "The Miracle of Sound")
The Miracle of Sound (1940) -
![Trifles of Importance]( "Trifles of Importance")
Trifles of Importance (1940) -
![Hollywood: Style Center of the World]( "Hollywood: Style Center of the World")
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![Northward, Ho!]( "Northward, Ho!")
Northward, Ho! (1940) -
![From the Ends of the Earth]( "From the Ends of the Earth")
From the Ends of the Earth (1939) -
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Archive footageThe Romance of Celluloid (1937)
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Awards
5 wins.Did You Know
Trivia
A building at Sony Pictures Studios, formerly MGM Studios, in Culver City, California, is named in her honor.
Quotes
[on Adolphe Menjou] He was a dyed-in-the-wool Republican. He just didn't know the truth when he saw it.
Trademark
Early in her career, often played sexy, unpredictable party girls
Nickname
Queen of the Movies
Star Sign
Leo
Personal Details
Born
Myrna Adele Williams
Helena, Montana, USA
Died
(age 88)
New York City, New York, USA
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