Merle Oberon
Age: 68 | From: Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India [now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India]
Person Details
Birthday: 1911-02-19 16:31:55
Death: 1979-11-23 16:31:55
Aliases: Queenie Thompson , Queenie O'Brien
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India [now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India]
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Movie Involvements: 35
TV Involvements: 6
Most Famous Work
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). Her career continued until the end of the 1940s when it declined and her acting performances over the following years were relatively few.
Most Famous Work
What's My Line?
(1950) Self - Mystery Guest
The Oscars
(1953) Self
Wuthering Heights
(1939) Catherine 'Cathy' Earnshaw Linton
The Scarlet Pimpernel
(1934) Lady Blakeney
These Three
(1936) Karen Wright
Letter to Loretta
(1953) Self - Guest Host / Lucille
Désirée
(1954) Empress Josephine
Hotel
(1967) The Duchess CarolineActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Self | |
| 1973 | Serena Moore | |
| Self | ||
| 1969 | Herself | |
| 1967 | The Duchess Caroline | |
| 1966 | Merle Oberon | |
| 1963 | Katherine Beckmann | |
| 1961 | Self | |
| 1956 | N/A | |
| Jessica Warren | ||
| 1955 | N/A | |
| 1954 | Dorothy Donnelly | |
| Empress Josephine | ||
| Margaret Faulson | ||
| 1953 | Self - Guest Host | |
| Self - Guest Host / Lucille | ||
| Self | ||
| Mata Hari | ||
| 1952 | Martha | |
| Margot Sterling | ||
| Carol | ||
| Linda Venning | ||
| Elizabeth Rockwell | ||
| 1951 | Self | |
| Self - Host / Marian Thorne | ||
| Elizabeth Rockwell | ||
| 1950 | Self | |
| Self - Mystery Guest | ||
| 1948 | Self | |
| Lucienne | ||
| Cathy Mallory | ||
| 1946 | Ruby | |
| Delarai | ||
| 1945 | Karin Touzac | |
| George Sand | ||
| 1944 | Leslie Calvin | |
| Kitty Langley | ||
| 1943 | Nicole Larsen | |
| Merle Oberon | ||
| Marjorie Ismay | ||
| 1941 | Lydia MacMillan | |
| Sue Mayberry | ||
| Jill Baker | ||
| Self | ||
| 1940 | Joan Ames | |
| Self | ||
| 1939 | Mrs. Richardson | |
| Jane Benson | ||
| Catherine 'Cathy' Earnshaw Linton | ||
| 1938 | Mary Smith | |
| Self | ||
| Leslie Steele / Lady Claire Mere | ||
| 1936 | Helen Drummond | |
| Self | ||
| Karen Wright | ||
| 1935 | Kitty Vane | |
| Baroness Genevieve Cassini | ||
| 1934 | Lady Blakeney | |
| Germaine Brissard | ||
| Marquise Yorisaka | ||
| Antonita, a Dancer of Passionate Temperament | ||
| 1933 | Anne Boleyn | |
| 1932 | Bit Part | |
| Miss Hutchinson | ||
| Ysobel d'Aunay | ||
| Bit Part | ||
| (uncredited) | ||
| Undetermined Minor Role | ||
| 1931 | Flower Seller | |
| Minor Role | ||
| 1930 | Bit Part | |
| 1928 | Bit Part | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
