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