Merle Oberon
Birthday
1911/02/19
Day of death
1979/11/23 (68 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India [now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India]
Also know 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...Read more
Acting
(1939) Wuthering Heights
as Catherine 'Cathy' Earnshaw Linton
(1934) The Scarlet Pimpernel
as Lady Marguerite Blakeney
(1944) The Lodger
as Kitty Langley
(1948) Berlin Express
as Lucienne
(1944) Dark Waters
as Leslie Calvin
(1954) Désirée
as Empress Josephine
(1933) The Private Life of Henry VIII
as Anne Boleyn
(1954) Deep in My Heart
as Dorothy Donnelly
(1941) That Uncertain Feeling
as Jill Baker
(1938) The Divorce of Lady X
as Leslie Steele / Lady Claire Mere
(1936) Beloved Enemy
as Helen Drummond
(1946) Temptation
as Ruby
(1934) The Private Life of Don Juan
as Antonita, a Dancer of Passionate Temperament
(1939) The Lion Has Wings
as Mrs. Richardson
(1956) The Price of Fear
as Jessica Warren
(1936) These Three
as Karen Wright
(1941) Lydia
as Lydia MacMillan
(1966) The Oscar
as Merle Oberon
(1941) Affectionately Yours
as Sue Mayberry
(1943) First Comes Courage
as Nicole Larsen
(1935) The Dark Angel
as Kitty Vane
(1932) Wedding Rehearsal
as Miss Hutchinson
(1939) Over the Moon
as Jane Benson
(1938) The Cowboy and the Lady
as Mary Smith
(1954) All Is Possible in Granada
as Margaret Faulson
(1940) 'Til We Meet Again
as Joan Ames
(1945) A Song to Remember
as George Sand
(1946) Night in Paradise
as Delarai
(1969) The Epic That Never Was
as Interviewee / Messalina (archive footage)
(1952) 24 Hours of a Woman's Life
as Linda Venning
(1948) Night Song
as Cathy Mallory
(1935) Folies Bergère
as Baroness Genevieve Cassini
(1973) Interval
as Serena Moore
(1945) This Love of Ours
as Karin Touzac
(1934) The Broken Melody
as Germaine Brissard
(1967) Hotel
as The Duchess Caroline
(1931) Fascination
as Flower Seller
(1932) For the Love of Mike
as Bit Part
(1963) Of Love and Desire
as Katherine Beckmann
(1952) Dans la vie tout s'arrange
as Elizabeth Rockwell
(1934) The Battle
as Marquise Yorisaka
(1943) Stage Door Canteen
as Merle Oberon
(1932) Aren't We All?
as Bit Part
(1943) Forever and a Day
as Marjorie Ismay
(2002) The Trouble with Merle
as Self
(1932) Ebb Tide
as (uncredited)
(1951) Pardon My French
as Elizabeth Rockwell
(1931) Never Trouble Trouble
as Minor Role
(1932) Men of Tomorrow
as Ysobel d'Aunay
(1940) Breakdowns of 1940
as Self
(1938) Hollywood Goes to Town
as Self
(1936) Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
as Self
(1928) The Three Passions
as Bit Part (uncredited)
(1930) A Warm Corner
as Bit Part (uncredited)
(1932) Service for Ladies
as Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
(1993) Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
as Self
(1950) The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Mata Hari
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Self - Host / Marian Thorne
(1955) The 20th Century Fox Hour
as ---
(1956) Assignment Foreign Legion
as ---
(1961) The DuPont Show of the Week
as Self
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(1953) Letter to Loretta
as Self - Guest Host
(1953) Letter to Loretta
as Self - Guest Host / Lucille
(1952) Four Star Playhouse
as Martha
(1952) Four Star Playhouse
as Margot Sterling
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1952) Four Star Playhouse
as Carol
(1973) The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Self
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest