A chronology of the motion picture and television appearances of actress Myrna Loy.
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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.
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Other Players | Filmed in |
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1925–1930 |
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| 1925 | What Price Beauty? | Vamp | Tom Buckingham | Nita Naldi, Natacha Rambova | |
| The Wanderer | Girl at Baccanal (uncredited) |
Raoul Walsh | Greta Nissen, Wallace Beery | ||
| Pretty Ladies | Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited) |
Monta Bell | ZaSu Pitts, Tom Moore, Ann Pennington |
Technicolor |
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| Sporting 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) |
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| 1926 | The Caveman | Maid | Lewis Milestone | Matt Moore | |
| The Love Toy | Bit Part (uncredited) |
Erle C. Kenton | Lowell Sherman | ||
| Why Girls Go Back Home | Sally Short | James Flood | Patsy Ruth Miller, Clive Brook | ||
| The Gilded Highway | Inez Quartz | J. Stuart Blackton | Dorothy Devore | ||
| Exquisite Sinner | Living statue | Phil Rosen Josef von Sternberg |
Conrad Nagel, Renée Adorée | ||
| So This Is Paris | Maid | Ernst Lubitsch | Monte Blue, Patsy Ruth Miller | ||
| Don 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 | ||
| The Third Degree | Bit Part (uncredited) |
Michael Curtiz | Dolores Costello | ||
| 1927 | Finger Prints | Vamp | Lloyd Bacon | Louise Fazenda, Helene Costello | |
| When a Man Loves His 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 | ||
| The Climbers | Countess Veya | Paul L. Stein | Irene Rich | ||
| Simple Sis | Edith Van | Herman C. Raymaker | Louise Fazenda, Clyde Cook | ||
| The Heart of Maryland | Mulatta | Lloyd Bacon | Dolores Costello | ||
| A Sailor's Sweetheart | Claudette Ralston | Lloyd Bacon | Louise Fazenda, Clyde Cook | ||
| The Jazz Singer (Part Talkie) |
Chorus girl (uncredited) |
Alan Crosland | Al Jolson, May McAvoy | ||
| The Girl from Chicago | Mary Carlton | Ray Enright | Conrad Nagel | ||
| If I Were Single | Joan Whitley | Roy Del Ruth | May McAvoy, Conrad Nagel | ||
| Ham and Eggs at the Front | Fifi | Roy Del Ruth | Tom Wilson, Louise Fazenda | ||
| 1928 | Beware of Married Men | Juanita Sheldon | Archie Mayo | Irene Rich, Clyde Cook | |
| A Girl in Every Port | Girl in China (uncredited) | Howard Hawks | Victor McLaglen, Robert Armstrong, Louise Brooks | ||
| Turn Back the Hours | Tiza Torreon | Howard Bretherton | Walter Pidgeon | ||
| The Crimson City | Isobel/State Street Sadie | Archie Mayo | Conrad Nagel | ||
| Pay as You Enter (soundtrack—music and sound effects) |
Yvonne De Russo | Lloyd Bacon | Louise Fazenda, Clyde Cook | ||
| State Street Sadie The Girl from State Street (UK) (Part Talkie) |
Isobel | Archie Mayo | Conrad Nagel | ||
| The Midnight Taxi | Gertie Fairfax | John G. Adolfi | Antonio Moreno, Helene Costello | ||
| Noah's Ark (Part Talkie) |
Dancer/Slave Girl | Michael Curtiz | Dolores Costello, George O'Brien, Noah Beery | ||
| 1929 | Fancy Baggage (Part Talkie) |
Myrna | John G. Adolfi | Audrey Ferris | |
| Hardboiled Rose (Part Talkie) |
Rose Duhamel | F. Harmon Weight | William Collier, Jr. | ||
| The Desert Song | Azuri | Roy Del Ruth | John Boles, Carlotta King | Technicolor (sequences) |
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| The Black Watch King of the Khyber Rifles (UK) |
Yasmani | John Ford | Victor McLaglen | ||
