Merle Oberon
Born: 1911-02-19 in Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India [now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India]
Died: 1979-11-23
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2002
- The Trouble with Merle as Self
1993
1973
- Interval as Serena Moore
- The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
1969
- The Epic That Never Was as Interviewee / Messalina (archive footage)
1967
- Hotel as The Duchess Caroline
1966
- The Oscar as Merle Oberon
1963
- Of Love and Desire as Katherine Beckmann
1961
- The DuPont Show of the Week as Self
1956
- The Price of Fear as Jessica Warren
- Assignment Foreign Legion
1954
- Désirée as Empress Josephine
- Deep in My Heart as Dorothy Donnelly
- All Is Possible in Granada as Margaret Faulson
1953
- The Oscars as Self
- Letter to Loretta as Self - Guest Host
- General Electric Theater as Mata Hari
1952
- Four Star Playhouse as Martha
- 24 Hours of a Woman's Life as Linda Venning
- Dans la vie tout s'arrange as Elizabeth Rockwell
1951
- Pardon My French as Elizabeth Rockwell
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Self
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Self - Host / Marian Thorne
1950
- What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
1948
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- Berlin Express as Lucienne
- Night Song as Cathy Mallory
1946
- Temptation as Ruby
- Night in Paradise as Delarai
1945
- A Song to Remember as George Sand
- This Love of Ours as Karin Touzac
1944
- The Lodger as Kitty Langley
- Dark Waters as Leslie Calvin
1943
- Forever and a Day as Marjorie Ismay
- Stage Door Canteen as Merle Oberon
- First Comes Courage as Nicole Larsen
1941
- Lydia as Lydia MacMillan
- Affectionately Yours as Sue Mayberry
- That Uncertain Feeling as Jill Baker
1940
- 'Til We Meet Again as Joan Ames
- Breakdowns of 1940 as Self
1939
- Wuthering Heights as Catherine 'Cathy' Earnshaw Linton
- Over the Moon as Jane Benson
- The Lion Has Wings as Mrs. Richardson
1938
- The Cowboy and the Lady as Mary Smith
- The Divorce of Lady X as Leslie Steele / Lady Claire Mere
- Hollywood Goes to Town as Self
1936
- Beloved Enemy as Helen Drummond
- These Three as Karen Wright
- Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) as Self
1935
- Folies Bergère as Baroness Genevieve Cassini
- The Dark Angel as Kitty Vane
1934
- The Battle as Marquise Yorisaka
- The Private Life of Don Juan as Antonita, a Dancer of Passionate Temperament
- The Broken Melody as Germaine Brissard
- The Scarlet Pimpernel as Lady Marguerite Blakeney
1933
- The Private Life of Henry VIII as Anne Boleyn
1932
- Ebb Tide as (uncredited)
- Wedding Rehearsal as Miss Hutchinson
- For the Love of Mike as Bit Part
- Aren't We All? as Bit Part
- Service for Ladies as Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
- Men of Tomorrow as Ysobel d'Aunay
1931
- Fascination as Flower Seller
- Never Trouble Trouble as Minor Role
1930
- A Warm Corner as Bit Part (uncredited)
1928
- The Three Passions as Bit Part (uncredited)