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.


Bebe Daniels, Betty Grable, Carole Lombard, Lana Turner, Mae Murray, Myrna Loy, Olivia De Havilland,
 Vivien Leigh,
William Powell

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