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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Female

Birthday

1911-02-19

Deathday

1979-11-23 (68 years old)

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

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 her most renowned role, as Cathy in Wuthering Heights (1939).

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Acting

2002

The Trouble with Merle as Self

1973		Interval as Serena Moore
1973		The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self

1969

The Epic That Never Was as Interviewee / Messalina (archive footage)

1967

Hotel as The Duchess Caroline

1966

The Oscar as Merle Oberon

1963

Of Love and Desire as Katherine Beckmann

1961

The DuPont Show of the Week as Self

1956		Assignment Foreign Legion
1956		The Price of Fear as Jessica Warren

1955

The 20th Century Fox Hour

1954		Deep in My Heart as Dorothy Donnelly
1954		Désirée as Empress Josephine
1954		All Is Possible in Granada as Margaret Faulson

1953		Letter to Loretta as Self - Guest Host
1953		Letter to Loretta as Self - Guest Host / Lucille
1953		The Oscars as Self
1953		General Electric Theater as Mata Hari

1952		Four Star Playhouse as Martha
1952		Four Star Playhouse as Margot Sterling
1952		Four Star Playhouse as Carol
1952		24 Hours of a Woman's Life as Linda Venning
1952		Dans la vie tout s'arrange as Elizabeth Rockwell

1951		Hallmark Hall of Fame as Self
1951		Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Self - Host / Marian Thorne
1951		Pardon My French as Elizabeth Rockwell

1950		The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
1950		What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest

1948		The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
1948		Berlin Express as Lucienne
1948		Night Song as Cathy Mallory

1946		Temptation as Ruby
1946		Night in Paradise as Delarai

1945		This Love of Ours as Karin Touzac
1945		A Song to Remember as George Sand

1944		Dark Waters as Leslie Calvin
1944		The Lodger as Kitty Langley

1943		First Comes Courage as Nicole Larsen
1943		Stage Door Canteen as Merle Oberon
1943		Forever and a Day as Marjorie Ismay

1941		Lydia as Lydia MacMillan
1941		Affectionately Yours as Sue Mayberry
1941		That Uncertain Feeling as Jill Baker

1940		Breakdowns of 1940 as Self
1940		Calling All Aliens as Self
1940		'Til We Meet Again as Joan Ames

1939		The Lion Has Wings as Mrs. Richardson
1939		Over the Moon as Jane Benson
1939		Wuthering Heights as Catherine 'Cathy' Earnshaw Linton

1938		The Cowboy and the Lady as Mary Smith
1938		Hollywood Goes to Town as Self
1938		The Divorce of Lady X as Leslie Steele / Lady Claire Mere

1936		Beloved Enemy as Helen Drummond
1936		Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) as Self
1936		These Three as Karen Wright

1935		The Dark Angel as Kitty Vane
1935		Folies Bergère as Baroness Genevieve Cassini

1934		The Scarlet Pimpernel as Lady Marguerite Blakeney
1934		The Broken Melody as Germaine Brissard
1934		The Battle as Marquise Yorisaka
1934		The Private Life of Don Juan as Antonita, a Dancer of Passionate Temperament

1933

The Private Life of Henry VIII as Anne Boleyn

1932		For the Love of Mike as Bit Part
1932		Wedding Rehearsal as Miss Hutchinson
1932		Men of Tomorrow as Ysobel d'Aunay
1932		Aren't We All? as Bit Part
1932		Ebb Tide as (uncredited)
1932		Service for Ladies as Undetermined Minor Role

1931		Fascination as Flower Seller
1931		Never Trouble Trouble as Minor Role

1930

A Warm Corner as Bit Part

1928

The Three Passions as Bit Part