Merle Oberon
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Merle Oberon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.8091 |
| Birthday | 1911-02-19 |
| Place of Birth | Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India [now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India] |
| Also Known As | Queenie Thompson, Queenie O'Brien, Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson, |
1939
Wuthering Heights
7.189/320
Young orphan Heathcliff is adopted by the wealthy Earnshaw family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his...
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Wuthering Heights
1934
The Scarlet Pimpernel
7.007/71
18th century English aristocrat Sir Percy Blakeney leads a double life. He appears to be merely the effete aristocrat, but in reality is part of an un...
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The Scarlet Pimpernel
1944
The Lodger
6.479/97
In Victorian era London, the inhabitants of a family home with rented rooms upstairs fear the new lodger is Jack the Ripper.
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The Lodger
1948
Berlin Express
6.238/61
In post-war Europe, a diverse group of passengers aboard a U.S. Army train to bombed-out Frankfurt becomes involved in a Nazi assassination plot.
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Berlin Express
1944
Dark Waters
5.938/24
Leslie Calvin, the sole survivor of a submarine accident, goes to her relatives in order to recover emotionally. Unfortunately, she encounters various...
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Dark Waters
1954
Désirée
6.57/50
In Marseilles, France in 1794, Desiree Clary, a young millinery clerk, becomes infatuated with Napoleon Bonaparte, but winds up wedding General Jean-B...
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Désirée
1933
The Private Life of Henry VIII
6.396/91
Renowned for his excess, King Henry VIII goes through a series of wives during his rule. With Anne Boleyn, his second wife, executed on charges of tre...
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The Private Life of Henry VIII
1954
Deep in My Heart
6.737/19
Biographic movie about the American composer Sigmund Romberg.
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Deep in My Heart
1941
That Uncertain Feeling
6.574/54
A happily married woman sees a psychoanalyst and develops doubts about her husband.
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That Uncertain Feeling
1938
The Divorce of Lady X
6.02/25
A London barrister believes the woman who spent the night in his hotel suite is the erring wife of his newest client.
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The Divorce of Lady X
1936
Beloved Enemy
6.278/9
In 1921, British Lord Athleigh arrives in Dublin with his daughter, Helen, to engage in peace talks. As wanted Irish rebel leader Dennis Riordan is no...
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Beloved Enemy
1946
Temptation
5/13
After marrying an archaeologist, a Victorian-era woman with a sordid past realizes that she is not ready to settle down with one man.
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Temptation
1934
The Private Life of Don Juan
5.952/21
What do women want? Don Juan is aging. He's arrived secretly in Seville after a 20 year absence. His wife Dolores, whom he hasn't lived with in five y...
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The Private Life of Don Juan
1939
The Lion Has Wings
6.429/14
This early, influential propaganda film blends documentary and studio footage to show the valiant efforts of the Royal Air Force to defend the British...
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The Lion Has Wings
1956
The Price of Fear
5.905/21
A co-owner of a race track goes on the run after witnessing something he shouldn't have at the track.
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The Price of Fear
1936
These Three
7.178/45
Close friends Martha and Karen build a private boarding school together with the aid of the local doctor Joe. The school takes off and many students e...
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These Three
1941
Lydia
6.538/13
Lydia MacMillan, a wealthy woman who has never married, invites several men her own age to her home to reminisce about the times when they were young...
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Lydia
1966
The Oscar
5/16
An amoral lowlife accidentally stumbles into an acting career that sets him on a trajectory to Hollywood stardom. But everyone on whom he steps on the...
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The Oscar
1941
Affectionately Yours
4.5/6
A married reporter's assignments carry him all over the world, which gives him ample opportunity to put the moves on the local females.
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Affectionately Yours
1943
First Comes Courage
6.6/10
Merle Oberon plays a Norwegian resistance figure in a small town, married to a Nazi commandant. When his superiors begin to suspect her, the Allies la...
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First Comes Courage
1935
The Dark Angel
6.25/20
Kitty Vane, Alan Trent, and Gerald Shannon have been inseparable friends since childhood. Kitty has always known she would marry one of them, but has...
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The Dark Angel
1932
Wedding Rehearsal
5.5/6
The grandmother of a British nobleman, reluctant to marry, plays matchmaker. He outmaneuvers her by getting all of the matches married off.
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Wedding Rehearsal
1939
Over the Moon
5.75/6
Young Jane Benson just about manages to make ends meet running the large family house in Yorkshire. In love with local doctor Freddie Jarvis, she sugg...