| The Squall | Nubi | Alexander Korda | Alice Joyce, Loretta Young | ||
| The Great Divide | Manuella | Reginald Barker | Dorothy Mackaill, Ian Keith | ||
| Evidence | Native Girl | John G. Adolfi | Pauline Frederick | ||
| The Show of Shows | Herself ("What Became of the Floradora Boys" and "Chinese Fantasy" numbers) |
John G. Aldolphi | All-Star Cast | Technicolor | |
| 1930 | Cameo Kirby | Lea | Irving Cummings | J. Harold Murray, Norma Terris | |
| Isle of Escape | Moira | Howard Bretherton | Monte Blue | ||
| Under a Texas Moon | Lolita Romero | Michael Curtiz | Frank Fay | Technicolor | |
| Cock o' the Walk | Narita | Walter Lang Roy William Neill |
Joseph Schildkraut | ||
| Bride of the Regiment Lady of the Rose (UK) |
Sophie | John Francis Dillon | Vivienne Segal | Technicolor | |
| The Last of the Duanes | Lola Bland | Alfred L. Werker | George O'Brien | ||
| The Jazz Cinderella Love Is Like That (UK) |
Mildred Vane | Scott Pembroke | Jason Robards, Sr. | ||
| The Bad Man | Bit Part | Clarence G. Badger | Walter Huston | ||
| Renegades | Eleanore | Victor Fleming | Warner Baxter, Noah Beery, Bela Lugosi | ||
| The Truth About Youth | Kara - the Firefly | William A. Seiter | Loretta Young, David Manners | ||
| Rogue of the Rio Grande | Carmita | Spencer Gordon Bennet | José Bohr | ||
| The Devil to Pay! | Mary Crayle | George Fitzmaurice | Ronald Colman, Loretta Young | ||
1931–1940 |
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| 1931 | The Naughty Flirt | Linda Gregory | Edward F. Cline | Alice White | |
| Body and Soul | Alice Lester | Alfred Santell | Charles Farrell, Elissa Landi, Humphrey Bogart | ||
| A Connecticut Yankee The Yankee at King Arthur's Court (UK) |
Morgan le Fay | David Butler | Will Rogers | ||
| Hush Money | Flo Curtis | Sidney Lanfield | Joan Bennett | ||
| Rebound | 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'Sullivan | ||
| Consolation 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 Dressler | |
| Vanity Fair | Becky Sharp | Chester M. Franklin | Conway Tearle | ||
| The Wet Parade | Eileen Pinchon | Victor Fleming | Walter Huston | ||
| The Woman in Room 13 | Sari Loder | Henry King | Elissa Landi, Ralph Bellamy | ||
| New Morals for Old | Myra | Charles Brabin | Robert Young | ||
| Love Me Tonight | Countess Valentine | Rouben Mamoulian | Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald | ||
| Thirteen Women | Ursula Georgi | George Archainbaud | Irene Dunne, Peg Entwistle | ||
| The Mask of Fu Manchu | Fah Lo See | Charles Brabin | Boris Karloff | ||
| The Animal Kingdom The Woman in His House (UK) |
Cecilia "Cee" Henry Collier | Edward H. Griffith | Ann Harding, Leslie Howard | ||
| 1933 | Topaze | Coco | Harry D'Arrast | John Barrymore | |
| The Barbarian A Night in Cairo (UK) |
Diana "Di" Standing | Sam Wood | Ramon Novarro | ||
| The 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 Baxter | ||
| Night Flight | Wife of Brazilian pilot | Clarence Brown | John Barrymore, Helen Hayes, Lionel Barrymore, Clark Gable | ||
| Scarlet River | Herself (uncredited) |
Otto Brower | Tom Keene | ||
| 1934 | Men in White | Laura Hudson | Richard Bolslowski | Clark Gable | |
| Manhattan 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 Doktor and Helena Bohlen |
Sam Wood | George Brent | ||
| Evelyn Prentice | Evelyn Prentice | William K. Howard | William Powell, Rosalind Russell | ||
| Broadway Bill Strictly Confidential (UK) |
Alice Higgins | Frank Capra | Warner Baxter, May Robson | ||
| 1935 | Wings in the Dark | Sheila Mason | James Flood | Cary Grant | |
