Merle Oberon

Known for ActingBorn 1911-02-19Died 1979-11-23Bombay, 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 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.Read more

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I, Claudius

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Aren't We All?

Men of Tomorrow

Never Trouble Trouble

Dans la vie tout s'arrange

Service for Ladies

Forever and a Day

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

The DuPont Show of the Week

Wuthering Heights

The Epic That Never Was

These Three

What's My Line?

The Oscars

Pardon My French

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Hollywood Goes to Town

General Electric Theater

The Scarlet Pimpernel

The Broken Melody

Four Star Playhouse

The Ed Sullivan Show

For the Love of Mike

Ebb Tide

Deep in My Heart

Letter to Loretta

Désirée

All Is Possible in Granada

First Comes Courage

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

That Uncertain Feeling

Fascination

Night in Paradise

Lydia

The Lodger

Night Song

A Song to Remember

The Lion Has Wings

'Til We Meet Again

The Private Life of Henry VIII

Interval

Stage Door Canteen

Hotel

Berlin Express

The Cowboy and the Lady

Beloved Enemy

Of Love and Desire