Myrna Loy Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

I think that carrying on a life that is meant to be private in public is a breach of taste, common sense, and mental hygiene.

Life, is not a having and a getting, but a being and a becoming.

Most of the sex I've seen on the screen looks like an expression of hostility towards sex.

Trivia

Myrna was discovered by Natacha Rambova, wife of Rudolph Valentino, who saw her performing on stage and used her influence to get Myrna her first part in What Price Victory? (1925).

Myrna was given the Los Angeles Film Critics' Association award for Lifetime Achievement in 1983.

Myrna organized opposition to the blacklisiting activities of the House Un-American Activities Committee in Hollywood throughout the 1950s.

Myrna was 5 feet 6 inches tall.

Myrna made 14 movies with co-star William Powell including: Manhattan Melodrama (1934) The Thin Man (1934) Evelyn Prentice (1934) The Great Ziegfeld (1936) Libeled Lady (1936) After the Thin Man (1936) Double Wedding (1937) Another Thin Man (1939) I Love You Again (1940) Love Crazy (1941) Shadow of the Thin Man (1941) The Thin Man Goes Home (1944) Song of the Thin Man (1947) The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947)

Myrna was given the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Kennedy center in 1988.

Myrna was given an Honorary Oscar for Lifetime Achievement in 1991.

Myrna has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6685 Hollywood Boulevard.

She was a natural red head.