| Whipsaw | Vivian Palmer | Sam Wood | Spencer Tracy | ||
| 1936 | Wife vs. Secretary | Linda | Clarence Brown | Clark Gable, Jean Harlow | |
| Petticoat Fever | Irene Campton | George Fitzmaurice | Robert Montgomery | ||
| The Great Ziegfeld | Billie Burke | Robert Z. Leonard | William Powell, Luise Rainer | ||
| To Mary - with Love | Mary Wallace | John Cromwell | Warner Baxter | ||
| Libeled Lady | Connie Allenbury | Jack Conway | Jean Harlow, William Powell, Spencer Tracy | ||
| After the Thin Man | Nora Charles | W.S. Van Dyke | William Powell, James Stewart | ||
| 1937 | Parnell | Mrs. Katie O'Shea | John Stahl | Clark Gable | |
| Double Wedding | Margit "Baby" Agnew | Richard Thorpe | William Powell | ||
| 1938 | Man-Proof | Mimi Swift | Richard Thorpe | Franchot Tone, Rosalind Russell, Walter Pidgeon | |
| Test Pilot | Ann Barton | Victor Fleming | Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy | ||
| Too Hot to Handle | Alma Harding | Jack Conway | Clark Gable, Walter Pidgeon | ||
| Another Romance of Celluloid | Herself (uncredited) |
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| 1939 | Lucky Night | Cora Jordan Overton | Norman Taurog | Robert Taylor | |
| The Rains Came | Lady Edwina Esketh | Clarence Brown | Tyrone Power, George Brent | Sepia | |
| Another Thin Man | Nora Charles | W.S. Van Dyke | William Powell | ||
| Verdensberømtheder i København | Herself | ||||
| 1940 | I Love You Again | Katherine "Kay" Wilson | W.S. Van Dyke | William Powell | |
| Third Finger, Left Hand | Margot Sherwood Merrick | Robert Z. Leonard | Melvyn Douglas | ||
| Northward, Ho! | Herself | ||||
1941–1950 |
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| 1941 | Love Crazy | Susan Ireland | Jack Conway | William Powell, Jack Carson | |
| Shadow of the Thin Man | Nora Charles | W.S. Van Dyke | William Powell, Donna Reed | ||
| 1943 | Show Business at War | Herself | Louis De Rochemont | ||
| 1945 | The Thin Man Goes Home | Nora Charles | Richard Thorpe | William Powell | |
| 1946 | So Goes My Love A Genius in the Family (UK) |
Jane | Frank Ryan | Don Ameche | |
| The Best Years of Our Lives | Milly Stephenson | William Wyler | Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Virginia Mayo, Teresa Wright | ||
| 1947 | The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer Bachelor Knight (UK) |
Margaret | Irving Reiss | Cary Grant, Shirley Temple, Rudy Vallee | |
| Song 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 Douglas | |
| 1949 | The Red Pony | Alice Tiflin | Lewis Milestone | Robert Mitchum | Technicolor |
| That Dangerous Age If This Be Sin (US) |
Lady Cathy Brooke | Gregory Ratoff | Roger Livesey, Peggy Cummins, Richard Greene | ||
| 1950 | Cheaper by the Dozen | Mrs. Lillian Gilbreth | Walter Lang | Clifton Webb, Jeanne Crain | Technicolor |
1951–1960 |
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| 1952 | Belles on Their Toes | Mrs. Lillian Gilbreth | Henry Levin | Jeanne Crain, Debra Paget, Jeffrey Hunter | Technicolor |
| 1955 | General Electric Theater (TV Episode: "It Gives Me Great Pleasure") |
Kate Kennedy | Patric Knowles | ||
| 1956 | The Ambassador's Daughter | Mrs. Cartwright | Norman Krasna | Olivia de Havilland, John Forsythe, Adolphe Menjou | CinemaScope Deluxe color |
| 1957 | General Electric Theater (TV Episode: "Lady of the House") |
Maggie Webster | Robert Preston | ||
| General Electric Theater (TV Episode: "Love Came Late") |
Allie Evans | Melvyn Douglas | |||
| Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV Episode: "No Second Helpingre") |
