Merle Oberon
Acting
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.
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movieChurchill and the Movie Mogul
2019
Self (archive footage)
movieInterval
1973
Serena Moore
movieThe Epic That Never Was
1969
Self - Interviewee / Messalina (archive footage)
movieHotel
1967
The Duchess Caroline
movieThe Oscar
1966
Merle Oberon
movieOf Love and Desire
1963
Katherine Beckmann
movieThe Price of Fear
1956
Jessica Warren
movieDeep in My Heart
1954
Dorothy Donnelly
movieDésirée
1954
Empress Josephine
movieAll Is Possible in Granada
1954
Margaret Faulson
tvLetter to Loretta
1953
Self - Guest Host / Self - Guest Host / Lucille
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953
Mata Hari
tvFour Star Playhouse
1952
Martha / Margot Sterling / Carol
movie24 Hours of a Woman's Life
1952
Linda Venning
movieDans la vie tout s'arrange
1952
Elizabeth Rockwell
tvSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Self - Host / Marian Thorne
moviePardon My French
1951
Elizabeth Rockwell
movieBerlin Express
1948
Lucienne Mirbeau
movieNight Song
1948
Cathy Mallory
movieNight in Paradise
1946
Delarai
movieThis Love of Ours
1945
Karin Touzac
movieA Song to Remember
1945
George Sand
movieDark Waters
1944
Leslie Calvin
movieThe Lodger
1944
Kitty Langley
movieFirst Comes Courage
1943
Nicole Larsen
movieStage Door Canteen
1943
Merle Oberon
movieForever and a Day
1943
Marjorie Ismay
movieLydia
1941
Lydia MacMillan
movieAffectionately Yours
1941
Sue Mayberry
movieThat Uncertain Feeling
1941
Jill Baker
movie'Til We Meet Again
1940
Joan Ames
movieThe Lion Has Wings
1939
Mrs. Richardson
movieOver the Moon
1939
Jane Benson
movieWuthering Heights
1939
Catherine 'Cathy' Earnshaw Linton
movieThe Cowboy and the Lady
1938
Mary Smith
movieThe Divorce of Lady X
1938
Leslie Steele / Lady Claire Mere
movieI, Claudius
1937
Messalina
movieBeloved Enemy
1936
Helen Drummond
movieThese Three
1936
Karen Wright
movieThe Dark Angel
1935
Kitty Vane
movieFolies Bergère de Paris
1935
Baroness Genevieve Cassini
movieThe Scarlet Pimpernel
1934
Lady Marguerite Blakeney
movieThe Broken Melody
1934
Germaine Brissard
movieThe Battle
1934
Mitsuko Yorisaka
movieThe Private Life of Don Juan
1934
Antonita, a Dancer of Passionate Temperament
movieThe Private Life of Henry VIII
1933
Anne Boleyn
movieFor the Love of Mike
1932
Bit Part
movieWedding Rehearsal
1932
Miss Hutchinson
movieMen of Tomorrow
1932
Ysobel d'Aunay
movieAren't We All?
1932
Bit Part
Ebb Tide
1932
(uncredited)
movieService for Ladies
1932
Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
movieFascination
1931
Flower Seller
movieNever Trouble Trouble
1931
Minor Role
movieA Warm Corner
1930
Bit Part (uncredited)
movieThe Three Passions
1928
Bit Part (uncredited)
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movieInterval
1973
Producer