Merle Oberon
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 19, 1911
- Died
- November 23, 1979 (aged 68)
- Birthplace
- 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
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Filmography
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Churchill and the Movie Mogul
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Trouble with Merle
Movie · as Self
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
Movie · as Self
Interval
Movie · as Serena Moore
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Epic That Never Was
Movie · as Self - Interviewee / Messalina (archive footage)
Hotel
Movie · as The Duchess Caroline
The Oscar
Movie · as Merle Oberon
Of Love and Desire
Movie · as Katherine Beckmann
The DuPont Show of the Week
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Price of Fear
Movie · as Jessica Warren
Assignment Foreign Legion
TV · 26 eps
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV · 1 ep
Désirée
Movie · as Empress Josephine
All Is Possible in Granada
Movie · as Margaret Faulson
Deep in My Heart
Movie · as Dorothy Donnelly
General Electric Theater
TV · as Mata Hari · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Letter to Loretta
TV · as Self - Guest Host, Self - Guest Host / Lucille · 1 ep
24 Hours of a Woman's Life
Movie · as Linda Venning
Dans la vie tout s'arrange
Movie · as Elizabeth Rockwell
Four Star Playhouse
TV · as Martha, Margot Sterling, Carol · 1 ep
Pardon My French
Movie · as Elizabeth Rockwell
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · as Self - Host / Marian Thorne · 1 ep
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV · as Self · 1 ep
What's My Line?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Berlin Express
Movie · as Lucienne Mirbeau
Night Song
Movie · as Cathy Mallory
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Temptation
Movie · as Ruby
Night in Paradise
Movie · as Delarai
A Song to Remember
Movie · as George Sand
This Love of Ours
Movie · as Karin Touzac
The Lodger
Movie · as Kitty Langley
Dark Waters
Movie · as Leslie Calvin
First Comes Courage
Movie · as Nicole Larsen
Stage Door Canteen
Movie · as Merle Oberon
Forever and a Day
Movie · as Marjorie Ismay
That Uncertain Feeling
Movie · as Jill Baker
Lydia
Movie · as Lydia MacMillan
Affectionately Yours
Movie · as Sue Mayberry
'Til We Meet Again
Movie · as Joan Ames
Breakdowns of 1940
Movie · as Self
Wuthering Heights
Movie · as Catherine 'Cathy' Earnshaw Linton
The Lion Has Wings
Movie · as Mrs. Richardson
Over the Moon
Movie · as Jane Benson
The Divorce of Lady X
Movie · as Leslie Steele / Lady Claire Mere
The Cowboy and the Lady
Movie · as Mary Smith
Hollywood Goes to Town
Movie · as Self
I, Claudius
Movie · as Messalina
Beloved Enemy
Movie · as Helen Drummond
These Three
Movie · as Karen Wright
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Movie · as Self
The Dark Angel
Movie · as Kitty Vane
Folies Bergère de Paris
Movie · as Opera Singer (umcredited)
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Movie · as Lady Marguerite Blakeney
The Private Life of Don Juan
Movie · as Antonita, a Dancer of Passionate Temperament
The Broken Melody
Movie · as Germaine Brissard
The Battle
Movie · as Mitsuko Yorisaka
The Private Life of Henry VIII
Movie · as Anne Boleyn
Wedding Rehearsal
Movie · as Miss Hutchinson
For the Love of Mike
Movie · as Bit Part
Aren't We All?
Movie · as Bit Part
Ebb Tide
Movie · as (uncredited)
Men of Tomorrow
Movie · as Ysobel d'Aunay
Service for Ladies
Movie · as Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
Fascination
Movie · as Flower Seller
Never Trouble Trouble
Movie · as Minor Role
A Warm Corner
Movie · as Bit Part (uncredited)
The Three Passions
Movie · as Bit Part (uncredited)