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Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 19, 1911
Died
November 23, 1979
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
Merle Oberon
1.0 Popularity
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
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Self
The Trouble with Merle
2002
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Self
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
1993
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Serena Moore
Interval
1973
6.3
Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
6.7
Interviewee / Messalina (archive footage)
The Epic That Never Was
1969
5.9
The Duchess Caroline
Hotel
1967
4.8
Merle Oberon
The Oscar
1966
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Katherine Beckmann
Of Love and Desire
1963
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Self
The DuPont Show of the Week
1961
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1.5
Assignment Foreign Legion
1956
Credits
The Trouble with Merle
as Self
2002
0.0
🎬
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
as Self
1993
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Interval
as Serena Moore
1973
5.0
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1973
6.3
The Epic That Never Was
as Interviewee / Messalina (archive footage)
1969
6.7
Hotel
as The Duchess Caroline
1967
5.9
The Oscar
as Merle Oberon
1966
4.8
Of Love and Desire
as Katherine Beckmann
1963
5.0
The DuPont Show of the Week
as Self
1961
6.0
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Assignment Foreign Legion
1956
1.5
The Price of Fear
as Jessica Warren
1956
5.8
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
5.4
Deep in My Heart
as Dorothy Donnelly
1954
6.8
Désirée
as Empress Josephine
1954
6.6
All Is Possible in Granada
as Margaret Faulson
1954
5.0
Letter to Loretta
as Self - Guest Host
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Self - Guest Host / Lucille
1953
6.5
The Oscars
as Self
1953
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General Electric Theater
as Mata Hari
1953
6.4
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Four Star Playhouse
as Martha
1952
6.7
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Four Star Playhouse
as Margot Sterling
1952
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Four Star Playhouse
as Carol
1952
6.7
24 Hours of a Woman's Life
as Linda Venning
1952
4.8
Dans la vie tout s'arrange
as Elizabeth Rockwell
1952
5.0
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Self
1951
8.6
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Self - Host / Marian Thorne
1951
7.2
Pardon My French
as Elizabeth Rockwell
1951
5.0
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
6.8
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
1950
6.9
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Berlin Express
as Lucienne
1948
6.2
Night Song
as Cathy Mallory
1948
6.2
Temptation
as Ruby
1946
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Night in Paradise
as Delarai
1946
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This Love of Ours
as Karin Touzac
1945
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A Song to Remember
as George Sand
1945
6.3
Dark Waters
as Leslie Calvin
1944
5.8
The Lodger
as Kitty Langley
1944
6.4
First Comes Courage
as Nicole Larsen
1943
6.6
Stage Door Canteen
as Merle Oberon
1943
6.1
Forever and a Day
as Marjorie Ismay
1943
7.4
Lydia
as Lydia MacMillan
1941
6.5
Affectionately Yours
as Sue Mayberry
1941
4.0
That Uncertain Feeling
as Jill Baker
1941
6.6
Breakdowns of 1940
as Self
1940
4.0
'Til We Meet Again
as Joan Ames
1940
6.2
The Lion Has Wings
as Mrs. Richardson
1939
6.2
Over the Moon
as Jane Benson
1939
5.3
Wuthering Heights
as Catherine 'Cathy' Earnshaw Linton
1939
7.2
The Cowboy and the Lady
as Mary Smith
1938
6.3
Hollywood Goes to Town
as Self
1938
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The Divorce of Lady X
as Leslie Steele / Lady Claire Mere
1938
5.9
Beloved Enemy
as Helen Drummond
1936
6.1
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
as Self
1936
6.0
These Three
as Karen Wright
1936
7.1
The Dark Angel
as Kitty Vane
1935
6.2
Folies Bergère
as Baroness Genevieve Cassini
1935
5.6
The Scarlet Pimpernel
as Lady Marguerite Blakeney
1934
6.9
The Broken Melody
as Germaine Brissard
1934
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The Battle
as Marquise Yorisaka
1934
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The Private Life of Don Juan
as Antonita, a Dancer of Passionate Temperament
1934
5.9
The Private Life of Henry VIII
as Anne Boleyn
1933
6.4
For the Love of Mike
as Bit Part
1932
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Wedding Rehearsal
as Miss Hutchinson
1932
4.6
Men of Tomorrow
as Ysobel d'Aunay
1932
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Aren't We All?
as Bit Part
1932
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Ebb Tide
as (uncredited)
1932
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Service for Ladies
as Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
1932
6.8
Fascination
as Flower Seller
1931
5.5
Never Trouble Trouble
as Minor Role
1931
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A Warm Corner
as Bit Part (uncredited)
1930
4.5
The Three Passions
as Bit Part (uncredited)
1928
5.6