Merle Oberon
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 19, 1911
- Died
- November 23, 1979
- Birthplace
- 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 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
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance 2028
as Self (archive footage)
Churchill and the Movie Mogul 2019
as Self (archive footage)
The Trouble with Merle 2002
as Self
- Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One 1993
as Self
Interval 1973
as Serena Moore, Producer
The Epic That Never Was 1969
as Self - Interviewee / Messalina (archive footage)
Hotel 1967
as The Duchess Caroline
The Oscar 1966
as Merle Oberon
Of Love and Desire 1963
as Katherine Beckmann
The Price of Fear 1956
as Jessica Warren
Deep in My Heart 1954
as Dorothy Donnelly
Désirée 1954
as Empress Josephine
All Is Possible in Granada 1954
as Margaret Faulson
24 Hours of a Woman's Life 1952
as Linda Venning
Dans la vie tout s'arrange 1952
as Elizabeth Rockwell
Pardon My French 1951
as Elizabeth Rockwell
Berlin Express 1948
as Lucienne Mirbeau
Night Song 1948
as Cathy Mallory
Temptation 1946
as Ruby
Night in Paradise 1946
as Delarai
This Love of Ours 1945
as Karin Touzac
A Song to Remember 1945
as George Sand
Dark Waters 1944
as Leslie Calvin
The Lodger 1944
as Kitty Langley
First Comes Courage 1943
as Nicole Larsen
Stage Door Canteen 1943
as Merle Oberon
Forever and a Day 1943
as Marjorie Ismay
Lydia 1941
as Lydia MacMillan
Affectionately Yours 1941
as Sue Mayberry
That Uncertain Feeling 1941
as Jill Baker
Breakdowns of 1940 1940
as Self
'Til We Meet Again 1940
as Joan Ames
The Lion Has Wings 1939
as Mrs. Richardson
Over the Moon 1939
as Jane Benson
Wuthering Heights 1939
as Catherine 'Cathy' Earnshaw Linton
The Cowboy and the Lady 1938
as Mary Smith
Hollywood Goes to Town 1938
as Self
The Divorce of Lady X 1938
as Leslie Steele / Lady Claire Mere
I, Claudius 1937
as Messalina
Beloved Enemy 1936
as Helen Drummond
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) 1936
as Self
These Three 1936
as Karen Wright
The Dark Angel 1935
as Kitty Vane
Folies Bergère de Paris 1935
as Opera Singer (umcredited)
The Scarlet Pimpernel 1934
as Lady Marguerite Blakeney
The Broken Melody 1934
as Germaine Brissard
The Battle 1934
as Mitsuko Yorisaka
The Private Life of Don Juan 1934
as Antonita, a Dancer of Passionate Temperament
The Private Life of Henry VIII 1933
as Anne Boleyn
For the Love of Mike 1932
as Bit Part
Wedding Rehearsal 1932
as Miss Hutchinson
Men of Tomorrow 1932
as Ysobel d'Aunay
Aren't We All? 1932
as Bit Part
- Ebb Tide
Ebb Tide 1932
as (uncredited)
Service for Ladies 1932
as Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
Fascination 1931
as Flower Seller
Never Trouble Trouble 1931
as Minor Role
A Warm Corner 1930
as Bit Part (uncredited)
The Three Passions 1928
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Credits from TMDB.