Myrna Loy

She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6685 Hollywood Blvd. McDormand's credits include:. After surviving breast cancer and a double mastectomy, Myrna Loy died during cancer surgery in New York City and was cremated; her ashes are buried at Forestvale Cemetery, in Helena, Montana. Frances McDormand is an associate member of the experimental theater company The Wooster Group. She received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Kennedy Center in 1986. Although she was never nominated for an Academy Award for any single performance, she received an Academy Honorary Award in 1991 "for her career achievement". She played Connie Chapman on Hill Street Blues. Her autobiography Being And Becoming Myrna Loy was published in 1987. For Wonder Boys in 2001 she won Best Supporting Actress from the Broadcast Film Critics Association, the Florida Film Critics Circle, and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.

Her film career continued sporadically and she also returned to the stage making her Broadway debut in 1973. Also for Almost Famous she won the Best Supporting Actress nod from the Broadcast Film Critics Association, the Chicago Film Critics Association, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, San Diego Film Critics Society, Southeastern Film Critics Association, and the Florida Film Critics Circle. From 1949 until 1954 she also worked for UNESCO. In 1988 she was nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Mississippi Burning; In 1996 she won the award for Best Actress for her police chief performance in Fargo; and in 2000 she was nominated again for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her portrayal of a concerned mother in Almost Famous. In later life she assumed a more influential role as Co-Chairman of the "Advisory Council of the National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing". McDormand has been nominated for Academy Awards three times. During her career she had championed the rights of black actors and characters to be depicted with dignity on film. In 1992, McDormand played Stella Kowalski in a stage production of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award.

It also allowed Loy to make a film that demonstrated her social conscience. In 1984 she married director Joel Coen after performing in the Coen Brother movie, Blood Simple, and in 1998 the couple adopted a son from Paraguay, Pedro McDormand Coen. In later years Loy would recall this film as her proudest acting achievement. While attending Yale, McDormand roomed with fellow actress and student Holly Hunter. She returned to films with The Best Years Of Our Lives in 1946 and played the wife of returning serviceman Fredric March. from the Yale University School of Drama. She helped run a Naval Auxilary Canteen and toured frequently to raise funds. In 1982 she earned an M.F.A.

She was fiercely outspoken against Adolf Hitler and her name appeared on his "blacklist". in Theater in 1979. With the outbreak of World War II she all but abandoned her acting career to focus on the war effort and worked closely with the Red Cross. She attended Bethany College, Bethany, West Virginia, where she earned her B.A. During this period she was one of Hollywood's busiest and highest paid actresses. She spent much of her youth in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania suburb of Monessen, where she graduated from high school. In 1936, she was voted "Queen of Hollywood" (in a contest which also voted Clark Gable "King") and was considered to epitomise the height of glamour and sophistication. She was born in Chicago, Illinois and was the youngest of three children adopted by Canadian parents Vernon (a Disciple of Christ minister) and Noreen McDormand.

She and Powell proved to be a popular couple and appeared in 14 films together, the most prolific onscreen pairing in Hollywood history. Frances McDormand (born June 23, 1957) is a character actress with TV, stage, and screen credits. Her performance in The Thin Man later the same year as William Powell's sophisticated, witty wife Nora made her a star. City by the Sea (2002). The first was Manhattan Melodrama with Clark Gable and William Powell. Laurel Canyon (2002). Her breakthrough occurred in 1934 with two very successful films. The Man Who Wasn't There (2001).

During her nine year struggle to establish herself, she appeared in nearly 80 films. Wonder Boys (2000). Her silent film roles were mainly those of vampish exotic women and for a few years she struggled to overcome this stereotype with many producers and directors believing that while she was perfect as these femme fatales, she was capable of little more. Almost Famous (2000). Rudolph Valentino arranged a screen test for her which she failed, but she persevered, and in 1925 appeared in the movie What Price Beauty. Primal Fear (1997). At the age of fifteen she began appearing in local stage productions. Lone Star (1996).

Born Myrna Adele Williams in Raidersburg (near Helena, Montana), she moved to Los Angeles, California when she was young. Fargo (1996). Myrna Loy (August 2, 1905 - December 14, 1993) was a United States actress, well known for her motion picture work. Miller's Crossing (1990). Made for TV, and starring opposite Henry Fonda, this was Loy's final performance, save for a guest role in a 1982 episode of the television series Love, Sidney. Mississippi Burning (1988). Summer Solstice (1981). Raising Arizona (1987).

Just Tell Me What You Want (1980). Blood Simple (1984). The End (1978). Airport 1975 (1974). Midnight Lace (1960).

From the Terrace (1960). Belles on Their Toes (1952). Cheaper by the Dozen (1950). Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948).

Mr. Song of the Thin Man (1947). The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947). The Best Years of Our Lives (1946).