Merle Oberon
Actor
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
The Lodger
as Kitty Langley 1944
The Private Life of Henry VIII
as Anne Boleyn 1933
The Scarlet Pimpernel
as Lady Marguerite Blakeney 1934
Berlin Express
as Lucienne 1948
That Uncertain Feeling
as Jill Baker 1941
Désirée
as Empress Josephine 1954
These Three
as Karen Wright 1936
A Song to Remember
as George Sand 1945
The Cowboy and the Lady
as Mary Smith 1938
Hotel
as The Duchess Caroline 1967
Dark Waters
as Leslie Calvin 1944
The Divorce of Lady X
as Leslie Steele / Lady Claire Mere 1938
The Private Life of Don Juan
as Antonita, a Dancer of Passionate Temperament 1934
The Price of Fear
as Jessica Warren 1956
The Dark Angel
as Kitty Vane 1935
Stage Door Canteen
as Merle Oberon 1943