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