Actress myrna loy biography william

1. Childhood and Early Career
2. Hollywood Debut and Struggles
3. Breakthrough and "The Thin Man"
4. Partnership with William Powell
5. New Amplua and Personal Life
6. Wartime Activism
7. Later Career and Legacy

Childhood and Early Career

Myrna Loy was born Myrna Adele Williams on August 2, 1905, in Radersburg, Montana.

Her parents were David Franklin Williams, a Welsh sheep rancher, and Della Mae Williams, a trained pianist. After her father's death in 1918, Loy and her family moved to Los Angeles, where she began pursuing acting at the age of 15.

In 1923, she became a dancer at the Egyptian Movie House.

Hollywood Debut and Struggles

Loy made her film debut in a bit role in the 1925 silent film "What Price Beauty?" In 1926, she signed a contract with Warner Bros.

and appeared in over 80 films over the next eight years, mostly in stereotypical roles as exotic or femme fatale charac