Merle Oberon

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Merle Oberon (18 February 1911 – 23 November 1979) was an Indian-born British actress. She began her film career in British films, and a prominent role, as Anne Boleyn in The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933), brought her attention. Leading roles in such films as The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) advanced her career, and 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 role, as Cathy in Wuthering Heights (1939).

Known For: Acting

Born: Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India [now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India], 1911-02-19

Died: 1979-11-23

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1928	The Three Passions	Bit Part	56
2	1930	A Warm Corner	Bit Part	45
3	1931	Never Trouble Trouble	Minor Role	0
4	1931	Fascination	Flower Seller	55
5	1932	Service for Ladies	Undetermined Minor Role	68
6	1932	Ebb Tide	(uncredited)	0
7	1932	Aren't We All?	Bit Part	0
8	1932	Men of Tomorrow	Ysobel d'Aunay	0
9	1932	Wedding Rehearsal	Miss Hutchinson	46
10	1932	For the Love of Mike	Bit Part	0
11	1933	The Private Life of Henry VIII	Anne Boleyn	63
12	1934	The Private Life of Don Juan	Antonita, a Dancer of Passionate Temperament	61
13	1934	The Battle	Marquise Yorisaka	70
14	1934	The Broken Melody	Germaine Brissard	70
15	1934	The Scarlet Pimpernel	Lady Marguerite Blakeney	69
16	1935	Folies Bergère	Baroness Genevieve Cassini	55
17	1935	The Dark Angel	Kitty Vane	62
18	1936	These Three	Karen Wright	72
19	1936	Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)	Self	60
20	1936	Beloved Enemy	Helen Drummond	61
21	1938	The Divorce of Lady X	Leslie Steele / Lady Claire Mere	60
22	1938	Hollywood Goes to Town	Self	70
23	1938	The Cowboy and the Lady	Mary Smith	61
24	1939	Wuthering Heights	Catherine 'Cathy' Earnshaw Linton	72
25	1939	Over the Moon	Jane Benson	53
26	1939	The Lion Has Wings	Mrs. Richardson	62
27	1940	'Til We Meet Again	Joan Ames	62
28	1940	Breakdowns of 1940	Self	40
29	1941	Calling All Aliens	Self	0
30	1941	That Uncertain Feeling	Jill Baker	66
31	1941	Affectionately Yours	Sue Mayberry	48
32	1941	Lydia	Lydia MacMillan	64
33	1943	Forever and a Day	Marjorie Ismay	74
34	1943	Stage Door Canteen	Merle Oberon	61
35	1943	First Comes Courage	Nicole Larsen	66
36	1944	The Lodger	Kitty Langley	63
37	1944	Dark Waters	Leslie Calvin	58
38	1945	A Song to Remember	George Sand	62
39	1945	This Love of Ours	Karin Touzac	57
40	1946	Night in Paradise	Delarai	40
41	1946	Temptation	Ruby	49
42	1948	Night Song	Cathy Mallory	62
43	1948	Berlin Express	Lucienne	61
44	1951	Pardon My French	Elizabeth Rockwell	50
45	1952	Dans la vie tout s'arrange	Elizabeth Rockwell	50
46	1952	24 Hours of a Woman's Life	Linda Venning	47
47	1954	All Is Possible in Granada	Margaret Faulson	50
48	1954	Désirée	Empress Josephine	64
49	1954	Deep in My Heart	Dorothy Donnelly	68
50	1956	The Price of Fear	Jessica Warren	58
51	1963	Of Love and Desire	Katherine Beckmann	50
52	1966	The Oscar	Merle Oberon	51
53	1967	Hotel	The Duchess Caroline	61
54	1969	The Epic That Never Was	Interviewee / Messalina (archive footage)	65
55	1973	Interval	Serena Moore	50
56	2002	The Trouble with Merle	Self	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	66
2	1950	What's My Line?	Self - Mystery Guest	68
3	1950	The Colgate Comedy Hour	Self	70
4	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Self - Host / Marian Thorne	70
5	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Self	87
6	1952	Four Star Playhouse	Martha	61
7	1952	Four Star Playhouse	Margot Sterling	61
8	1952	Four Star Playhouse	Carol	61
9	1953	General Electric Theater	Mata Hari	60
10	1953	The Oscars	Self	69
11	1953	Letter to Loretta	Self - Guest Host	62
12	1953	Letter to Loretta	Self - Guest Host / Lucille	62
13	1955	The 20th Century Fox Hour		52
14	1956	Assignment Foreign Legion		15
15	1961	The DuPont Show of the Week	Self	60
16	1973	The American Film Institute Salute to ...	Self	63