? | Jill St. John | |||
| 1958 | Lonelyhearts | Florence Shrike | Vincent J. Donehue | Montgomery Clift, Robert Ryan | |
| 1959 | Meet Me in St. Louis (TV Special) |
Mrs. Smith | George Schaefer | Jane Powell, Walter Pidgeon, Jeanne Crain, Patty Duke, Tab Hunter | |
| 1960 | From the Terrace | Martha Eaton | Mark Robson | Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward | CinemaScope Deluxe color |
| Midnight Lace | Beatrice ("Aunt Bea") Corman | David Miller | Doris Day, Rex Harrison | ||
| 1960 | The DuPont Show with June Allyson (TV Episode: "Surprise Party") |
Mary Sidney | Gerald Mohr, Mark Goddard | ||
| What's My Line? (Episode: July 31) |
Mystery Guest | ||||
| I've Got a Secret Episode: November 30 |
Herself | ||||
1961–1991 |
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| 1967 | Family Affair (TV Episode: "A Helping Hand") |
Adele | William D. Russell | Brian Keith, Sebastian Cabot | color |
| 1969 | The Virginian (TV Episode: "Lady of the House") |
Mrs. Miles | Abner Biberman | Doug McClure, James Drury | color |
| 1969 | The April Fools | Grace Greenlaw | Stuart Rosenberg | Jack Lemmon, Catherine Deneuve, Charles Boyer | Technicolor |
| 1970 | The 42nd Annual Academy Awards | Herself (Presenter: Best Short Films, Art Direction, and Best Director) |
Jack Haley, Jr. Richard Dunlap |
color | |
| 1971 | Death Takes a Holiday (TV movie) |
Selena Chapman | Robert Butler | Yvette Mimieux, Monte Markham | Technicolor |
| 1971 | Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate (TV movie) |
Evelyn Tryon | Ted Post | Helen Hayes, Mildred Natwick, Sylvia Sidney | color |
| 1972 | Columbo (TV Episode: "Étude in Black") |
Lizzy Fielding | Nicholas Colasanto | Peter Falk, John Cassavetes, Blythe Danner | Technicolor |
| The Couple Takes a Wife (TV movie) |
Mrs. Flanagan (Mother) | Jerry Paris | Bill Bixby, Paula Prentiss | Technicolor | |
| The Movie Game (Episode: February 7 |
Herself | Larry Blyden | color | ||
| 1973 | Ironside (TV Episode: "All About Andrea") |
Andrea Wollcott | Raymond Burr | color | |
| 1974 | Indict and Convict (TV movie) |
Judge Christine Tayloy | Boris Sagal | George Grizzard, William Shatner | Technicolor |
| Airport 1975 | Mrs. Devaney | Jack Smight | Charlton Heston, Gloria Swanson | Technicolor | |
| 1974 | The Elevator (TV movie) |
Amanda Kenyon | Jerry Jameson | James Farentino, Roddy McDowell | Technicolor |
| ABC's Wide World of Entertainment" (Episode: That's Entertainment! 50 Years of MGM) |
Herself | color | |||
| 1976 | The American Film Institute Presents a Salute to William Wyler | Herself | William Wyler (honoree) |
color | |
| 1977 | It Happened at Lakewood Manor (TV movie) |
Ethel Adams | Robert Scheerer | Suzanne Somers, Robert Foxworth | color |
| 1978 | The End | Maureen Lawson | Burt Reynolds | Burt Reynolds, Sally Field | Deluxe color |
| 1980 | Just Tell Me What You Want | Stella Liberti | Sidney Lumet | Ali MacGraw, Alan King | Technicolor |
| 1981 | Summer Solstice (TV movie) |
Margaret Turner | Ralph Rosenblum | Henry Fonda | color |
| Henry Fonda and the Making of Summer Solstice | Herself | Henry Fonda | color | ||
| 1982 | Love, Sidney (TV Episode: "Sidney and the Actress") |
Vera Lonnigan | Tony Randall | color | |
| Night of 100 Stars | Herself | Clark Jones | color | ||
| 1988 | The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts |
Herself (Honoree) |
George Burns | color | |
| 1991 | The 63rd Annual Academy Awards | Herself (Honorary Award Recipient) |
Jeff Margolis | Billy Crystal | color |