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Merle Oberon

Acting

Born February 19, 1911 · Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India [now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India]

Died November 23, 1979

Also known as Queenie Thompson · Queenie O'Brien · Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson

Biography

Merle Oberon 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.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA

Awards & recognition

  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • Academy AwardBest Actress · 1936 · nominated

Filmography32 titles

Forever and a Day

1943as Marjorie Ismay

Wuthering Heights

1939as Catherine 'Cathy' Earnshaw Linton

These Three

1936as Karen Wright

What's My Line?

1950as Self - Mystery Guest

The Scarlet Pimpernel

1934as Lady Marguerite Blakeney

The Broken Melody

1934as Germaine Brissard

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950as Self

Four Star Playhouse

1952as Carol

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948as Self

Deep in My Heart

1954as Dorothy Donnelly

Désirée

1954as Empress Josephine

Letter to Loretta

1953as Self - Guest Host

That Uncertain Feeling

1941as Jill Baker

The Lodger

1944as Kitty Langley

Lydia

1941as Lydia MacMillan

Night Song

1948as Cathy Mallory

A Song to Remember

1945as George Sand

'Til We Meet Again

1940as Joan Ames

The Lion Has Wings

1939as Mrs. Richardson

The Private Life of Henry VIII

1933as Anne Boleyn

Stage Door Canteen

1943as Merle Oberon

The Cowboy and the Lady

1938as Mary Smith

Beloved Enemy

1936as Helen Drummond

Berlin Express

1948as Lucienne

The 20th Century Fox Hour

1955

Dark Waters

1944as Leslie Calvin

The Private Life of Don Juan

1934as Antonita, a Dancer of Passionate Temperament

The Divorce of Lady X

1938as Leslie Steele / Lady Claire Mere

24 Hours of a Woman's Life

1952as Linda Venning

Over the Moon

1939as Jane Benson

Wedding Rehearsal

1932as Miss Hutchinson

The Oscar

1966as Merle Oberon