Merle Oberon
Known for acting · Born 19 February 1911 · Died 23 November 1979 · aged 68 · Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India [now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India]
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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
Known for
Wuthering Heights
1939
The Lodger
1944
The Scarlet Pimpernel
1934
Berlin Express
1948
That Uncertain Feeling
1941
Désirée
1954
These Three
1936
A Song to Remember
1945
Assignment Foreign Legion
1956
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938
The Divorce of Lady X
1938
Dark Waters
1944