Merle Oberon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_Oberon

Merle Oberon (19 February 1911 – 23 November 1979) was an Anglo-Indian actress. She began her film career in British films as Anne Boleyn in The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933). After her success in The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934), 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 performance in Wuthering Heights (1939). Throughout her adult life, in order to conceal her Indian heritage she maintained the fiction that she was born in Tasmania, Australia; the year before she died she finally admitted this story was not true, and records located since her death have confirmed her true origin.

Family

• Father: unknown
• Mother: Constance Thompson (daughter of Charlotte and Henry Alfred Selby)
• Married: 1) Alexander Korda 2) Lucien Ballard 3) Bruno Pagliai 4) Robert Wolders
• Children: 2 adopted with Bruno Pagliari

Filmography

Actress (60 credits)

• 1973 Interval Serena Moore
• 1967 Hotel The Duchess Caroline
• 1966 The Oscar Merle Oberon
• 1963 Of Love and Desire Katherine Beckmann
• 1957 General Electric Theater (TV Series) Mata Hari - I Will Not Die (1957) ... Mata Hari
• 1956-1957 Assignment Foreign Legion (TV Series) Host - War Correspondent / Anna / Carla / ... - The Volunteer (1957) ... Host - War Correspondent - The White Witch of Makala (1957) ... Host - War Correspondent - Mixed Blood (1957) ... Host - War Correspondent - The Coward (1957) ... Host - War Correspondent - The Deserter (1957) ... Host - War Correspondent Show all 25 episodes
• 1956 The Price of Fear Jessica Warren
• 1955 The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV Series) Jane Marryot - Cavalcade (1955) ... Jane Marryot
• 1953-1955 Four Star Playhouse (TV Series) Carol / Margot Sterling / Martha - The Frightened Woman (1955) ... Carol - Love at Sea (1953) ... Margot Sterling - Sound Off, My Love (1953) ... Martha
• 1953-1955 The Ford Television Theatre (TV Series) Sara Belmont / Allison Brent - Second Sight (1955) ... Sara Belmont - Allison, Ltd. (1953) ... Allison Brent
• 1954 Deep in My Heart Dorothy Donnelly
• 1954 Désirée Empress Josephine
• 1954 The Best of Broadway (TV Series) Maggie Cutler
• The Man Who Came to Dinner (1954) ... Maggie Cutler
• 1954 ¡¡Todo es posible en Granada!! Margaret Faulson
• 1952 Affair in Monte Carlo Linda Venning
• 1952 Dans la vie tout s'arrange Elizabeth Rockwell
• 1951 The Lady from Boston Elizabeth Rockwell
• 1948 Berlin Express Lucienne
• 1947 Night Song Cathy
• 1946 Temptation Ruby
• 1946 Night in Paradise Delarai
• 1945 This Love of Ours Karin Touzac
• 1945 A Song to Remember George Sand
• 1944 Dark Waters Leslie Calvin
• 1944 The Lodger Kitty Langley
• 1943 First Comes Courage Nicole Larsen
• 1943 Stage Door Canteen Merle Oberon
• 1943 Forever and a Day Marjorie Ismay
• 1941 Lydia Lydia MacMillan
• 1941 Affectionately Yours Sue Mayberry
• 1941 That Uncertain Feeling Jill Baker
• 1940 'Til We Meet Again Joan Ames
• 1939 The Lion Has Wings Mrs. Richardson
• 1939 Wuthering Heights Cathy
• 1939 Over the Moon Jane Benson
• 1938 The Cowboy and the Lady Mary Smith
• 1938 The Divorce of Lady X Leslie Steele
• 1937 I, Claudius Messalina
• 1936 Beloved Enemy Helen Drummond
• 1936 These Three Karen Wright
• 1935 The Dark Angel Kitty Vane
• 1935 Folies Bergère de Paris Baroness Genevieve Cassini
• 1934 The Scarlet Pimpernel Lady Blakeney
• 1934 The Private Life of Don Juan Antonita, a Dancer of Passionate Temperament
• 1934 Vagabond Violinist Germaine Brissard
• 1934 Thunder in the East Marquise Yorisaka
• 1933 The Private Life of Henry VIII. Anne Boleyn - The Second Wife
• 1933 Strange Evidence Bit Part (uncredited)
• 1932 For the Love of Mike Bit Part (uncredited)
• 1932 Men of Tomorrow Ysobel d'Aunay
• 1932 Wedding Rehearsal Miss Hutchinson
• 1932 Aren't We All? Bit Part (uncredited)
• 1932 Ebb Tide Girl (uncredited)
• 1932 Reserved for Ladies Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
• 1931 Fascination Flower Seller (uncredited)
• 1931 Never Trouble Trouble Bit Part (uncredited)
• 1930 A Warm Corner Bit Part (uncredited)
• 1930 Alf's Button Bit Part (uncredited)
• 1930 The W Plan Woman at Cafe Table (uncredited)
• 1928 The Three Passions Bit Part (uncredited)

References

• California deaths: “Merle Oberon Wolders.” Gender: Female Birth: Feb 19 1917 Other Country Death: Nov 23 1979 Los Angeles, California, USA
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_Oberon#Filmography
• https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0643353/bio
• https://www.britannica.com/biography/Merle-Oberon
• http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/485559/index.html
• http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/merle-oberon/
• http://www.open.ac.uk/researchprojects/makingbritain/content/merle-...
• https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/07/last-tycoon-jennifer-b...