Merle Oberon
Known for Acting · 72 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
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Martha / Margot Sterling / Carol
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
The DuPont Show of the Week
1961
as Self
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Self - Host / Marian Thorne
Assignment Foreign Legion
1956
General Electric Theater
1953
as Mata Hari
Movies (59)
Wuthering Heights
1939
as Catherine 'Cathy' Earnshaw Linton
Désirée
1954
as Empress Josephine
The Oscar
1966
as Merle Oberon
Ebb Tide
1932
as (uncredited)
Night in Paradise
1946
as Delarai
The Dark Angel
1935
as Kitty Vane
Hotel
1967
as The Duchess Caroline
Folies Bergère de Paris
1935
as Baroness Genevieve Cassini
Fascination
1931
as Flower Seller
Affectionately Yours
1941
as Sue Mayberry
That Uncertain Feeling
1941
as Jill Baker
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938
as Mary Smith
These Three
1936
as Karen Wright
Berlin Express
1948
as Lucienne Mirbeau
The Scarlet Pimpernel
1934
as Lady Marguerite Blakeney
A Song to Remember
1945
as George Sand
Over the Moon
1939
as Jane Benson
The Divorce of Lady X
1938
as Leslie Steele / Lady Claire Mere
The Lodger
1944
as Kitty Langley
All Is Possible in Granada
1954
as Margaret Faulson
The Price of Fear
1956
as Jessica Warren
Lydia
1941
as Lydia MacMillan
Forever and a Day
1943
as Marjorie Ismay
'Til We Meet Again
1940
as Joan Ames
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
2028
as Self (archive footage)
Stage Door Canteen
1943
as Merle Oberon
Deep in My Heart
1954
as Dorothy Donnelly
The Private Life of Don Juan
1934
as Antonita, a Dancer of Passionate Temperament
The Three Passions
1928
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Wedding Rehearsal
1932
as Miss Hutchinson
The Private Life of Henry VIII
1933
as Anne Boleyn
I, Claudius
1937
as Messalina
Churchill and the Movie Mogul
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Aren't We All?
1932
as Bit Part
Hollywood Goes to Town
1938
as Self
Temptation
1946
as Ruby
First Comes Courage
1943
as Nicole Larsen
The Lion Has Wings
1939
as Mrs. Richardson
Dark Waters
1944
as Leslie Calvin
24 Hours of a Woman's Life
1952
as Linda Venning
Beloved Enemy
1936
as Helen Drummond
Of Love and Desire
1963
as Katherine Beckmann
Night Song
1948
as Cathy Mallory
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
1993
as Self
For the Love of Mike
1932
as Bit Part
Dans la vie tout s'arrange
1952
as Elizabeth Rockwell
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936
as Self
This Love of Ours
1945
as Karin Touzac
The Epic That Never Was
1969
as Self - Interviewee / Messalina (archive footage)
Breakdowns of 1940
1940
as Self
Men of Tomorrow
1932
as Ysobel d'Aunay
Interval
1973
as Serena Moore
Pardon My French
1951
as Elizabeth Rockwell
The Battle
1934
as Mitsuko Yorisaka
Service for Ladies
1932
as Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
A Warm Corner
1930
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Never Trouble Trouble
1931
as Minor Role
The Trouble with Merle
2002
as Self
The Broken Melody
1934
as Germaine Brissard
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 72 credits spanning from 1928 to 2028, Merle Oberon has appeared in 59 films and 13 TV shows.
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- Wuthering Heights (1939) — as Catherine 'Cathy' Earnshaw Linton
- Désirée (1954) — as Empress Josephine
- The Oscar (1966) — as Merle Oberon
- Ebb Tide (1932) — as (uncredited)
- Night in Paradise (1946) — as Delarai
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