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?
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7

What's My Line?

(1950) Self - Mystery Guest
The Oscars
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7

The Oscars

(1953) Self
Wuthering Heights
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7

Wuthering Heights

(1939) Catherine 'Cathy' Earnshaw Linton
The Scarlet Pimpernel
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7

The Scarlet Pimpernel

(1934) Lady Blakeney
These Three
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7

These Three

(1936) Karen Wright
Letter to Loretta
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6

Letter to Loretta

(1953) Self - Guest Host / Lucille
Désirée
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7

Désirée

(1954) Empress Josephine
Hotel
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7

Hotel

(1967) The Duchess Caroline

Acting

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 / Lucille
Self - Guest Host
Self
Mata Hari
1952 Margot Sterling
Carol
Martha
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

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