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Merle Oberon (born Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson; 19 February 1911 – 23 November 1979) was a British actress who began her film career in British films as Anne Boleyn in The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933).
Learn about the life and career of Merle Oberon, a British-born actress who starred in films such as The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Dark Angel and Wuthering Heights. Find out about her marriages, children, awards and controversies.
- February 19, 1911
- November 23, 1979
Mar 8, 2023 · Over 85 years before Michelle Yeoh snagged her Oscar nomination for 'Everything Everywhere All at Once,' there was Merle Oberon, a secretly biracial actress who spent her life in Hollywood...
May 21, 2024 · Merle Oberon was a British and American film actress who appeared in more than 30 motion pictures. Her most notable portrayal was that of the beautiful Cathy, who tormented and rejected Heathcliff (Laurence Olivier) in the 1939 classic Wuthering Heights.
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Apr 15, 2022 · Merle Oberon, a Hollywood star of the black and white era, is a forgotten icon in India, the country of her birth. Best-known for playing the lead in the classic Wuthering Heights, Oberon was an...
Merle Oberon. Actress: Wuthering Heights. Estelle Merle Thompson was born in India on February 19, 1911 of Welsh and Ceylonese (now Sri Lankan) descent. She was educated in that country until the age of 17, when she left for London.
Feb 5, 2023 · The biography that Oberon created for herself said that she was born in faraway Tasmania, a white colony of the British Empire, and moved to India to live with her godparents following her British army officer father’s death in a hunting accident.
