Merle Oberon
Known for: Acting
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
Filmography
Series
What's My Line?
Self
1950
Series
Four Star Playhouse
Martha
1952
Series
Four Star Playhouse
Margot Sterling
1952
Series
Four Star Playhouse
Carol
1952
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Series
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
1973
Series
Letter to Loretta
Self - Guest Host
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Self - Guest Host / Lucille
1953
Film
Wuthering Heights
Catherine 'Cathy' Earnshaw Linton
1939
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Self
1951
Series
The DuPont Show of the Week
Self
1961
Film
The Lodger
Kitty Langley
1944
Film
The Oscar
Merle Oberon
1966
Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Self - Host / Marian Thorne
1951
Series
General Electric Theater
Mata Hari
1953
Film
Désirée
Empress Josephine
1954
Film
The Divorce of Lady X
Leslie Steele / Lady Claire Mere
1938
Film
The Cowboy and the Lady
Mary Smith
1938
Film
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Lady Marguerite Blakeney
1934
Film
Deep in My Heart
Dorothy Donnelly
1954
Assignment Foreign Legion
1956
Film
The Private Life of Henry VIII
Anne Boleyn
1933
Film
The Private Life of Don Juan
Antonita, a Dancer of Passionate Temperament
1934
Film
Berlin Express
Lucienne Mirbeau
1948
Film
Affectionately Yours
Sue Mayberry
1941
Film
Dark Waters
Leslie Calvin
1944
Film
These Three
Karen Wright
1936
Film
That Uncertain Feeling
Jill Baker
1941
Film
Temptation
Ruby
1946
Film
A Song to Remember
George Sand
1945
Film
Over the Moon
Jane Benson
1939
Film
All Is Possible in Granada
Margaret Faulson
1954
Film
Folies Bergère de Paris
Opera Singer (umcredited)
1935
Film
Churchill and the Movie Mogul
Self (archive footage)
2019
Film
Night in Paradise
Delarai
1946
Film
Stage Door Canteen
Merle Oberon
1943
Film
Hotel
The Duchess Caroline
1967
Film
Lydia
Lydia MacMillan
1941
Film
Hollywood Goes to Town
Self
1938
Film
Fascination
Flower Seller
1931
Film
Night Song
Cathy Mallory
1948
Film
The Dark Angel
Kitty Vane
1935
Film
The Price of Fear
Jessica Warren
1956
Film
Beloved Enemy
Helen Drummond
1936
Film
'Til We Meet Again
Joan Ames
1940
Film
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
Self (archive footage)
2028
Film
Forever and a Day
Marjorie Ismay
1943
Ebb Tide
(uncredited)
1932
Film
This Love of Ours
Karin Touzac
1945
Film
The Lion Has Wings
Mrs. Richardson
1939
Film
Aren't We All?
Bit Part
1932
Film
First Comes Courage
Nicole Larsen
1943
Film
24 Hours of a Woman's Life
Linda Venning
1952
Film
The Epic That Never Was
Self - Interviewee / Messalina (archive footage)
1969
Film
The Battle
Mitsuko Yorisaka
1934
Film
Of Love and Desire
Katherine Beckmann
1963
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
Self
1993
Film
I, Claudius
Messalina
1937
Film
Dans la vie tout s'arrange
Elizabeth Rockwell
1952
Film
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Self
1936
Film
For the Love of Mike
Bit Part
1932
Film
Interval
Serena Moore
1973
Film
The Trouble with Merle
Self
2002
Film
Men of Tomorrow
Ysobel d'Aunay
1932
Film
The Three Passions
Bit Part (uncredited)
1928
Film
Wedding Rehearsal
Miss Hutchinson
1932
Film
Service for Ladies
Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
1932
Film
Pardon My French
Elizabeth Rockwell
1951
Film
Breakdowns of 1940
Self
1940
Film
The Broken Melody
Germaine Brissard
1934
Film
A Warm Corner
Bit Part (uncredited)
1930
Film
Never Trouble Trouble
Minor Role
1931