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Biography

Born: 2 August 1905 Montana USA
Death: 14 December 1993 (complications during surgery)
Real name: Myrna Adele Williams
Nickname:Queen of the Movies
Spouse:
Howland H. Sargeant (1 June 1951 - 31 May 1960) (divorced)
Gene Markey (3 January 1946 - August 1950) (divorced)
John Hertz Jr. (6 June 1942 - 21 August 1944) (divorced)
Arthur Hornblow Jr. (27 June 1936 - 1 June 1942) (divorced)
Facts:
-At the age of 13, Myrna's father died of influenza and the rest of the family moved to Los Angeles
-She was discovered by Mrs. Rudolph Valentino and given a part in pictures.
-She never been nominated in any film, but she received an honorary Academy Award in 1991
-She was one of the few stars that would start in the silent movies and make a successful transition into the sound era
-When her father was travelling by train in early 1905, he went through a small station called 'Myrna' - he eventually named her after that station.
-Myrna appeared on the blacklist book og Adolf Hitler
-Her profile was the most requested in the 1930s by women to their plastic surgeons
-Most agreed that the Thin Man series would never have been successful without Myrna
-Myrna never forget the death of Jean Harlow, the lover of William Powell friend
-She was popular enough that, in 1936, she was named Queen of the Movies and Clark Gable the king in a nationwide poll of movie goers
-By the time Myrna passed away, on December 14, 1993, at the age of 88, she had appeared in a phenomenal 129 motion pictures. She was buried in Helena, Montana.

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Filmography and Tribute

-Summer Solstice (1981) (TV) .... Margaret Turner
-Just Tell Me What You Want (1980) .... Stella Liberti
-The End (1978/I) .... Maureen Lawson
-It Happened at Lakewood Manor (1977) (TV) .... Ethel Adams
-Airport 1975 (1974) .... Mrs. Devaney
-The Elevator (1974) (TV) .... Amanda Kenyon
-Indict and Convict (1974) (TV) .... Judge Christine Tayloy
-The Couple Takes a Wife (1972) (TV) .... Mrs. Flanagan (Mother)
-Columbo: Étude in Black (1972) (TV) .... Lizzy Fielding
-Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate (1971) (TV) .... Evelyn Tryon
-Death Takes a Holiday (1971) (TV) .... Selena Chapman
-The April Fools (1969) .... Grace Greenlaw
-Midnight Lace (1960) .... Beatrice ('Aunt Bea') Corman
-From the Terrace (1960) .... Martha Eaton
-Meet Me in St. Louis (1959) (TV) .... Mrs. Smith
-Lonelyhearts (1958) .... Florence Shrike
-The Ambassador's Daughter (1956) .... Mrs. Cartwright
-Belles on Their Toes (1952) .... Dr. Lillian M. Gilbreth
-Cheaper by the Dozen (1950) .... Mrs. Lillian Gilbreth
-That Dangerous Age (1949) .... Lady Cathy Brooke
-The Red Pony (1949) .... Alice Tiflin
-Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948) .... Muriel Blandings
-Song of the Thin Man (1947) .... Nora Charles
-The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947) .... Margaret
-The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) .... Milly Stephenson
-So Goes My Love (1946) .... Jane Budden Maxim
-The Thin Man Goes Home (1944) .... Nora Charles
-Shadow of the Thin Man (1941) .... Nora
-Love Crazy (1941) .... Susan Ireland
-Third Finger, Left Hand (1940) .... Margot Sherwood Merrick
-I Love You Again (1940) .... Katherine 'Kay' Wilson
-Another Thin Man (1939) .... Nora Charles
-The Rains Came (1939) .... Lady Edwina Esketh
-Lucky Night (1939) .... Cora Jordan Overton
-Too Hot to Handle (1938) .... Alma Harding
-Test Pilot (1938) .... Ann Barton
-Man-Proof (1938) .... Mimi Swift
-Double Wedding (1937) .... Margit 'Baby' Agnew
-Parnell (1937) .... Mrs. Katie O'Shea
-After the Thin Man (1936) .... Nora Charles
-Libeled Lady (1936) .... Connie Allenbury
-To Mary - with Love (1936) .... Mary Wallace
-The Great Ziegfeld (1936) .... Billie Burke
-Petticoat Fever (1936) .... Irene Campton
-Wife vs. Secretary (1936) .... Linda
-Whipsaw (1935) .... Vivian Palmer
-Wings in the Dark (1935) .... Sheila Mason
-Broadway Bill (1934) .... Alice Higgins
-Evelyn Prentice (1934) .... Evelyn Prentice
-Stamboul Quest (1934) .... Annemarie
-The Thin Man (1934) .... Nora
-Manhattan Melodrama (1934) .... Eleanor Packer
-Men in White (1934) .... Laura Hudson
-Night Flight (1933) .... Wife of Brazilian pilot
-Penthouse (1933) .... Gertie Waxted
-When Ladies Meet (1933) .... Mary Howard
-The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933) .... Belle
-The Barbarian (1933) .... Diana 'Di' Standing
-Topaze (1933/I) .... Coco
-The Animal Kingdom (1932) .... Cecilia 'Cee' Henry Collier
-The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932) .... Fah Lo See
-Thirteen Women (1932) .... Ursula Georgi
-Love Me Tonight (1932) .... Countess Valentine
-New Morals for Old (1932) .... Myra
-The Woman in Room 13 (1932) .... Sari Loder
-The Wet Parade (1932) .... Eileen Pinchon
-Vanity Fair (1932/I) .... Becky Sharp
-Emma (1932) .... Countess Isabelle 'Izzy' Smith Marlin
-Arrowsmith (1931) .... Mrs. Joyce Lanyon
-Consolation Marriage (1931) .... Elaine Brandon
-Skyline (1931) .... Paula Lambert
-Transatlantic (1931) .... Kay Graham
-Rebound (1931) .... Evie Lawrence
-Hush Money (1931) .... Flo Curtis
-A Connecticut Yankee (1931) .... Morgan le Fay
-Body and Soul (1931) .... Alice Lester
-The Naughty Flirt (1931) .... Linda Gregory
-The Devil to Pay! (1930) .... Mary Crayle
-Rogue of the Rio Grande (1930) .... Carmita
-The Truth About Youth (1930) .... Kara - the Firefly
-Renegades (1930) .... Eleanore
-The Bad Man (1930)
-The Jazz Cinderella (1930) .... Mildred Vane
-The Last of the Duanes (1930) .... Lola Bland
-Bride of the Regiment (1930) .... Sophie
-Cock o' the Walk (1930) .... Narita
-Under a Texas Moon (1930) .... Lolita Romero
-Isle of Escape (1930) .... Moira
-Cameo Kirby (1930) .... Lea
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