Great Lives - Sally Phillips on Hollywood star Myrna Loy
Download Sally Phillips on Hollywood star Myrna Loy
When actress Sally Phillips first saw Myrna Loy, she burst into tears.
It was in a film called The Best Years of Our Lives, about three veterans returning to their wives after the Second World War.
Myrna Loy was most famous for the Thin Man series, and she also played voluptuous baddies in flicks like The Mask of Fun Manchu. But it's not just her screen career that inspires Sally, a star herself for work in Smack the Pony and Bridget Jones.
Myrna Loy was a hardworking and often fearless person, heavily involved with The Red Cross and UNESCO after the war.
The author of Fast Talking Dames, Maria di Battista, joins the discussion from Princeton.
Producer: Miles Warde
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2020.
Published on Wednesday, 13th May 2020.
Available Podcasts from Great Lives
We are not the BBC, we only list available podcasts. To find out more about the programme including episodes available on BBC iPlayer, go to the Great Lives webpage.