The Myrna Loy filmography presents a chronology of the motion picture and television appearances of actress Myrna Loy. All of Loy's films released prior to The Desert Song (1929) were silent, except where noted. All of Loy's films were produced in the United States, except for That Dangerous Age (1949), which was produced in Great Britain. Her television credits are also listed.
Film Year Title Role Director Other Players Notes 1925–1929 1925 What Price Beauty? Vamp Tom Buckingham Nita Naldi, Natacha Rambova released January 22, 1928 Lost filmThe Wanderer Girl at Baccanal(uncredited) Raoul Walsh Greta Nissen, Wallace Beery Incomplete filmPretty Ladies Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited) Monta Bell ZaSu Pitts, Tom Moore, Ann PenningtonFilm survives, but Technicolor sequences are lostSporting Life Chorus Girl with Lord Wainwright(uncredited) Maurice Tourneur Bert Lytell, Marian Nixon Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ Slave Girl (uncredited) Fred Niblo Ramon Novarro, Francis X. Bushman, May McAvoy Technicolor sequences, cut from the film1926 The Caveman Maid Lewis Milestone Matt Moore The Love Toy Bit Part(uncredited) Erle C. Kenton Lowell Sherman Lost filmWhy Girls Go Back Home Sally Short James Flood Patsy Ruth Miller, Clive Brook Lost filmThe Gilded Highway Inez Quartz J. Stuart Blackton Dorothy Devore Lost filmThe Exquisite Sinner Living statue Phil RosenJosef von Sternberg Conrad Nagel, Renée AdoréeSo This Is Paris Maid Ernst Lubitsch Monte Blue, Patsy Ruth MillerDon Juan(soundtrack—music and sound effects) Mai, Lady in Waiting Alan Crosland John Barrymore, Mary Astor Across the Pacific Roma Roy Del Ruth Monte Blue Lost filmThe Third Degree Bit part(uncredited) Michael Curtiz Dolores Costello 1927 Finger Prints Vamp Lloyd BaconLouise Fazenda, Helene Costello Lost filmWhen a Man LovesHis Lady (UK title)(soundtrack—music and sound effects) Convict behind Manon(uncredited) Alan Crosland John Barrymore, Dolores Costello Bitter Apples Belinda White Harry O. Hoyt Monte Blue Lost filmThe Climbers Countess Veya Paul L. SteinIrene Rich Lost filmSimple Sis Edith Van Herman C. RaymakerLouise Fazenda, Clyde Cook Lost filmThe Heart of Maryland Mulatta Lloyd Bacon Dolores Costello Incomplete filmA Sailor's Sweetheart Claudette Ralston Lloyd BaconLouise Fazenda, Clyde Cook Incomplete filmThe Jazz Singer(Part Talkie) Chorus girl(uncredited) Alan Crosland Al Jolson, May McAvoyThe Girl from Chicago Mary Carlton Ray Enright Conrad Nagel Lost filmIf I Were Single Joan Whitley Roy Del Ruth May McAvoy, Conrad NagelHam and Eggs at the Front Fifi Roy Del Ruth Tom Wilson, Louise Fazenda1928 Beware of Married Men Juanita Sheldon Archie Mayo Irene Rich, Clyde Cook Lost film, only 4th reel survivesA Girl in Every Port Girl in China (uncredited) Howard Hawks Victor McLaglen, Robert Armstrong, Louise BrooksTurn Back the Hours Tiza Torreon Howard Bretherton Walter PidgeonThe Crimson City Isobel / State Street Sadie Archie Mayo Conrad NagelPay as You Enter(soundtrack—music and sound effects) Yvonne De Russo Lloyd BaconLouise Fazenda, Clyde Cook Lost filmState Street SadieThe Girl from State Street (UK)(Part Talkie) Isobel Archie Mayo Conrad Nagel Lost filmThe Midnight Taxi Gertie Fairfax John G. Adolfi Antonio Moreno, Helene Costello Silent version survives, but the talkie version is presumed lostNoah's Ark(Part Talkie) Dancer / Slave Girl Michael Curtiz Dolores Costello, George O'Brien, Noah Beery A 108-minute version of the film survives, but the original 2 hour and 15 minute version is lost1929 Fancy Baggage (Part Talkie) Myrna John G. Adolfi Audrey Ferris Lost filmHardboiled Rose (Part Talkie) Rose Duhamel F. Harmon Weight William Collier Jr. Film survives, but the