Myrna Loy Facts
Birth Name: Myrna Adele Williamson
Birth Date: August 2, 1905
Bith Place: Radersburg, Montana
Parents: David Franklin Williams (died in 1918 from the flu epidemic) and Adelle May Johnson.
Marriages: Arthur Hornblow Jr (1936-1942) divorced; John Hertz Jr (1942-1944) divorced; Gene Markey (1946-1950) divorced; Howland H. Sargeant (1951-1960) divorced.
Children: none
First Film: Pretty Ladies (1925) -- uncredited
Last Film: Just Tell Me What You Want (1980)
Number of Films: 129
Awards: The Los Angeles Film Critics' Association Life Time Achievement Award in 1983, Life Time Achievement Award from the Kennedy Center in 1988, Honorary Academy Award in 1991, and the Sarah Siddons Award in 1965 for her work in the New York theatre.
Autobiography: Myrna Loy: Being and Becoming (1987)
Height: 5'6
Date of Death: December 14, 1993
Cause of Death: Complications from surgery.
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