Myrna Loy Quick Info
Height5 ft 6 in
Weight55 kg
Date of BirthAugust 2, 1905
Zodiac SignLeo
Date of DeathDecember 14, 1993

Myrna Loy was an American actor, stage artist, radio personality, and dancer who became one of Hollywood’s busiest and highest-paid actors. She gained popularity with her roles in films like The Best Years of Our Lives, Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, The Thin Man Goes Home, The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer, Cheaper by the Dozen, Lonelyhearts, and The Rains Came. She was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6685 Hollywood Boulevard.

Born Name

Myrna Adele Williams

Other Names

Myrna Loy, The Queen of Hollywood, The Perfect Wife, Queen of the Movies, Minnie

Age

She was born on August 2, 1905.

Died

On December 14, 1993, Myrna Loy died during surgery following a long, unspecified illness at the age of 88 at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States.

Resting Place

Forestvale Cemetery, Helena, Montana, United States

Sun Sign

Leo

Born Place

Helena, Montana, United States

Nationality

American

Education

Myrna Loy studied at Westlake School for Girls in Los Angeles, California as well as took dance lessons. She later attended Venice High School (VHS) located in the Westside area of Los Angeles, California. At 18, she left school in order to support her family financially.

Occupation

Actor, Stage Artist, Radio Personality, Dancer

Family

  • Father – David Franklin Williams (Rancher, Banker, Real Estate Developer, Farmland Appraiser in Helena, The youngest man elected to serve in the Montana state legislature)
  • Mother – Adelle Mae (née Johnson)
  • Siblings – David Frederick Williams (1911–1983) (Younger Brother)
  • Others – David Thomas Williams (Paternal Grandfather) (Rancher), Ann Morgan Davis (Paternal Grandmother), John Johnson (Maternal Grandfather), Isabelle Gills (Maternal Grandmother)

Build

Slim

Height

5 ft 6 in or 167.5 cm

Weight

55 kg or 121 lbs

Boyfriend / Spouse

Myrna Loy had dated –

  • Humphrey Bogart
  • Collier Young
  • Barry Norton
  • Lawrence Copley Thaw
  • Arthur Hornblow Jr. (1932-1942) – She started going out with film producer Arthur Hornblow Jr.​ in the year 1932 while he was still married to his wife, Juliette Crosby. In 1936, the duo eventually got married. They divorced on June 1, 1942, in Reno with Loy citing “mental cruelty” as the reason.
  • John Barrymore (1932)
  • Leslie Howard (1932) – RUMOR
  • Spencer Tracy (1935-1936) – Between 1935 and 1936, she was romantically involved with actor Spencer Tracy and she later revealed to educator Alan Greenberg that she was in love with Spencer Tracy: “I loved him and I really did love him. I loved him. I mean I was in love with him and she [Katharine Hepburn] got in the way”.
  • John Hertz, Jr. (1942-1944)​ – She married John Hertz, Jr. in New York City in 1942. On August 21, 1944, they divorced in Cuernavaca, Mexico.
  • Gene Markey (1945-1950) – She started dating screenwriter Gene Markey in 1945 and ​they married in a private ceremony on January 3, 1946, at the chapel on Terminal Island. The pair divorced in 1950.
  • Howland H. Sargeant (1951-1960) – On June 2, 1951, she married Howland H. Sargeant (U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs and president of Radio Liberty) in Fort Myer, Virginia. They divorced on May 31, 1960.
  • Adlai Stevenson (1952) – RUMOR
  • Paul Newman (1960) – RUMOR

    • Race / Ethnicity

    White

    Myrna was of Welsh descent on her father’s side and had Swedish and Scottish roots on her mother’s side.

    Hair Color

    Auburn

    Eye Color

    Green

    Sexual Orientation

    Straight

    Distinctive Features

    • Turned-up nose
    • Often played intelligent and witty characters

    Brand Endorsements

    Loy was cast in print ads for Lucky Strike cigarettes in 1938.

    Religion

    She grew up in the Methodist faith.

    Myrna Loy Favorite Things

    • Film Of Her Own – The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
    • Scene – The homecoming scene with Fredric March in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

    Source – IMDb

    Myrna Loy Facts

  • She spent her initial childhood years growing up in Radersburg, Montana, a rural mining community.
  • Her mother was a Democrat while her father was a Republican.
  • She was 13 years old when her father died during the 1918 flu pandemic in November of that year.

    • Featured Image by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; Eric Carpenter (1909-1976) / sites.google.com / Public Domain

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