Merle Oberon
Age: N/A | From: Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India [now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India]
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Aliases: Queenie Thompson , Queenie O'Brien , Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India [now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India]
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Movie Involvements: 35
TV Involvements: 5
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
The Oscars
(1953) Self
The Broken Melody
(1934) Germaine Brissard
Wuthering Heights
(1939) Catherine 'Rat' Earnshaw Linton
The Private Life of Henry VIII
(1933) Anne Boleyn
The Scarlet Pimpernel
(1934) Lady Marguerite Blakeney
Of Love and Desire
(1963) Katherine Beckmann
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
(1973) Self
The Lodger
(1944) Kitty LangleyActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Self | |
| 1973 | Serena Moore | |
| Self | ||
| 1969 | Interviewee / Messalina (archive footage) | |
| 1967 | The Duchess Caroline | |
| 1966 | Merle Oberon | |
| 1963 | Katherine Beckmann | |
| 1961 | Self | |
| 1956 | N/A | |
| Jessica Warren | ||
| 1955 | N/A | |
| 1954 | Dorothy Donnelly | |
| Empress Josephine | ||
| Margaret Faulson | ||
| 1953 | Self - Guest Host | |
| Self - Guest Host / Lucille | ||
| Self | ||
| Mata Hari | ||
| 1952 | Martha | |
| Margot Sterling | ||
| Carol | ||
| Linda Venning | ||
| Elizabeth Rockwell | ||
| 1951 | Self | |
| Self - Host / Marian Thorne | ||
| Elizabeth Rockwell | ||
| 1950 | Self | |
| Self - Mystery Guest | ||
| 1948 | Self | |
| Lucienne | ||
| Cathy Mallory | ||
| 1946 | Ruby | |
| Delarai | ||
| 1945 | Karin Touzac | |
| George Sand | ||
| 1944 | Leslie Calvin | |
| Kitty Langley | ||
| 1943 | Nicole Larsen | |
| Merle Oberon | ||
| Marjorie Ismay | ||
| 1941 | Lydia MacMillan | |
| Sue Mayberry | ||
| Jill Baker | ||
| 1940 | Self | |
| Joan Ames | ||
| 1939 | Mrs. Richardson | |
| Jane Benson | ||
| Catherine 'Rat' Earnshaw Linton | ||
| 1938 | Mary Smith | |
| Self | ||
| Leslie Steele / Lady Claire Mere | ||
| 1936 | Helen Drummond | |
| Self | ||
| Karen Wright | ||
| 1935 | Kitty Vane | |
| Baroness Genevieve Cassini | ||
| 1934 | Lady Marguerite Blakeney | |
| Germaine Brissard | ||
| Marquise Yorisaka | ||
| Antonita, a Dancer of Passionate Temperament | ||
| 1933 | Anne Boleyn | |
| 1932 | Bit Part | |
| Miss Hutchinson | ||
| Ysobel d'Aunay | ||
| Bit Part | ||
| (uncredited) | ||
| Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited) | ||
| 1931 | Flower Seller | |
| Minor Role | ||
| 1930 | Bit Part (uncredited) | |
| 1928 | Bit Part (uncredited) | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
