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Merle Oberon
Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India [now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India]
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 1970…
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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.
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2028
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2019
Churchill and the Movie Mogul
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2002
The Trouble with Merle
Movie Self
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1993
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
Movie Self
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1973
Interval
Movie Serena Moore
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1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV show Self
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1969
The Epic That Never Was
Movie Self - Interviewee / Messalina (archive footage)
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1967
Hotel
Movie The Duchess Caroline
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1966
The Oscar
Movie Merle Oberon
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1963
Of Love and Desire
Movie Katherine Beckmann
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1961
The DuPont Show of the Week
TV show Self
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1956
Assignment Foreign Legion
TV show
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1956
The Price of Fear
Movie Jessica Warren
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1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV show
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1954
Deep in My Heart
Movie Dorothy Donnelly
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1954
Désirée
Movie Empress Josephine
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1954
All Is Possible in Granada
Movie Margaret Faulson
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1953
Letter to Loretta
TV show Self - Guest Host
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1953
The Oscars
TV show Self
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1953
General Electric Theater
TV show Mata Hari
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1952
Four Star Playhouse
TV show Martha
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1952
24 Hours of a Woman's Life
Movie Linda Venning
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1952
Dans la vie tout s'arrange
Movie Elizabeth Rockwell
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1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV show Self
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1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV show Self - Host / Marian Thorne
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1951
Pardon My French
Movie Elizabeth Rockwell
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1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV show Self
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1950
What's My Line?
TV show Self
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1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV show Self
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1948
Berlin Express
Movie Lucienne Mirbeau
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1948
Night Song
Movie Cathy Mallory
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1946
Temptation
Movie Ruby
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1946
Night in Paradise
Movie Delarai
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1945
This Love of Ours
Movie Karin Touzac
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1945
A Song to Remember
Movie George Sand
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1944
Dark Waters
Movie Leslie Calvin
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1944
The Lodger
Movie Kitty Langley
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1943
First Comes Courage
Movie Nicole Larsen
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1943
Stage Door Canteen
Movie Merle Oberon
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1943
Forever and a Day
Movie Marjorie Ismay
