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Merle Oberon

Merle Oberon

Acting Born Feb 19, 1911 -- Died Nov 23, 1979 · 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 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...

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Wuthering Heights
7.2
movie
Wuthering Heights
as Catherine 'Cathy' Earnshaw Linton
1939
The Lodger
6.5
movie
The Lodger
as Kitty Langley
1944
The Private Life of Henry VIII
6.4
movie
The Private Life of Henry VIII
as Anne Boleyn
1933
The Oscars
7.0
tv
The Oscars
as Self
1953
The Scarlet Pimpernel
7.0
movie
The Scarlet Pimpernel
as Lady Marguerite Blakeney
1934
Berlin Express
6.2
movie
Berlin Express
as Lucienne
1948
That Uncertain Feeling
6.6
movie
That Uncertain Feeling
as Jill Baker
1941
Désirée
6.5
movie
Désirée
as Empress Josephine
1954
These Three
7.1
movie
These Three
as Karen Wright
1936
A Song to Remember
6.3
movie
A Song to Remember
as George Sand
1945
The Cowboy and the Lady
6.3
movie
The Cowboy and the Lady
as Mary Smith
1938
What's My Line?
7.0
tv
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
1950