- Worked with the Red Cross and War Relief during WW2
- Helped create the Committee for the First Amendment
- Was co-chairman of the Advisory Council of the Natioal Committee Against Discrimination in Housing
- Wrote letters back and forth with President Franklin Roosevelt and was friends with Eleanor Roosevelt
- Helped run a Naval Auxillary canteen with Bundles by Bluejackets
- Sued the Hollywood Reporter for $1 million for condemning her for her Democratic activities
- When given direction in "The Mask of Fu Manchu" (1932) to whip a man with glee, she protested saying "I've done a lot of things in films, but this girl's a sadistic nymphomaniac" to which the producer asked what that meant. Loy replied back with "Well, you better find out, because that's what she is."
- Was the first actress to become a member of UNESCO
- Asked Louis B. Mayer himself to be released from her MGM contract
- Had an abortion in the '30s, but the procedure was botched and rendered her infertile
- Toured military hospitals visiting injured soldiers and organizing entertainment for them
- Outspoken against Adolf Hitler who ended up blacklisting her and banning her films in Germany
- Asked MGM Executives in 1934, "Why does every black person in the movies have to play a servant? How about a black person walking up the steps of a courthouse carrying a briefcase?"
Links to Check Out
No comments:
Post a Comment