soundtrack is lost, save for the fourth discThe Desert Song Azuri Roy Del Ruth John Boles, Carlotta King Technicolor sequences are lost, only black and white version existsThe Black WatchKing of the Khyber Rifles (UK) Yasmani John Ford Victor McLaglenThe Squall Nubi Alexander Korda Alice Joyce, Loretta YoungThe Great Divide Manuella Reginald BarkerDorothy Mackaill, Ian KeithEvidence Native Girl John G. Adolfi Pauline Frederick Film is lost, but soundtrack survivesThe Show of Shows Herself("What Became of the Floradora Boys"and "Chinese Fantasy" numbers) John G. Aldolphi All-Star Cast Technicolor 1930–1934 1930 Cameo Kirby Lea Irving Cummings J. Harold Murray, Norma Terris Isle of Escape Moira Howard Bretherton Monte Blue Lost film, only a 40-second fragment existsUnder a Texas Moon Lolita Romero Michael Curtiz Frank Fay TechnicolorCock o' the Walk Narita Walter LangRoy William Neill Joseph Schildkraut Lost filmBride of the Regiment Lady of the Rose (UK) Sophie John Francis Dillon Vivienne Segal Technicolor, lost film, only soundtrack survivesThe Last of the Duanes Lola Bland Alfred L. Werker George O'Brien The Jazz CinderellaLove Is Like That (UK) Mildred Vane Scott Pembroke Jason Robards, Sr.The Bad Man Bit Part Clarence G. Badger Walter Huston Incomplete film; one reel is missingRenegades Eleanore Victor Fleming Warner Baxter, Noah Beery, Bela LugosiThe Truth About Youth Kara - the Firefly William A. Seiter Loretta Young, David Manners Rogue of the Rio Grande Carmita Spencer Gordon Bennet José BohrThe Devil to Pay! Mary Crayle George Fitzmaurice Ronald Colman, Loretta Young1931 The Naughty Flirt Linda Gregory Edward F. Cline Alice WhiteBody and Soul Alice Lester Alfred Santell Charles Farrell, Elissa Landi, Humphrey BogartA Connecticut YankeeThe Yankee at King Arthur's Court (UK) Morgan le Fay David Butler Will RogersHush Money Flo Curtis Sidney Lanfield Joan BennettRebound Evie Lawrence Edward H. Griffith Ina Claire Transatlantic Kay Graham William K. Howard Edmund Lowe, Lois Moran Skyline Paula Lambert Sam Taylor Thomas Meighan, Maureen O'SullivanConsolation Marriage Elaine Brandon Paul Sloane Irene Dunne, Pat O'Brien Arrowsmith Mrs. Joyce Lanyon John Ford Ronald Colman, Helen Hayes 1932 Emma Countess Isabelle "Izzy" Smith Marlin Clarence Brown Marie DresslerVanity Fair Becky Sharp Chester M. Franklin Conway TearleThe Wet Parade Eileen Pinchon Victor Fleming Walter HustonThe Woman in Room 13 Sari Loder Henry King Elissa Landi, Ralph BellamyNew Morals for Old Myra Charles Brabin Robert YoungLove Me Tonight Countess Valentine Rouben Mamoulian Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonaldThirteen Women Ursula Georgi George Archainbaud Irene Dunne, Peg Entwistle The Mask of Fu Manchu Fah Lo See Charles Brabin Boris Karloff The Animal KingdomThe Woman in His House (UK) Cecilia "Cee" Henry Collier Edward H. Griffith Ann Harding, Leslie Howard1933 Topaze Coco Harry D'Arrast John BarrymoreThe Barbarian A Night in Cairo (UK) Diana "Di" Standing Sam Wood Ramon NovarroThe Prizefighter and the Lady Belle W. S. Van Dyke Max Baer When Ladies Meet Mary Howard Harry Beaumont Ann Harding, Robert Montgomery Penthouse Crooks in Clover (UK) Gertie Waxted W. S. Van Dyke Warner BaxterNight Flight Wife of Brazilian pilot Clarence Brown John Barrymore, Helen Hayes, Lionel Barrymore, Clark GableScarlet River Herself(uncredited) Otto Brower Tom Keene1934 Men in White Laura Hudson Ryszard Boleslawski Clark GableManhattan Melodrama Eleanor Packer W. S. Van Dyke Clark Gable, William Powell The Thin Man Nora Charles W. S. Van Dyke William Powell Stamboul Quest Annemarie, aka Fräulein Doktorand Helena Bohlen Sam Wood George Brent Evelyn Prentice Evelyn Prentice William K. Howard William Powell, Rosalind