Merle Oberon

Personal Info

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Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1911-02-19 (68 years old)

Deathday

1979-11-23

Place of Birth

Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India [now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India]

Merle Oberon

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Merle Oberon (18 February 1911  – 23 November 1979) was an Indian-born British actress. She began her film career in British films, and a prominent role, as Anne Boleyn in The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933), brought her attention. Leading roles in such films as The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) advanced her career, and she travelled to the United States to make films for Samuel Goldwyn. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in The Dark Angel (1935). A traffic collision in 1937 caused facial injuries that could have ended her career, but she soon followed this with he...

Acting

1939

Wuthering Heights

as Catherine 'Cathy' Earnshaw Linton

1934

The Scarlet Pimpernel

as Lady Marguerite Blakeney

1944

The Lodger

as Kitty Langley

1948

Berlin Express

as Lucienne

1944

Dark Waters

as Leslie Calvin

1954

Désirée

as Empress Josephine

1954

Deep in My Heart

as Dorothy Donnelly

1941

1938

The Divorce of Lady X

as Leslie Steele / Lady Claire Mere

1936

Beloved Enemy

as Helen Drummond

1946

Temptation

as Ruby

1934

The Private Life of Don Juan

as Antonita, a Dancer of Passionate Temperament

1939

The Lion Has Wings

as Mrs. Richardson

1956

The Price of Fear

as Jessica Warren

1936

These Three

as Karen Wright

1941

Lydia

as Lydia MacMillan

1966

The Oscar

as Merle Oberon

1941

Affectionately Yours

as Sue Mayberry

1943

First Comes Courage

as Nicole Larsen

1935

The Dark Angel

as Kitty Vane

1932

Wedding Rehearsal

as Miss Hutchinson

1939

Over the Moon

as Jane Benson

1938

1954

All Is Possible in Granada

as Margaret Faulson

1940

'Til We Meet Again

as Joan Ames

1945

A Song to Remember

as George Sand

1946

1969

The Epic That Never Was

as Interviewee / Messalina (archive footage)

1952

1948

Night Song

as Cathy Mallory

1935

Folies Bergère

as Baroness Genevieve Cassini

1973

Interval

as Serena Moore

1945

This Love of Ours

as Karin Touzac

1934

The Broken Melody

as Germaine Brissard

1967

Hotel

as The Duchess Caroline

1931

Fascination

as Flower Seller

1932

1963

Of Love and Desire

as Katherine Beckmann

1952

Dans la vie tout s'arrange

as Elizabeth Rockwell

1934

The Battle

as Marquise Yorisaka

1943

Stage Door Canteen

as Merle Oberon

1932

Aren't We All?

as Bit Part

1943

Forever and a Day

as Marjorie Ismay

1932

Ebb Tide

as (uncredited)

1951

Pardon My French

as Elizabeth Rockwell

1931

1932

Men of Tomorrow

as Ysobel d'Aunay

1928

The Three Passions

as Bit Part (uncredited)

1930

A Warm Corner

as Bit Part (uncredited)

1932

Service for Ladies

as Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)

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