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Merle Oberon

Known For: Acting
Born: February 19, 1911
Place of Birth: Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India [now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India]
Died: November 23, 1979

Merle Oberon

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 car…

Filmography

Churchill and the Movie Mogul

2019 · Self (archive footage)

The Trouble with Merle

2002 · Self

Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One

Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One

1993 · Self

Interval

1973 · Serena Moore, Producer

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

1973 · Self

The Epic That Never Was

1969 · Self - Interviewee / Messalina (archive footage)

Hotel

1967 · The Duchess Caroline

The Oscar

1966 · Merle Oberon

Of Love and Desire

1963 · Katherine Beckmann

The DuPont Show of the Week

1961 · Self

Assignment Foreign Legion

Assignment Foreign Legion

1956

The Price of Fear

1956 · Jessica Warren

The 20th Century Fox Hour

1955

Deep in My Heart

1954 · Dorothy Donnelly

Désirée

1954 · Empress Josephine

All Is Possible in Granada

1954 · Margaret Faulson

Letter to Loretta

1953 · Self - Guest Host, Self - Guest Host / Lucille

The Oscars

1953 · Self

General Electric Theater

1953 · Mata Hari

Four Star Playhouse

1952 · Martha, Margot Sterling, Carol

24 Hours of a Woman's Life

1952 · Linda Venning

Dans la vie tout s'arrange

1952 · Elizabeth Rockwell

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951 · Self

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951 · Self - Host / Marian Thorne

Pardon My French

1951 · Elizabeth Rockwell

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950 · Self

What's My Line?

1950 · Self

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948 · Self

Berlin Express

1948 · Lucienne Mirbeau

Night Song

1948 · Cathy Mallory

Temptation

1946 · Ruby

Night in Paradise

1946 · Delarai

This Love of Ours

1945 · Karin Touzac

A Song to Remember

1945 · George Sand

Dark Waters

1944 · Leslie Calvin

The Lodger

1944 · Kitty Langley

First Comes Courage

1943 · Nicole Larsen

Stage Door Canteen

1943 · Merle Oberon

Forever and a Day

1943 · Marjorie Ismay

Lydia

1941 · Lydia MacMillan

Affectionately Yours

1941 · Sue Mayberry

That Uncertain Feeling

1941 · Jill Baker

Breakdowns of 1940

1940 · Self

'Til We Meet Again

1940 · Joan Ames

The Lion Has Wings

1939 · Mrs. Richardson

Over the Moon

1939 · Jane Benson

Wuthering Heights

1939 · Catherine 'Cathy' Earnshaw Linton

The Cowboy and the Lady

1938 · Mary Smith

Hollywood Goes to Town

1938 · Self

The Divorce of Lady X

1938 · Leslie Steele / Lady Claire Mere

I, Claudius

1937 · Messalina

Beloved Enemy

1936 · Helen Drummond

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

1936 · Self

These Three

1936 · Karen Wright

The Dark Angel

1935 · Kitty Vane

Folies Bergère de Paris

1935 · Baroness Genevieve Cassini

The Scarlet Pimpernel

1934 · Lady Marguerite Blakeney

The Broken Melody

1934 · Germaine Brissard

The Battle

1934 · Mitsuko Yorisaka

The Private Life of Don Juan

1934 · Antonita, a Dancer of Passionate Temperament

The Private Life of Henry VIII

1933 · Anne Boleyn

For the Love of Mike

1932 · Bit Part

Wedding Rehearsal

1932 · Miss Hutchinson

Men of Tomorrow

1932 · Ysobel d'Aunay

Aren't We All?

1932 · Bit Part

Ebb Tide

1932 · (uncredited)

Service for Ladies

1932 · Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)

Fascination

1931 · Flower Seller

Never Trouble Trouble

1931 · Minor Role

A Warm Corner

1930 · Bit Part (uncredited)

The Three Passions

1928 · Bit Part (uncredited)

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