Merle Oberon
Acting • Born 1911-02-19 – Died 1979-11-23
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.
Filmography
72 credits
Wuthering Heights
Movie • 1939
Catherine 'Cathy' Earnshaw Linton
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Movie • 1934
Lady Marguerite Blakeney
The Lodger
Movie • 1944
Kitty Langley
Berlin Express
Movie • 1948
Lucienne
Dark Waters
Movie • 1944
Leslie Calvin
Désirée
Movie • 1954
Empress Josephine
The Private Life of Henry VIII
Movie • 1933
Anne Boleyn
Deep in My Heart
Movie • 1954
Dorothy Donnelly
That Uncertain Feeling
Movie • 1941
Jill Baker
The Divorce of Lady X
Movie • 1938
Leslie Steele / Lady Claire Mere
Beloved Enemy
Movie • 1936
Helen Drummond
Temptation
Movie • 1946
Ruby
The Private Life of Don Juan
Movie • 1934
Antonita, a Dancer of Passionate Temperament
The Lion Has Wings
Movie • 1939
Mrs. Richardson
The Price of Fear
Movie • 1956
Jessica Warren
These Three
Movie • 1936
Karen Wright
Lydia
Movie • 1941
Lydia MacMillan
The Oscar
Movie • 1966
Merle Oberon
Affectionately Yours
Movie • 1941
Sue Mayberry
First Comes Courage
Movie • 1943
Nicole Larsen
The Dark Angel
Movie • 1935
Kitty Vane
Wedding Rehearsal
Movie • 1932
Miss Hutchinson
Over the Moon
Movie • 1939
Jane Benson
The Cowboy and the Lady
Movie • 1938
Mary Smith
All Is Possible in Granada
Movie • 1954
Margaret Faulson
'Til We Meet Again
Movie • 1940
Joan Ames
A Song to Remember
Movie • 1945
George Sand
Night in Paradise
Movie • 1946
Delarai
The Epic That Never Was
Movie • 1969
Interviewee / Messalina (archive footage)
24 Hours of a Woman's Life
Movie • 1952
Linda Venning
Night Song
Movie • 1948
Cathy Mallory
Folies Bergère de Paris
Movie • 1935
Baroness Genevieve Cassini
Interval
Movie • 1973
Serena Moore
This Love of Ours
Movie • 1945
Karin Touzac
The Broken Melody
Movie • 1934
Germaine Brissard
Hotel
Movie • 1967
The Duchess Caroline
Fascination
Movie • 1931
Flower Seller
For the Love of Mike
Movie • 1932
Bit Part
Of Love and Desire
Movie • 1963
Katherine Beckmann
Dans la vie tout s'arrange
Movie • 1952
Elizabeth Rockwell
The Battle
Movie • 1934
Mitsuko Yorisaka
Stage Door Canteen
Movie • 1943
Merle Oberon
Aren't We All?
Movie • 1932
Bit Part
Forever and a Day
Movie • 1943
Marjorie Ismay
The Trouble with Merle
Movie • 2002
Self
Ebb Tide
Movie • 1932
(uncredited)
Pardon My French
Movie • 1951
Elizabeth Rockwell
Never Trouble Trouble
Movie • 1931
Minor Role
Men of Tomorrow
Movie • 1932
Ysobel d'Aunay
Breakdowns of 1940
Movie • 1940
Self
Hollywood Goes to Town
Movie • 1938
Self
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Movie • 1936
Self
The Three Passions
Movie • 1928
Bit Part (uncredited)
A Warm Corner
Movie • 1930
Bit Part (uncredited)
Service for Ladies
Movie • 1932
Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
Movie • 1993
Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV • 1950
Self
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Mata Hari
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Self - Host / Marian Thorne
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV • 1955
Assignment Foreign Legion
TV • 1956
The DuPont Show of the Week
TV • 1961
Self
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Letter to Loretta
TV • 1953
Self - Guest Host
Letter to Loretta
TV • 1953
Self - Guest Host / Lucille
Four Star Playhouse
TV • 1952
Martha
Four Star Playhouse
TV • 1952
Margot Sterling
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
Four Star Playhouse
TV • 1952
Carol
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV • 1973
Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Self
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self - Mystery Guest