
Merle Oberon
Born February 19, 1911 · Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India [now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India]
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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Berlin Express

'Til We Meet Again

Charmed Lives: A Family Romance

The Lodger

Stage Door Canteen

Churchill and the Movie Mogul

The Private Life of Don Juan

This Love of Ours

Hollywood Goes to Town

A Song to Remember

The Divorce of Lady X

All Is Possible in Granada

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

That Uncertain Feeling

These Three

The Scarlet Pimpernel

Hotel

Affectionately Yours

Aren't We All?

The Lion Has Wings

The Price of Fear

The Dark Angel

Lydia

Dans la vie tout s'arrange

Night in Paradise

The Epic That Never Was

Dark Waters

I, Claudius

Over the Moon

Beloved Enemy

24 Hours of a Woman's Life

Of Love and Desire

Fascination

The Battle

Night Song

First Comes Courage

Temptation

Interval

Breakdowns of 1940

Wedding Rehearsal

Pardon My French

For the Love of Mike

The Trouble with Merle

The Three Passions

Men of Tomorrow

Service for Ladies

A Warm Corner

Never Trouble Trouble




















