named her one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination. Loy died in December 1993 in New York City at age 88.

Life and career

1905-1924: Early life

Loy was born Myrna Adele Williams on August 2, 1905, in Helena, Montana, the daughter of Adelle Mae (née Johnson) and rancher David Franklin Williams. Her parents had married in Helena in 1904, one year before Loy was born. She had one younger brother, David Frederick Williams (1911-1983). Loy's paternal grandfather, David Thomas Williams, was

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