Merle Oberon
Acting
Born: February 19, 1911 · Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India [now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India]
Died: November 23, 1979 (aged 68)
Highest Rated
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
Photos (6)
Movies (50)
Wuthering Heights
Catherine 'Cathy' Earnshaw Linton
Désirée
Empress Josephine
Deep in My Heart
Dorothy Donnelly
The Cowboy and the Lady
Mary Smith
The Oscar
Merle Oberon
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Lady Marguerite Blakeney
Berlin Express
Lucienne Mirbeau
The Lodger
Kitty Langley
A Song to Remember
George Sand
Beloved Enemy
Helen Drummond
Affectionately Yours
Sue Mayberry
Temptation
Ruby
The Divorce of Lady X
Leslie Steele / Lady Claire Mere
Hotel
The Duchess Caroline
Stage Door Canteen
Merle Oberon
The Private Life of Henry VIII
Anne Boleyn
These Three
Karen Wright
Dark Waters
Leslie Calvin
That Uncertain Feeling
Jill Baker
Lydia
Lydia MacMillan
All Is Possible in Granada
Margaret Faulson
The Dark Angel
Kitty Vane
Folies Bergère de Paris
Opera Singer (umcredited)
The Private Life of Don Juan
Antonita, a Dancer of Passionate Temperament
'Til We Meet Again
Joan Ames
The Price of Fear
Jessica Warren
Over the Moon
Jane Benson
This Love of Ours
Karin Touzac
Fascination
Flower Seller
Forever and a Day
Marjorie Ismay
Of Love and Desire
Katherine Beckmann
Night in Paradise
Delarai
24 Hours of a Woman's Life
Linda Venning
First Comes Courage
Nicole Larsen
Aren't We All?
Bit Part
The Lion Has Wings
Mrs. Richardson
Wedding Rehearsal
Miss Hutchinson
Dans la vie tout s'arrange
Elizabeth Rockwell
For the Love of Mike
Bit Part
I, Claudius
Messalina
Night Song
Cathy Mallory
The Battle
Mitsuko Yorisaka
Interval
Serena Moore
The Three Passions
Bit Part (uncredited)
Pardon My French
Elizabeth Rockwell
The Broken Melody
Germaine Brissard
Men of Tomorrow
Ysobel d'Aunay
A Warm Corner
Bit Part (uncredited)
Service for Ladies
Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
Never Trouble Trouble
Minor Role
TV Shows (5)
Self / Appearances (16)
What's My Line?
Self · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 3 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · 1 eps
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self · 1 eps
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Self - Guest Host · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Self - Guest Host / Lucille · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Self · 1 eps
The DuPont Show of the Week
Self · 1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Self - Host / Marian Thorne · 1 eps
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Self
Churchill and the Movie Mogul
Self (archive footage)
The Epic That Never Was
Self - Interviewee / Messalina (archive footage)
The Trouble with Merle
Self
Hollywood Goes to Town
Self
Breakdowns of 1940
Self
