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Myrna Loy

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Actress

The Resume

    (August 2, 1905-December 14, 1993)
    Birth name is Myrna Williams
    Portrayed Nora Charles in the six 'Thin Man' films
    Appeared in 'The Jazz Singer (1927),' 'A Girl in Every Port (1928),' 'A Connecticut Yankee (1931),' 'The Great Ziegfeld (1936),' 'Best Years of Our Lives (1946),' 'Cheaper by the Dozen (1950)' and 'Airport 1975 (1974)'
    Ed Sullivan coined her the 'Queen of Hollywood'
    An avid feminist

Why she might be annoying:

    She wrote an autobiography.
    She was typecast as the perfect wife.
    She married and divorced four times.
    Her only Oscar was honorary.
    She was John Dillinger's favorite actress. Dillinger had just finished watching one of her films when he was gunned down.
    She would go on strike rather than performs in roles she did not want.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She was a very nice person in real life.
    She was known to be enjoyable to work with.
    Hitler blacklisted her.
    She was diagnosed with breast cancer twice and had to undergo a mastectomy each time.
    Movie goers in 1936 voted her 'Queen of the Movies' (with Clark Gable as 'King').
    Jimmy Stewart, Franklin Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill all cited her as their favorite actress.

Credit: Ratman


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 11 Votes: 18.18% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 15 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 25 Votes: 28.00% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 17 Votes: 11.76% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 94 Votes: 55.32% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 13 Votes: 23.08% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 20 Votes: 55.00% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 28 Votes: 39.29% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 23 Votes: 52.17% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 143 Votes: 70.63% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 123 Votes: 57.72% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 181 Votes: 48.62% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 137 Votes: 37.23% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 157 Votes: 31.85% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 267 Votes: 46.07% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 1479 Votes: 39.89% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 541 Votes: 43.07% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 771 Votes: 41.12% Annoying