I would say so. I recall her being considered the Queen of Motion Pictures the same year Clark Gable was called the Kin
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lanatic001 — 17 years ago(August 16, 2008 08:09 PM)
I don't think she's underrated exactly, but unfortunately, like so many other GREAT actors & actresses from Hollywood's Golden Era she is largely forgotten by today's public. She is far & away one of my favourite actresses. I have never seen her give a bad performance (how many performers can you say that about?), even in a film like "The Mask of Fu Manchu" where she is playing Boris Karloff's nymphomaniac daughter (she's positively wild in is - check it out if you can)!
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EtherealKitten — 17 years ago(September 03, 2008 12:19 PM)
Oh yes, Myrna Loy is definitely one of the most underappreciated actresses ever! I hear plenty who like her. She is rated very well with them and me too. But you cannot say enough good things about this great actress, who does fantastically in comedies, dramas, everything she's ever in!
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entertainme5 — 16 years ago(May 18, 2009 10:55 PM)
Oh, I just love her!
She was and still is underrated. She didn't get the credit she deserved. I felt like her co-stars, Spencer Tracy and of course William Powell and Clark Gable got the most attention from their movies. She is class-act.
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TheDuchessofM — 16 years ago(June 09, 2009 05:02 AM)
The only reason her male co-stars dominated her movies was because she wanted it that way. She stated so in her autobiography. It's a pity, since she was a marvelous actress, but I guess she liked being the understated, supportive actress.
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GingerLee2082 — 16 years ago(June 11, 2009 01:44 PM)
Myrna Loy, Gene Tierney, Jean Arthur, Ann Sheridan, and Jean Simmons are among the most underrated actresses imo. All beautiful, all led interesting lives, all not talked about enough when if comes to lists and AFI and best-of-all-time commentary.
I'll never understand it. They all gave amazing performances at one time or another. They all made memorable films. They all had range. They were all beauties. They all co-starred with big name actors who are on those lists. shrug -
don-lockwood — 16 years ago(August 26, 2009 07:08 PM)
I completely agree with that comment that she is understated and naturalistic. She was always very likable in her performances. She could never win a competitive Oscar because she was never given the juiciest parts, but she was in so many hits, especially comedies, and was always funny.
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huweyjenkins — 16 years ago(August 28, 2009 05:05 AM)
Myrna was an amazing actress. Totally natural and never flamboyant or actressy. I was never fortunate enough to see her on stage but she was just made for film and the reason is she was so under-rated is because she made it look so easy.
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mjr1114 — 15 years ago(April 26, 2010 05:00 PM)
I, too, believe she is quite underrated. I love all her movies, at least the ones I've had the pleasure of seeing. I, especailly, liked her performance in Animal Kingdom. Never knew she could play such a convincing unlikable character. I had seen Connecticut Yankee, but that was more of a comedy, overall, so even though I've read negative remarks regarding her performance there, I thought she was still good, but that 'bad' persona wasn't the same as the 'bad' persona in Animal Kingdom. At first, you thought she was so sweet, then she changed. Great performance.
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Jrdmln — 11 years ago(March 10, 2015 07:17 PM)
I think that Myrna Loy is one of the most underrated actresses. It is sad that she didn't win any academy awards. I think that she should have won at least two academy awards for The Thin Man and Libeled Lady. It is sad that she isn't as remembered today as other actors actresses. She was a good actress. I think that she was in a lot of good movies.
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CapnKaos — 10 years ago(February 26, 2016 11:17 PM)
Myrna was great, there's no denying it. She ruled at the box office during her time but she's been pretty much forgotten today.
It's a shame because she honestly did deserve better than she got but in a way it seems to fit with who she was. She never made a spectacle of herself. She never came off as being full of herself. In a sense, she was the only good girl in all of Hollywood and that's how I like to remember her.
Well, that and the interplay she used to have with William Powell on screen.