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Also Known As Myrna Williams • Myrna Adele Williams
Born August 2, 1905 • Montana
Died December 14, 1993 (aged 88) • New York CityNew York
Awards And Honors Academy Award (1991)Kennedy Center Honors (1988) • Honorary Award of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (1991)
Married To John Daniel Hertz, Jr. (1942–1944) • Arthur Hornblow, Jr. (1936–1942) • Howland Hill Sargeant (1951–1960) • Gene Markey (1946–1950)
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In) "Penthouse" (1933) • "Turn Back the Hours" (1928) • "Cameo Kirby" (1930) • "Bride of the Regiment" (1930) • "Song of the Thin Man" (1947) • "Test Pilot" (1938) • "Thirteen Women" (1932) • "Midnight Lace" (1960) • "Petticoat Fever" (1936) • "The Red Pony" (1949) • "Hardboiled Rose" (1929) • "When Ladies Meet" (1933) • "The Midnight Taxi" (1928) • "The DuPont Show with June Allyson" (1960) • "To Mary - with Love" (1936) • "Shadow of the Thin Man" (1941) • "The Naughty Flirt" (1930) • "Renegades" (1930) • "The Virginian" (1967) • "The Climbers" (1927) • "Show of Shows" (1929) • "Vanity Fair" (1932) • "Emma" (1932) • "So Goes My Love" (1946) • "I Love You Again" (1940) • "Manhattan Melodrama" (1934) • "From the Terrace" (1960) • "The Crimson City" (1928) • "State Street Sadie" (1928) • "Third Finger, Left Hand" (1940) • "Pay as You Enter" (1928) • "New Morals for Old" (1932) • "Simple Sis" (1927) • "The Mask of Fu Manchu" (1932) • "The Last of the Duanes" (1930) • "Too Hot to Handle" (1938) • "Why Girls Go Back Home" (1926) • "Exquisite Sinner" (1926) • "The End" (1978) • "Love Crazy" (1941) • "The Black Watch" (1929) • "Double Wedding" (1937) • "The Thin Man" (1934) • "Night Flight" (1933) • "Rogue of the Rio Grande" (1930) • "Under a Texas Moon" (1930) • "Libeled Lady" (1936) • "A Sailor's Sweetheart" (1927) • "Skyline" (1931) • "The Bad Man" (1930) • "The Great Ziegfeld" (1936) • "The Animal Kingdom" (1932) • "Wings in the Dark" (1935) • "Transatlantic" (1931) • "The Barbarian" (1933) • "Lonelyhearts" (1958) • "That Dangerous Age" (1949) • "The Great Divide" (1929) • "Just Tell Me What You Want" (1980) • "Stamboul Quest" (1934) • "A Connecticut Yankee" (1931) • "Rebound" (1931) • "So This Is Paris" (1926) • "Ironside" (1973) • "Kilo tissa wa tissaine" (1956) • "Arrowsmith" (1931) • "Belles on Their Toes" (1952) • "Love, Sidney" (1982) • "Thalath Nessa" (1968) • "Another Thin Man" (1939) • "The Girl from Chicago" (1927) • "Lucky Night" (1939) • "Broadway Bill" (1934) • "The Caveman" (1926) • "After the Thin Man" (1936) • "General Electric Theater" (1955–1957) • "Wife vs. Secretary" (1936) • "Beware of Married Men" (1928) • "The Jazz Cinderella" (1930) • "Noah's Ark" (1928) • "Evelyn Prentice" (1934) • "Topaze" (1933) • "Fancy Baggage" (1929) • "Men in White" (1934) • "The Prizefighter and the Lady" (1933) • "The Gilded Highway" (1926) • "The Best Years of Our Lives" (1946) • "Across the Pacific" (1926) • "Airport 1975" (1974) • "Hush Money" (1931) • "The Truth About Youth" (1930) • "Cheaper by the Dozen" (1950) • "What Price Beauty?" (1925) • "Bitter Apples" (1927) • "Isle of Escape" (1930) • "The Desert Song" (1929) • "Man-Proof" (1938) • "Love Me Tonight" (1932) • "The Rains Came" (1939) • "Cock o' the Walk" (1930) • "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House" (1948) • "Ham and Eggs at the Front" (1927) • "The Ambassador's Daughter" (1956) • "Columbo" (1972) • "Whipsaw" (1935) • "Family Affair" (1967) • "The Heart of Maryland" (1927) • "Body and Soul" (1931) • "The Wet Parade" (1932) • "The Thin Man Goes Home" (1944) • "Don Juan" (1926) • "The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer" (1947) • "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" (1957) • "The Devil to Pay!" (1930) • "The April Fools" (1969) • "If I Were Single" (1927) • "The Woman in Room 13" (1932) • "Finger Prints" (1927) • "Consolation Marriage" (1931) • "Evidence" (1929) • "The Squall" (1929) • "Parnell" (1937)

Top Questions

Is Myrna Loy married?
Howland Hill Sargeant (1951–1960), Gene Markey (1946–1950), John Daniel Hertz, Jr. (1942–1944), Arthur Hornblow, Jr. (1936–1942)
Where was Myrna Loy born?
Myrna Loy was born in Radersburg, Montana, United States.
When was Myrna Loy born?
Myrna Loy was born on August 2, 1905.

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