Merle Oberon
Known for Acting · 70 credits
- Born
- 1911-02-19
- Died
- 1979-11-23
- Place of birth
- Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India [now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India]
- Also known as
- Queenie Thompson · Queenie O'Brien · Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson
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.
Known For
TV Shows (13)
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Martha / Margot Sterling / Carol
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Self - Guest Host / Self - Guest Host / Lucille
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Self
General Electric Theater
1953
as Mata Hari
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Self - Host / Marian Thorne
The DuPont Show of the Week
1961
as Self
Assignment Foreign Legion
1956
Movies (57)
Wuthering Heights
1939
as Catherine 'Cathy' Earnshaw Linton
Lydia
1941
as Lydia MacMillan
The Lodger
1944
as Kitty Langley
A Song to Remember
1945
as George Sand
Désirée
1954
as Empress Josephine
Ebb Tide
1932
as (uncredited)
The Oscar
1966
as Merle Oberon
Hotel
1967
as The Duchess Caroline
Night in Paradise
1946
as Delarai
The Private Life of Henry VIII
1933
as Anne Boleyn
Berlin Express
1948
as Lucienne
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938
as Mary Smith
Affectionately Yours
1941
as Sue Mayberry
The Scarlet Pimpernel
1934
as Lady Marguerite Blakeney
Stage Door Canteen
1943
as Merle Oberon
The Dark Angel
1935
as Kitty Vane
These Three
1936
as Karen Wright
Dark Waters
1944
as Leslie Calvin
Hollywood Goes to Town
1938
as Self
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936
as Self
That Uncertain Feeling
1941
as Jill Baker
The Divorce of Lady X
1938
as Leslie Steele / Lady Claire Mere
The Lion Has Wings
1939
as Mrs. Richardson
Forever and a Day
1943
as Marjorie Ismay
Deep in My Heart
1954
as Dorothy Donnelly
Beloved Enemy
1936
as Helen Drummond
Breakdowns of 1940
1940
as Self
'Til We Meet Again
1940
as Joan Ames
This Love of Ours
1945
as Karin Touzac
The Battle
1934
as Mitsuko Yorisaka
Folies Bergère de Paris
1935
as Baroness Genevieve Cassini
Aren't We All?
1932
as Bit Part
Temptation
1946
as Ruby
Night Song
1948
as Cathy Mallory
Never Trouble Trouble
1931
as Minor Role
The Price of Fear
1956
as Jessica Warren
The Private Life of Don Juan
1934
as Antonita, a Dancer of Passionate Temperament
All Is Possible in Granada
1954
as Margaret Faulson
Dans la vie tout s'arrange
1952
as Elizabeth Rockwell
Wedding Rehearsal
1932
as Miss Hutchinson
Over the Moon
1939
as Jane Benson
The Epic That Never Was
1969
as Self - Interviewee / Messalina (archive footage)
A Warm Corner
1930
as Bit Part (uncredited)
The Broken Melody
1934
as Germaine Brissard
24 Hours of a Woman's Life
1952
as Linda Venning
Fascination
1931
as Flower Seller
Pardon My French
1951
as Elizabeth Rockwell
Of Love and Desire
1963
as Katherine Beckmann
First Comes Courage
1943
as Nicole Larsen
Interval
1973
as Serena Moore
Men of Tomorrow
1932
as Ysobel d'Aunay
The Trouble with Merle
2002
as Self
I, Claudius
1937
as Messalina
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
1993
as Self
For the Love of Mike
1932
as Bit Part
The Three Passions
1928
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Service for Ladies
1932
as Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
About Merle Oberon
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), Wutherin… With 70 credits spanning from 1928 to 2002, Merle Oberon has appeared in 57 films and 13 TV shows.
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- Wuthering Heights (1939) — as Catherine 'Cathy' Earnshaw Linton
- Lydia (1941) — as Lydia MacMillan
- The Lodger (1944) — as Kitty Langley
- A Song to Remember (1945) — as George Sand
- Désirée (1954) — as Empress Josephine
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