Merle Oberon
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.
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Movies (59)
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
2028 · Self (archive footage)
Churchill and the Movie Mogul
2019 · Self (archive footage)
The Trouble with Merle
2002 · Self
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
1993 · Self
Interval
1973 · Serena Moore, Producer
The Epic That Never Was
1969 · Self - Interviewee / Messalina (archive footage)
Hotel
1967 · The Duchess Caroline
The Oscar
1966 · Merle Oberon
Of Love and Desire
1963 · Katherine Beckmann
The Price of Fear
1956 · Jessica Warren
Deep in My Heart
1954 · Dorothy Donnelly
Désirée
1954 · Empress Josephine
All Is Possible in Granada
1954 · Margaret Faulson
24 Hours of a Woman's Life
1952 · Linda Venning
Dans la vie tout s'arrange
1952 · Elizabeth Rockwell
Pardon My French
1951 · Elizabeth Rockwell
Berlin Express
1948 · Lucienne Mirbeau
Night Song
1948 · Cathy Mallory
Temptation
1946 · Ruby
Night in Paradise
1946 · Delarai
This Love of Ours
1945 · Karin Touzac
A Song to Remember
1945 · George Sand
Dark Waters
1944 · Leslie Calvin
The Lodger
1944 · Kitty Langley
First Comes Courage
1943 · Nicole Larsen
Stage Door Canteen
1943 · Merle Oberon
Forever and a Day
1943 · Marjorie Ismay
Lydia
1941 · Lydia MacMillan
Affectionately Yours
1941 · Sue Mayberry
That Uncertain Feeling
1941 · Jill Baker
Breakdowns of 1940
1940 · Self
'Til We Meet Again
1940 · Joan Ames
The Lion Has Wings
1939 · Mrs. Richardson
Over the Moon
1939 · Jane Benson
Wuthering Heights
1939 · Catherine 'Cathy' Earnshaw Linton
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938 · Mary Smith
Hollywood Goes to Town
1938 · Self
The Divorce of Lady X
1938 · Leslie Steele / Lady Claire Mere
I, Claudius
1937 · Messalina
Beloved Enemy
1936 · Helen Drummond
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936 · Self
These Three
1936 · Karen Wright
The Dark Angel
1935 · Kitty Vane
Folies Bergère de Paris
1935 · Opera Singer (umcredited)
The Scarlet Pimpernel
1934 · Lady Marguerite Blakeney
The Broken Melody
1934 · Germaine Brissard
The Battle
1934 · Mitsuko Yorisaka
The Private Life of Don Juan
1934 · Antonita, a Dancer of Passionate Temperament
The Private Life of Henry VIII
1933 · Anne Boleyn
For the Love of Mike
1932 · Bit Part
Wedding Rehearsal
1932 · Miss Hutchinson
Men of Tomorrow
1932 · Ysobel d'Aunay
Aren't We All?
1932 · Bit Part
Ebb Tide
1932 · (uncredited)
Service for Ladies
1932 · Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
Fascination
1931 · Flower Seller
Never Trouble Trouble
1931 · Minor Role
A Warm Corner
1930 · Bit Part (uncredited)
The Three Passions
1928 · Bit Part (uncredited)
TV shows (13)
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973 · Self
The DuPont Show of the Week
1961 · Self
Assignment Foreign Legion
1956
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Letter to Loretta
1953 · Self - Guest Host, Self - Guest Host / Lucille
The Oscars
1953 · Self
General Electric Theater
1953 · Mata Hari
Four Star Playhouse
1952 · Martha, Margot Sterling, Carol
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Self
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Self - Host / Marian Thorne
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Self
What's My Line?
1950 · Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self