
Person
Merle Oberon
Acting
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 19, 1911
- Died
- Nov 23, 1979
- From
- Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India [now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India]
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
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Wuthering Heights

The Lodger

The Private Life of Henry VIII

The Oscars

The Scarlet Pimpernel

Berlin Express

That Uncertain Feeling

Désirée

These Three

A Song to Remember

The Cowboy and the Lady

What's My Line?

The Divorce of Lady X

Dark Waters

Hotel

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Private Life of Don Juan

The Price of Fear