Merle Oberon
Acting
Born: 1911-02-19 in Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India [now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India]
Biography
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
Four Star Playhouse
Martha
Four Star Playhouse
Margot Sterling
Four Star Playhouse
Carol
What's My Line?
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
The Oscars
Self
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Wuthering Heights
Catherine 'Cathy' Earnshaw Linton
The DuPont Show of the Week
Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
Letter to Loretta
Self - Guest Host
Letter to Loretta
Self - Guest Host / Lucille
The Oscar
Merle Oberon
General Electric Theater
Mata Hari
Désirée
Empress Josephine
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Self
The Lodger
Kitty Langley
Stage Door Canteen
Merle Oberon
Fascination
Flower Seller
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Self - Host / Marian Thorne
Assignment Foreign Legion
The Private Life of Henry VIII
Anne Boleyn
Berlin Express
Lucienne Mirbeau
The Cowboy and the Lady
Mary Smith
Affectionately Yours
Sue Mayberry
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
Self (archive footage)
These Three
Karen Wright
The Dark Angel
Kitty Vane
Hotel
The Duchess Caroline
Forever and a Day
Marjorie Ismay
Aren't We All?
Bit Part
The Private Life of Don Juan
Antonita, a Dancer of Passionate Temperament
Beloved Enemy
Helen Drummond
Deep in My Heart
Dorothy Donnelly
The Divorce of Lady X
Leslie Steele / Lady Claire Mere
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Lady Marguerite Blakeney
All Is Possible in Granada
Margaret Faulson
Folies Bergère de Paris
Baroness Genevieve Cassini