Myrna Loy Biography: Author Emily Leider Discusses the ‘Queen of Hollywood’
Myrna Loy Biography: Author Emily Leider Discusses the ‘Queen of Hollywood’ Andre Soares 10 years ago Myrna Loy biography: The Only Good Girl in Hollywood Myrna Loy: All-American wife and mother – and more Many believe that Myrna Loy is the best American actress never to have been nominated for an Academy Award. Despite having played leads and supporting roles in more than 100 movies (in addition to a few dozen bit parts during the silent era), Loy was invariably bypassed by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . But that’s the Oscar and the Academy’s loss. For starters, Loy was a delightful light comedienne in movies such as W.S. Van Dyke’s The Thin Man and Jack Conway’s Libeled Lady . One of the greatest – and most beautifully politically incorrect – dialogue exchanges in movies can be heard in Rouben Mamoulian ’s 1932 musical Love Me Tonight : Jeanette MacDonald : “Don’t you think of anything but men, dear...