Myrna Loy

Legacy
A building at Sony Pictures Studios formerly MGM Studios in Culver City is named in her honor. By this time Loy was highly regarded for her performances in romantic comedies and Myrna Loy was anxious to demonstrate her dramatic ability and was cast in the lead female role in The Rains Came (1939) opposite Tyrone Power. With the outbreak of World War II Loy all but abandoned her acting career to focus on the war effort and work closely with the Red Cross.

Myrna Loy (August 2 1905 – December 14 1993) was an American film television and stage actress. She was originally typecast in exotic roles often as a vamp or a woman of Asian descent but her career prospects improved greatly following her portrayal of Nora Charles in The Thin Man (1934).