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.

Let me put it this way: Yes.

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.

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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oh yes she was way way underrated. She never rece7ecived the attention for her talent she deserved to have.

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.

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.

I think Myrna might be underrated now because unlike Bette Davis there was no such thing as "a Myrna Loy" film.
But she was one of the best and one of the most natural of screen actresses.

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

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.

One of the most adorable people EVER. Love every 'Thin Man' movie and the 'Cheaper by the Dozen' types she later starred in. A GREAT persona who we will never (unfortunately) see from again.

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.
At a young age I am wrapped in her pefromances. I don't want to put my age because of future posts but I'am young; although, not a child.

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!

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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I don't know so much about Doris Day, however I think Myrna Loy was one of the best comedic actresses of the 30s and 40s.

YES!!! Along with Doris Day who had impeccable comedic timing.

"we're ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas." N.M.

Absolutely. Myrna Loy tends to be overlooked because she was so understated and naturalistic. Unlike other acclaimed actresses like Bette Davis (whom I love), her acting never calls attention to itself, yet it always seemed effortless and utterly believable. She's one of the wittiest, most intelligent, AND most beautiful women to come out of Old Hollywood.
Paris is for lovers. Maybe that's why I stayed only 35 minutes.

Myrna is the most underrated and forgotten star, along with Irene Dunne.
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In a wordYES.

She was a terrific actress who had something inside her that guided her acting. She just made acting look so easy. That's probably why she wasn't offered any statues by the Academy, but her large fanbase will last for a long time yet.
"Life, is not a having and a getting, but a being and a becoming." - Myrna Loy

She has quite a large group of fans now and I think she did back in the day as well, since she was referred to as the Queen of Hollywood. However, if we're talking about the Academy Awards here, then yes I would definitely say she was overlooked by the Motion Picture Academy. Ideally there would have been a tie in 1934 between Bette Davis (OF HUMAN BONDAGE) and Myrna Loy (THE THIN MAN). I probably would have given the Oscar to Loy again in 1946 for THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES, and she should have received additional nominations for THE BACHELOR AND THE BOBBY-SOXER and MR. BLANDINGS BUILDS HIS DREAM HOUSE.