Merle Oberon
Acting
1911-02-19 · 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 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.
Filmography
TheatersCharmed Lives: A Family Romance
2028 · Movie
Churchill and the Movie Mogul
2019 · Movie
The Trouble with Merle
2002 · Movie
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
1993 · Movie
Interval
1973 · Movie
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973 · Series
The Epic That Never Was
1969 · Movie
Hotel
1967 · Movie
The Oscar
1966 · Movie
Of Love and Desire
1963 · Movie
The DuPont Show of the Week
1961 · Series
Assignment Foreign Legion
1956 · Series
The Price of Fear
1956 · Movie
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955 · Series
Deep in My Heart
1954 · Movie
Désirée
1954 · Movie
All Is Possible in Granada
1954 · Movie
Letter to Loretta
1953 · Series
The Oscars
1953 · Series
General Electric Theater
1953 · Series
Four Star Playhouse
1952 · Series
24 Hours of a Woman's Life
1952 · Movie
Dans la vie tout s'arrange
1952 · Movie
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Series
Pardon My French
1951 · Movie
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Series
What's My Line?
1950 · Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Series
Berlin Express
1948 · Movie
Night Song
1948 · Movie
Temptation
1946 · Movie
Night in Paradise
1946 · Movie
This Love of Ours
1945 · Movie
A Song to Remember
1945 · Movie
Dark Waters
1944 · Movie
The Lodger
1944 · Movie
First Comes Courage
1943 · Movie
Stage Door Canteen
1943 · Movie
Forever and a Day
1943 · Movie
Lydia
1941 · Movie
Affectionately Yours
1941 · Movie
That Uncertain Feeling
1941 · Movie
Breakdowns of 1940
1940 · Movie
'Til We Meet Again
1940 · Movie
The Lion Has Wings
1939 · Movie
Over the Moon
1939 · Movie
Wuthering Heights
1939 · Movie
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938 · Movie
Hollywood Goes to Town
1938 · Movie
The Divorce of Lady X
1938 · Movie
I, Claudius
1937 · Movie
Beloved Enemy
1936 · Movie
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936 · Movie
These Three
1936 · Movie
The Dark Angel
1935 · Movie
Folies Bergère de Paris
1935 · Movie
The Scarlet Pimpernel
1934 · Movie
The Broken Melody
1934 · Movie
The Battle
1934 · Movie
The Private Life of Don Juan
1934 · Movie
The Private Life of Henry VIII
1933 · Movie
For the Love of Mike
1932 · Movie
Wedding Rehearsal
1932 · Movie
Men of Tomorrow
1932 · Movie
Aren't We All?
1932 · Movie
Ebb Tide
1932 · Movie
Service for Ladies
1932 · Movie
Fascination
1931 · Movie
Never Trouble Trouble
1931 · Movie
A Warm Corner
1930 · Movie
The Three Passions
1928 · Movie