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