Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1911-02-19
Day of Death
1979-11-23
Place of Birth
Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India [now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India]
Merle Oberon
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 (57)
The Trouble with Merle
2002Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
1993
Interval
1973
The Epic That Never Was
1969
Hotel
1967
The Oscar
1966
Of Love and Desire
1963
The Price of Fear
1956
Deep in My Heart
1954
Désirée
1954
All Is Possible in Granada
1954
24 Hours of a Woman's Life
1952
Dans la vie tout s'arrange
1952
Pardon My French
1951
