Acting credits
65
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Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Merle Oberon
Acting
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Movies: 54Series: 11
TMDB ID: 30225
IMDb ID: nm0643353
Known for: Acting
Born: February 19, 1911
Died: November 23, 1979
Age: 68
Place of birth: Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India [now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India]
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1928 - 2002
Years active: 75
Average TMDB rating: 6.45
Wikidata: Q230958
Also known as
Queenie Thompson • Queenie O'Brien • Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson
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). 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.
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Movies
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Movie credits linked with Merle Oberon.
The Trouble with Merle
as Self
2002 Movie
5.0
Interval
as Serena Moore
1973 Movie
6.7
The Epic That Never Was
as Interviewee / Messalina (archive footage)
1969 Movie
5.9
Hotel
as The Duchess Caroline
1967 Movie
4.8
The Oscar
as Merle Oberon
1966 Movie
5.0
Of Love and Desire
as Katherine Beckmann
1963 Movie
5.8
The Price of Fear
as Jessica Warren
1956 Movie
6.8
Deep in My Heart
as Dorothy Donnelly
1954 Movie
6.5
Désirée
as Empress Josephine
1954 Movie
5.0
All Is Possible in Granada
as Margaret Faulson
1954 Movie
4.8
24 Hours of a Woman's Life
as Linda Venning
1952 Movie
5.0
Dans la vie tout s'arrange
as Elizabeth Rockwell
1952 Movie
5.0
Pardon My French
as Elizabeth Rockwell
1951 Movie
6.2
Berlin Express
as Lucienne
1948 Movie
6.2
Night Song
as Cathy Mallory
1948 Movie
4.8
Temptation
as Ruby
1946 Movie
4.0
Night in Paradise
as Delarai
1946 Movie
5.7
This Love of Ours
as Karin Touzac
1945 Movie
6.3
A Song to Remember
as George Sand
1945 Movie
5.8
Dark Waters
as Leslie Calvin
1944 Movie
6.5
The Lodger
as Kitty Langley
1944 Movie
6.6
First Comes Courage
as Nicole Larsen
1943 Movie
6.1
Stage Door Canteen
as Merle Oberon
1943 Movie
7.4
Forever and a Day
as Marjorie Ismay
1943 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Merle Oberon.
6.3
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self • 1 eps
1973 Series
6.0
The DuPont Show of the Week
as Self • 1 eps
1961 Series
5.4
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1 eps
1955 Series
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Self - Guest Host • 1 eps
1953 Series
7.1
The Oscars
as Self • 3 eps
1953 Series
6.4
General Electric Theater
as Mata Hari • 1 eps
1953 Series
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Self • 1 eps
1951 Series
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Self - Host / Marian Thorne • 1 eps
1951 Series
6.8
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self • 1 eps
1950 Series
7.0
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest • 1 eps
1950 Series
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self • 1 eps
1948 Series