Merle Oberon
Acting
Born February 19, 1911 · Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India [now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India]
Biography
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…
Known For · 40 titles
What's My Line?
Four Star Playhouse
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Oscars
The Colgate Comedy Hour
The 20th Century Fox Hour
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Letter to Loretta
Wuthering Heights
General Electric Theater
The DuPont Show of the Week
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Assignment Foreign Legion
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
The Oscar
Désirée
Affectionately Yours
Folies Bergère de Paris
That Uncertain Feeling
The Private Life of Henry VIII
The Divorce of Lady X
Hotel
The Cowboy and the Lady
Ebb Tide
The Dark Angel
The Lodger
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Deep in My Heart
Fascination
The Three Passions
The Price of Fear
Forever and a Day
Hollywood Goes to Town
Night in Paradise
Aren't We All?
Churchill and the Movie Mogul
Stage Door Canteen
Berlin Express
All Is Possible in Granada