RussellBroadway Bill Strictly Confidential (UK) Alice Higgins Frank Capra Warner Baxter, May Robson 1935–1939 1935 Wings in the Dark Sheila Mason James Flood Cary Grant Whipsaw Vivian Palmer Sam Wood Spencer Tracy 1936 Wife vs. Secretary Linda Stanhope Clarence Brown Clark Gable, Jean Harlow Petticoat Fever Irene Campton George FitzmauriceRobert MontgomeryThe Great Ziegfeld Billie Burke Robert Z. Leonard William Powell, Luise Rainer To Mary - with Love Mary Wallace John Cromwell Warner BaxterLibeled Lady Connie Allenbury Jack Conway Jean Harlow, William Powell, Spencer TracyAfter the Thin Man Nora Charles W. S. Van Dyke William Powell, James Stewart1937 Parnell Mrs. Katie O'Shea John StahlClark GableDouble Wedding Margit "Baby" Agnew Richard Thorpe William Powell1938 Man-Proof Mimi Swift Richard Thorpe Franchot Tone, Rosalind Russell, Walter PidgeonTest Pilot Ann Barton Victor FlemingClark Gable, Spencer TracyToo Hot to Handle Alma Harding Jack Conway Clark Gable, Walter PidgeonAnother Romance of Celluloid Herself(uncredited) 1939 Lucky Night Cora Jordan Overton Norman Taurog Robert TaylorThe Rains Came Lady Edwina Esketh Clarence Brown Tyrone Power, George Brent SepiaAnother Thin Man Nora Charles W. S. Van Dyke William PowellVerdensberømtheder i København Herself 1940–1949 1940 I Love You Again Katherine "Kay" Wilson W. S. Van Dyke William PowellThird Finger, Left Hand Margot Sherwood Merrick Robert Z. Leonard Melvyn DouglasNorthward, Ho! Herself 1941 Love Crazy Susan Ireland Jack ConwayWilliam Powell, Jack Carson, Gail PatrickShadow of the Thin Man Nora Charles W. S. Van DykeWilliam Powell, Donna Reed 1943 Show Business at War Herself Louis De Rochemont 1944 The Thin Man Goes Home Nora Charles Richard ThorpeWilliam Powell1946 So Goes My LoveA Genius in the Family (UK) Jane Frank Ryan Don AmecheThe Best Years of Our Lives Milly Stephenson William WylerFredric March, Dana Andrews, Virginia Mayo, Teresa Wright1947 The Bachelor and the Bobby-SoxerBachelor Knight (UK) MargaretIrving Reiss Cary Grant, Shirley Temple, Rudy ValleeSong of the Thin Man Nora Charles Edward Buzzell William Powell, Dean Stockwell The Senator Was Indiscreet Mr. Ashton Was Indiscreet (UK) Mrs Ashton(uncredited cameo appearance) George S. Kaufman William Powell, Ella Raines 1948 Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House Muriel Blandings H. C. Potter Cary Grant, Melvyn Douglas1949 The Red Pony Alice Tiflin Lewis MilestoneRobert Mitchum TechnicolorThat Dangerous AgeIf This Be Sin (US) Lady Cathy Brooke Gregory RatoffRoger Livesey, Peggy Cummins, Richard Greene 1950–1980 1950 Cheaper by the Dozen Mrs. Lillian Gilbreth Walter Lang Clifton Webb, Jeanne CrainTechnicolor 1952 Belles on Their Toes Mrs. Lillian Gilbreth Henry LevinJeanne Crain, Debra Paget, Jeffrey HunterTechnicolor 1956 The Ambassador's Daughter Mrs. Cartwright Norman KrasnaOlivia de Havilland, John Forsythe, Adolphe Menjou CinemaScopeDeluxe color 1958 Lonelyhearts Florence Shrike Vincent J. Donehue Montgomery Clift, Robert Ryan 1960 From the Terrace Martha Eaton Mark RobsonPaul Newman, Joanne Woodward CinemaScopeDeluxe colorMidnight Lace Beatrice ("Aunt Bea") Vorman David Miller Doris Day, Rex Harrison 1969 The April Fools Grace Greenlaw Stuart Rosenberg Jack Lemmon, Catherine Deneuve, Charles Boyer Technicolor 1974 Airport 1975 Mrs. Devaney Jack Smight Charlton Heston, Gloria Swanson Technicolor 1978 The End Maureen Lawson Burt Reynolds Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Sally FieldDeluxe color 1980 Just Tell Me What You Want Stella Liberti Sidney Lumet Ali MacGraw, Alan KingTechnicolor
Box office ranking
1936 - 18th (US) 1937 - 10th (US) 1938 - 7th (US) 1939 - 16th (US) 1940 - 15th (US) 1948 - 9th (UK)
Television