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