
Merle Oberon
Acting
Merle Oberon (born Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson; 19 February 1911 – 23 November 1979) was a British actress of Anglo-Indian origin. Her career spanned from 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Merle Oberon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

The Trouble with Merle
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Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
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Interval
Serena Moore

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

Hotel
The Duchess Caroline

The Oscar
Merle Oberon

Of Love and Desire
Katherine Beckmann

The Price of Fear
Jessica Warren

Deep in My Heart
Dorothy Donnelly

Désirée
Empress Josephine

All Is Possible in Granada
Margaret Faulson

24 Hours of a Woman's Life
Linda Venning

Dans la vie tout s'arrange
Elizabeth Rockwell

Pardon My French
Elizabeth Rockwell

Berlin Express
Lucienne

Night Song
Cathy Mallory

Temptation
Ruby

Night in Paradise
Delarai

This Love of Ours
Karin Touzac

A Song to Remember
George Sand

Dark Waters
Leslie Calvin

The Lodger
Kitty Langley

First Comes Courage
Nicole Larsen

Stage Door Canteen
Merle Oberon

Forever and a Day
Marjorie Ismay

Lydia
Lydia MacMillan

Affectionately Yours
Sue Mayberry

That Uncertain Feeling
Jill Baker

Breakdowns of 1940
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'Til We Meet Again
Joan Ames

The Lion Has Wings
Mrs. Richardson

Over the Moon
Jane Benson

Wuthering Heights
Catherine 'Cathy' Earnshaw Linton

The Cowboy and the Lady
Mary Smith

Hollywood Goes to Town
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The Divorce of Lady X
Leslie Steele / Lady Claire Mere

I, Claudius
Messalina

Beloved Enemy
Helen Drummond

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
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These Three
Karen Wright

The Dark Angel
Kitty Vane

Folies Bergère de Paris
Baroness Genevieve Cassini

The Scarlet Pimpernel
Lady Marguerite Blakeney

The Broken Melody
Germaine Brissard

The Battle
Mitsuko Yorisaka

The Private Life of Don Juan
Antonita, a Dancer of Passionate Temperament

The Private Life of Henry VIII
Anne Boleyn

For the Love of Mike
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Wedding Rehearsal
Miss Hutchinson

Men of Tomorrow
Ysobel d'Aunay

Aren't We All?
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Ebb Tide
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Service for Ladies
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Fascination
Flower Seller

Never Trouble Trouble
Minor Role

A Warm Corner
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The Three Passions
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