Merle Oberon
Known for: Acting
Born: February 19, 1911
Died: November 23, 1979
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
59 movies · 13 TV shows, newest first
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Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
2028
7.3
Churchill and the Movie Mogul
2019
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The Trouble with Merle
2002NR
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
1993
6.0
Interval
1973
6.3
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
6.9
The Epic That Never Was
1969
6.0
Hotel
1967
5.1
The Oscar
1966
6.0
Of Love and Desire
1963
7.0
The DuPont Show of the Week
19611.5
Assignment Foreign Legion
1956
5.9
The Price of Fear
1956
6.0
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
6.7
Deep in My Heart
1954
6.6
Désirée
1954
6.5
All Is Possible in Granada
1954
6.6
Letter to Loretta
1953
7.0
The Oscars
1953
6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
6.8
Four Star Playhouse
1952
5.8
24 Hours of a Woman's Life
1952
7.5
Dans la vie tout s'arrange
1952
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.0
Pardon My French
1951
6.9
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
7.0
What's My Line?
1950
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
6.3
Berlin Express
1948
6.4
Night Song
1948
5.0
Temptation
1946
6.5
Night in Paradise
1946
6.0
This Love of Ours
1945
6.5
A Song to Remember
1945
6.0
Dark Waters
1944
6.5
The Lodger
1944
6.6
First Comes Courage
1943
6.3
Stage Door Canteen
1943
7.5
Forever and a Day
1943
6.5
Lydia
1941
4.5
Affectionately Yours
1941
6.6
That Uncertain Feeling
1941
4.0
Breakdowns of 1940
1940
6.4
'Til We Meet Again
1940
6.4
The Lion Has Wings
1939
5.8
Over the Moon
1939
7.2
Wuthering Heights
1939
6.3
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938
7.0
Hollywood Goes to Town
1938
5.9
The Divorce of Lady X
1938
10.0
I, Claudius
1937
6.3
Beloved Enemy
1936
6.0
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936
7.1
These Three
1936
6.2
The Dark Angel
1935
6.0
Folies Bergère de Paris
1935
7.0
The Scarlet Pimpernel
1934
7.0
The Broken Melody
1934
4.3
The Battle
1934
6.0
The Private Life of Don Juan
1934
6.4
The Private Life of Henry VIII
1933
7.0
For the Love of Mike
1932
5.5
Wedding Rehearsal
1932
8.0
Men of Tomorrow
1932
8.0
Aren't We All?
19327.0
Ebb Tide
1932
7.6
Service for Ladies
1932
6.7
Fascination
1931
8.0
Never Trouble Trouble
1931
5.9
A Warm Corner
1930
6.0
The Three Passions
1928