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 Sri Lankan Burgher origin. Her career spanned 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
The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
as Mary Smith
The Oscar (1966)
as Merle Oberon
The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)
as Anne Boleyn
Désirée (1954)
as Empress Josephine
Deep in My Heart (1954)
as Dorothy Donnelly
Folies Bergère de Paris (1935)
as Opera Singer (umcredited)
Churchill and the Movie Mogul (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
Forever and a Day (1943)
as Marjorie Ismay
The Divorce of Lady X (1938)
as Leslie Steele / Lady Claire Mere
A Song to Remember (1945)
as George Sand
Ebb Tide (1932)
as (uncredited)
The Lodger (1944)
as Kitty Langley
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance (2028)
as Self (archive footage)
'Til We Meet Again (1940)
as Joan Ames
The Private Life of Don Juan (1934)
as Antonita, a Dancer of Passionate Temperament
Affectionately Yours (1941)
as Sue Mayberry
Berlin Express (1948)
as Lucienne Mirbeau
This Love of Ours (1945)
as Karin Touzac
All Is Possible in Granada (1954)
as Margaret Faulson
Stage Door Canteen (1943)
as Merle Oberon
That Uncertain Feeling (1941)
as Jill Baker
The Lion Has Wings (1939)
as Mrs. Richardson
Hollywood Goes to Town (1938)
as Self
The Price of Fear (1956)
as Jessica Warren
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)
as Lady Marguerite Blakeney
Aren't We All? (1932)
as Bit Part
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) (1936)
as Self
Hotel (1967)
as The Duchess Caroline
These Three (1936)
as Karen Wright
Dans la vie tout s'arrange (1952)
as Elizabeth Rockwell
The Epic That Never Was (1969)
as Self - Interviewee / Messalina (archive footage)
Fascination (1931)
as Flower Seller
24 Hours of a Woman's Life (1952)
as Linda Venning
The Dark Angel (1935)
as Kitty Vane
I, Claudius (1937)
as Messalina
Over the Moon (1939)
as Jane Benson
Lydia (1941)
as Lydia MacMillan
Beloved Enemy (1936)
as Helen Drummond
Night in Paradise (1946)
as Delarai
Dark Waters (1944)
as Leslie Calvin
Of Love and Desire (1963)
as Katherine Beckmann
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One (1993)
as Self
For the Love of Mike (1932)
as Bit Part
Night Song (1948)
as Cathy Mallory
Temptation (1946)
as Ruby
Pardon My French (1951)
as Elizabeth Rockwell
The Battle (1934)
as Mitsuko Yorisaka
Interval (1973)
as Serena Moore
Breakdowns of 1940 (1940)
as Self
First Comes Courage (1943)
as Nicole Larsen
The Three Passions (1928)
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Men of Tomorrow (1932)
as Ysobel d'Aunay
The Trouble with Merle (2002)
as Self
Wedding Rehearsal (1932)
as Miss Hutchinson
The Broken Melody (1934)
as Germaine Brissard
Service for Ladies (1932)
as Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
A Warm Corner (1930)
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Never Trouble Trouble (1931)
as Minor Role