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Myrna Adele Williams

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Birthplace: Helena, Lewis and Clark, Montana, United States
Death: December 14, 1993 (88)
New York, New York, New York, United States (Complications during surgery)
Place of Burial: Helena, Lewis and Clark, Montana, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of David Franklin Williams and Adelle Mae Johnson
Wife of Arthur Hornblow, Jr.
Ex-wife of Gene Markey; Howland H. Sargeant and John D. Hertz Jr.

Occupation: Actress
Managed by: Ric Dickinson, Geni Curator
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About Myrna Loy

Wikipedia - Myrna Loy

Myrna Loy (August 2, 1905 – December 14, 1993) was an American actress. Trained as a dancer, she devoted herself fully to an acting career following a few minor roles in silent films. Originally typecast in exotic roles, often as a vamp or a woman of Asian descent, her career prospects improved following her portrayal of Nora Charles in The Thin Man (1934). Her successful pairing with William Powell resulted in fourteen films together, including several subsequent Thin Man films.

Loy died at age 88 on December 14, 1993, at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan during a surgery following a long, unspecified illness. She had been frail and in failing health, which had resulted in her being unable to attend the 1991 Academy Awards ceremony, where she was to receive a lifetime achievement Oscar. She was cremated in New York and her ashes interred at Forestvale Cemetery in her native Helena, Montana.

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Myrna Loy's Timeline

1905
August 2, 1905
Helena, Lewis and Clark, Montana, United States
1993
December 14, 1993
Age 88
New York, New York, New York, United States
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Forestvale Cemetery, Helena, Lewis and Clark, Montana, United States