Acting
Merle Oberon
EN, FR cinema · 59 credits
Born
19 February 1911
Died
23 November 1979 (aged 68)
Birthplace
Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India [now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India]
Also known as Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson
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
Known for
Filmography
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
as Self (archive footage)
Churchill and the Movie Mogul
as Self (archive footage)
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
1993
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
as Self
Interval
as Serena Moore, Producer
The Epic That Never Was
as Self - Interviewee / Messalina (archive footage)
Hotel
as The Duchess Caroline
The Oscar
as Merle Oberon
Of Love and Desire
as Katherine Beckmann
The Price of Fear
as Jessica Warren
Désirée
as Empress Josephine
All Is Possible in Granada
as Margaret Faulson
Deep in My Heart
as Dorothy Donnelly
24 Hours of a Woman's Life
as Linda Venning
Dans la vie tout s'arrange
as Elizabeth Rockwell
Pardon My French
as Elizabeth Rockwell
Berlin Express
as Lucienne Mirbeau
Night Song
as Cathy Mallory
Temptation
as Ruby
Night in Paradise
as Delarai
A Song to Remember
as George Sand
This Love of Ours
as Karin Touzac
The Lodger
as Kitty Langley
Dark Waters
as Leslie Calvin
First Comes Courage
as Nicole Larsen
Stage Door Canteen
as Merle Oberon
Forever and a Day
as Marjorie Ismay
That Uncertain Feeling
as Jill Baker
Lydia
as Lydia MacMillan
Affectionately Yours
as Sue Mayberry
'Til We Meet Again
as Joan Ames
Wuthering Heights
as Catherine 'Cathy' Earnshaw Linton
The Lion Has Wings
as Mrs. Richardson
Over the Moon
as Jane Benson
The Divorce of Lady X
as Leslie Steele / Lady Claire Mere
The Cowboy and the Lady
as Mary Smith
I, Claudius
as Messalina
Beloved Enemy
as Helen Drummond
These Three
as Karen Wright
The Dark Angel
as Kitty Vane
Folies Bergère de Paris
as Opera Singer (umcredited)
The Scarlet Pimpernel
as Lady Marguerite Blakeney
The Private Life of Don Juan
as Antonita, a Dancer of Passionate Temperament
The Broken Melody
as Germaine Brissard
The Battle
as Mitsuko Yorisaka
The Private Life of Henry VIII
as Anne Boleyn
Wedding Rehearsal
as Miss Hutchinson
For the Love of Mike
as Bit Part
Aren't We All?
as Bit Part
Ebb Tide
1932
Ebb Tide
as (uncredited)
Men of Tomorrow
as Ysobel d'Aunay
Service for Ladies
as Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
Fascination
as Flower Seller
Never Trouble Trouble
as Minor Role
A Warm Corner
as Bit Part (uncredited)
The Three Passions
as Bit Part (uncredited)