Merle Oberon
Acting
- Born:
- 1911-02-19
- Died:
- 1979-11-23
- Place of birth:
- 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 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
Known For
Filmography
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
Churchill and the Movie Mogul
The Trouble with Merle
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
Interval
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
The Epic That Never Was
Hotel
The Oscar
Of Love and Desire
The DuPont Show of the Week
Assignment Foreign Legion
The Price of Fear
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Deep in My Heart
Désirée
All Is Possible in Granada
Letter to Loretta
The Oscars
General Electric Theater
Four Star Playhouse
24 Hours of a Woman's Life
Dans la vie tout s'arrange
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Pardon My French
The Colgate Comedy Hour
What's My Line?
The Ed Sullivan Show
Berlin Express
Night Song
Temptation
Night in Paradise
This Love of Ours
A Song to Remember
Dark Waters
The Lodger
First Comes Courage
Stage Door Canteen
Forever and a Day
Lydia
Affectionately Yours
That Uncertain Feeling
Breakdowns of 1940
'Til We Meet Again
The Lion Has Wings
Over the Moon
Wuthering Heights
The Cowboy and the Lady
Hollywood Goes to Town
The Divorce of Lady X
I, Claudius
Beloved Enemy
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
These Three
The Dark Angel
Folies Bergère de Paris
The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Broken Melody
The Battle
The Private Life of Don Juan
The Private Life of Henry VIII
For the Love of Mike
Wedding Rehearsal
Men of Tomorrow
Aren't We All?
Ebb Tide
Service for Ladies
Fascination
Never Trouble Trouble
A Warm Corner
The Three Passions