Being and Becoming: A Memoir

"There ought to be a law against any man who doesn't marry Myrna Loy." James Stewart

Myrna Loy is an indelible star of Hollywood's golden era, enjoying an extraordinarily successful film career lasting over fifty years. Her most famous and evergreen role is perhaps as Nora Charles in the long-running Thin Man series of films, gilding her screen persona as 'the perfect wife'.

Myrna Loy's early life was spent in Montana. After relocating to California, her talent for dancing and her personal ch...