Merle Oberon
Birthday: 1911-02-19 | Place of Birth: Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India [now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India]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). Her career continued until the end of the 1940s when it declined and her acting performances over the following years were relatively few.
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Acting
Role
as Serena Moore
as Herself
as The Duchess Caroline
as Katherine Beckmann
as Dorothy Donnelly
as Empress Josephine
as Cathy Mallory
as Lucienne
as Kitty Langley
as Leslie Calvin
as Nicole Larsen
as Jill Baker
as Lydia MacMillan
as Sue Mayberry
as Joan Ames
as Catherine 'Cathy' Earnshaw Linton
as Jane Benson
as Mrs. Richardson
as Leslie Steele / Lady Claire Mere
as Mary Smith
as Helen Drummond
as Karen Wright
as Baroness Genevieve Cassini
as Lady Marguerite Blakeney
as Antonita, a Dancer of Passionate Temperament
as Germaine Brissard
