Merle Oberon
Actor
Born February 19, 1911 in Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India [now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India]
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.
Filmography
Churchill and the Movie Mogul
Self (archive footage)
The Trouble with Merle
Self
Interval
Serena Moore
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
The Epic That Never Was
Self - Interviewee / Messalina (archive footage)
Hotel
The Duchess Caroline
The Oscar
Merle Oberon
Of Love and Desire
Katherine Beckmann
The DuPont Show of the Week
Self
The Price of Fear
Jessica Warren
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Deep in My Heart
Dorothy Donnelly
Désirée
Empress Josephine
All Is Possible in Granada
Margaret Faulson
Letter to Loretta
Self - Guest Host
The Oscars
Self
General Electric Theater
Mata Hari
Four Star Playhouse
Martha
24 Hours of a Woman's Life
Linda Venning
Dans la vie tout s'arrange
Elizabeth Rockwell
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Self
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Self - Host / Marian Thorne
Pardon My French
Elizabeth Rockwell
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
What's My Line?
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
Berlin Express
Lucienne Mirbeau
Night Song
Cathy Mallory
Temptation
Ruby
Night in Paradise
Delarai
This Love of Ours
Karin Touzac
A Song to Remember
George Sand
Dark Waters
Leslie Calvin
The Lodger
Kitty Langley
First Comes Courage
Nicole Larsen
Stage Door Canteen
Merle Oberon
Forever and a Day
Marjorie Ismay
Lydia
Lydia MacMillan
Affectionately Yours
Sue Mayberry
That Uncertain Feeling
Jill Baker
Breakdowns of 1940
Self
'Til We Meet Again
Joan Ames
The Lion Has Wings
Mrs. Richardson
Over the Moon
Jane Benson
Wuthering Heights
Catherine 'Cathy' Earnshaw Linton
The Cowboy and the Lady
Mary Smith
Hollywood Goes to Town
Self
The Divorce of Lady X
Leslie Steele / Lady Claire Mere
I, Claudius
Messalina
Beloved Enemy
Helen Drummond
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Self
These Three
Karen Wright
The Dark Angel
Kitty Vane
Folies Bergère de Paris
Baroness Genevieve Cassini
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Lady Marguerite Blakeney
The Broken Melody
Germaine Brissard
The Battle
Mitsuko Yorisaka
The Private Life of Don Juan
Antonita, a Dancer of Passionate Temperament
The Private Life of Henry VIII
Anne Boleyn
For the Love of Mike
Bit Part
Wedding Rehearsal
Miss Hutchinson
Men of Tomorrow
Ysobel d'Aunay
Aren't We All?
Bit Part
Service for Ladies
Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
Fascination
Flower Seller
Never Trouble Trouble
Minor Role
A Warm Corner
Bit Part (uncredited)
The Three Passions
Bit Part (uncredited)