
Merle Oberon
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Merle Oberon (born Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson; 19 February 1911 – 23 November 1979) was a British actress of Anglo-Indian origin. Her career spanned from the 1920s to the 1970s, and she was a major leading lady during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Born and raised in British India, she began her acting career in British cinema in the early 1930s, with a breakout role in The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933). She later moved to Hollywood, where she became an international star, earning acclaim for films such as The Dark Angel (1935), Wuthering Heights (1939), and That Uncertain Feeling (1941). Her performance as Kitty Vane in The Dark Angel earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Oberon's other notable roles included A Song to Remember (1945), Berlin Express (1948), and Désirée (1954). A traffic collision in 1937 caused facial injuries that nearly ended her career, but she recovered and remained active in film and television until 1973. Description above from the Wikipedia article Merle Oberon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits

Wuthering Heights (1939)
as Catherine 'Cathy' Earnshaw Linton

Désirée (1954)
as Empress Josephine

The Oscar (1966)
as Merle Oberon
Ebb Tide (1932)
as (uncredited)

Night in Paradise (1946)
as Delarai

The Dark Angel (1935)
as Kitty Vane

Hotel (1967)
as The Duchess Caroline

Folies Bergère de Paris (1935)
as Baroness Genevieve Cassini

Fascination (1931)
as Flower Seller

Affectionately Yours (1941)
as Sue Mayberry

That Uncertain Feeling (1941)
as Jill Baker

The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
as Mary Smith

These Three (1936)
as Karen Wright

Berlin Express (1948)
as Lucienne Mirbeau

The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)
as Lady Marguerite Blakeney

A Song to Remember (1945)
as George Sand

Over the Moon (1939)
as Jane Benson

The Divorce of Lady X (1938)
as Leslie Steele / Lady Claire Mere

The Lodger (1944)
as Kitty Langley

All Is Possible in Granada (1954)
as Margaret Faulson

The Price of Fear (1956)
as Jessica Warren

Lydia (1941)
as Lydia MacMillan

Forever and a Day (1943)
as Marjorie Ismay

'Til We Meet Again (1940)
as Joan Ames
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance (2028)
as Self (archive footage)

Stage Door Canteen (1943)
as Merle Oberon

Deep in My Heart (1954)
as Dorothy Donnelly

The Private Life of Don Juan (1934)
as Antonita, a Dancer of Passionate Temperament

The Three Passions (1928)
as Bit Part (uncredited)

Wedding Rehearsal (1932)
as Miss Hutchinson

The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)
as Anne Boleyn

I, Claudius (1937)
as Messalina

Churchill and the Movie Mogul (2019)
as Self (archive footage)

Aren't We All? (1932)
as Bit Part

Hollywood Goes to Town (1938)
as Self

Temptation (1946)
as Ruby

First Comes Courage (1943)
as Nicole Larsen

The Lion Has Wings (1939)
as Mrs. Richardson

Dark Waters (1944)
as Leslie Calvin

24 Hours of a Woman's Life (1952)
as Linda Venning

Beloved Enemy (1936)
as Helen Drummond

Of Love and Desire (1963)
as Katherine Beckmann

Night Song (1948)
as Cathy Mallory
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One (1993)
as Self

For the Love of Mike (1932)
as Bit Part

Dans la vie tout s'arrange (1952)
as Elizabeth Rockwell

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) (1936)
as Self

This Love of Ours (1945)
as Karin Touzac

The Epic That Never Was (1969)
as Self - Interviewee / Messalina (archive footage)

Breakdowns of 1940 (1940)
as Self

Men of Tomorrow (1932)
as Ysobel d'Aunay

Interval (1973)
as Serena Moore

Pardon My French (1951)
as Elizabeth Rockwell

The Battle (1934)
as Mitsuko Yorisaka

Service for Ladies (1932)
as Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)

A Warm Corner (1930)
as Bit Part (uncredited)

Never Trouble Trouble (1931)
as Minor Role

The Trouble with Merle (2002)
as Self

The Broken Melody (1934)
as Germaine Brissard




