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Merle Oberon
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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 fo…
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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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Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
as Self (archive footage)
Churchill and the Movie Mogul
as Self (archive footage)
The Trouble with Merle
as Self
No Poster
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
as Self
Interval
as Serena Moore
The Epic That Never Was
as Self - Interviewee / Messalina (archive footage)
Hotel
as The Duchess Caroline
The Oscar
as Merle Oberon
Of Love and Desire
as Katherine Beckmann
The Price of Fear
as Jessica Warren
Deep in My Heart
as Dorothy Donnelly
Désirée
as Empress Josephine
All Is Possible in Granada
as Margaret Faulson
24 Hours of a Woman's Life
as Linda Venning
Dans la vie tout s'arrange
as Elizabeth Rockwell
Pardon My French
as Elizabeth Rockwell
Berlin Express
as Lucienne Mirbeau
Night Song
as Cathy Mallory
Temptation
as Ruby
Night in Paradise
as Delarai
This Love of Ours
as Karin Touzac
A Song to Remember
as George Sand
Dark Waters
as Leslie Calvin
The Lodger
as Kitty Langley
First Comes Courage
as Nicole Larsen
Stage Door Canteen
as Merle Oberon
Forever and a Day
as Marjorie Ismay
Lydia
as Lydia MacMillan
Affectionately Yours
as Sue Mayberry
That Uncertain Feeling
as Jill Baker
Breakdowns of 1940
as Self
'Til We Meet Again
as Joan Ames
The Lion Has Wings
as Mrs. Richardson
Over the Moon
as Jane Benson
Wuthering Heights
as Catherine 'Cathy' Earnshaw Linton
The Cowboy and the Lady
as Mary Smith
Hollywood Goes to Town
as Self
The Divorce of Lady X
as Leslie Steele / Lady Claire Mere
I, Claudius
as Messalina
Beloved Enemy
as Helen Drummond
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
as Self
These Three
as Karen Wright
The Dark Angel
as Kitty Vane
Folies Bergère de Paris
as Opera Singer (umcredited)
The Scarlet Pimpernel
as Lady Marguerite Blakeney
The Broken Melody
as Germaine Brissard
The Battle
as Mitsuko Yorisaka
The Private Life of Don Juan
as Antonita, a Dancer of Passionate Temperament
The Private Life of Henry VIII
as Anne Boleyn
For the Love of Mike
as Bit Part
Wedding Rehearsal
as Miss Hutchinson
Men of Tomorrow
as Ysobel d'Aunay
Aren't We All?
as Bit Part
No Poster
Ebb Tide
as (uncredited)
Service for Ladies
as Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
Fascination
as Flower Seller
Never Trouble Trouble
as Minor Role
A Warm Corner
as Bit Part (uncredited)
The Three Passions
as Bit Part (uncredited)