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Over the Moon
1938
The Cowboy and the Lady
6.286/28
Mary Smith decides after a lifetime of being a shut-in to do something wild while her father is out campaigning for the presidency, so she takes off f...
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The Cowboy and the Lady
1954
All Is Possible in Granada
6.5/2
Following meetings between Spain and the United States a delegation of a mining company arrives to Granada in search of uranium. The company contacted...
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All Is Possible in Granada
1940
'Til We Meet Again
6.4/10
Dying Joan Ames meets criminal Dan Hardesty on a luxury liner as he is being transported back to America by policeman Steve Burke to face execution. J...
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'Til We Meet Again
1945
A Song to Remember
6.367/30
Prof. Joseph Elsner guides his protégé Frydryk Chopin through his formative years to early adulthood in Poland. The professor takes him to Paris, wher...
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A Song to Remember
1946
Night in Paradise
6.5/2
Aesop of fable fame poses as an old man and woos away a princess who wants a king for his gold.
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Night in Paradise
1969
The Epic That Never Was
6.875/8
The story of the aborted 1937 filming of "I, Claudius", starring Charles Laughton, with all of its surviving footage.
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The Epic That Never Was
1952
24 Hours of a Woman's Life
5.8/5
A compulsive gambler stumbles towards losing everything when Merle Oberon decides to save him from himself.
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24 Hours of a Woman's Life
1948
Night Song
6.4/5
A socialite pretends to be poor and blind in her plan to help a blinded pianist.
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Night Song
1935
Folies Bergère de Paris
6/8
An entertainer impersonates a look-alike banker, causing comic confusion for wife and girlfriend.
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Folies Bergère de Paris
1973
Interval
6/5
An emotionally fragile older woman embarks on an ill-fated love affair with a handsome young artist while traveling through Mexico's Yucatan peninsula...
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Interval
1945
This Love of Ours
6/4
At a convention, medical researcher Michel Touzac goes with colleagues to see stage caricaturist Targel, whose assistant Florence recognizes him...and...
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This Love of Ours
1934
The Broken Melody
7/4
A composer goes to Devil's Island for killing his wife's lover, then writes an opera about it.
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The Broken Melody
1967
Hotel
6.042/24
This is the story of the clocklike movements of a giant, big city New Orleans hotel. The ambitious yet loyal manager wrestles with the round-the-clock...
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Hotel
1931
Fascination
6.667/3
Story of a vampish actress who comes between a happily married couple in this light-hearted melodrama.
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Fascination
1932
For the Love of Mike
7/1
A useless secretary and his private detective friend try to help an heiress from being swindled by her guardian.
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For the Love of Mike
1963
Of Love and Desire
6/2
American engineer Steve Corey comes to Mexico to work at one of the mining projects owned by Katherine Beckman and her half-brother Paul. He meets Kat...
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Of Love and Desire
1952
Dans la vie tout s'arrange
7.5/2
A Boston school teacher fights with a group of impoverished Frenchmen for possession of an inherited château. Elizabeth Rockwell is indignant when she...
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1934
The Battle
4.25/4
In 1904, during the Russo-Japanese War, a Japanese naval officer allows his wife to be seduced by a British naval attaché in order to gain access to a...
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The Battle
1943
Stage Door Canteen
6.289/19
A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of theatre and film appear and host a recreational...
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Stage Door Canteen
1932
Aren't We All?
8/1
Because his father, Lord Grenham, spends more time philandering with attractive women than conducting business, Willie Tatham is forced to interrupt h...
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Aren't We All?
1943
Forever and a Day
7.5/12
In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral family house. The current tenant, Leslie Trimble,...
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Forever and a Day
2002
The Trouble with Merle
0/0
The director explores the birth origins of actress Merle Oberon, traveling to Tasmania and India in search of the truth, but her quest ultimately resu...
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The Trouble with Merle
1932
Ebb Tide
7/1
A sailor falls in love with a woman he meets at the dockside, but is deeply conflicted because his former lover is in prison.
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Ebb Tide
1951
Pardon My French
7/2
A Boston school teacher fights with a group of impoverished Frenchmen for possession of an inherited château. Elizabeth Rockwell is indignant when she...
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Pardon My French
1931
Never Trouble Trouble
8/1
A comedy film directed by Lupino Lane.
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Never Trouble Trouble
1932
Men of Tomorrow
8/1
In the years after his graduation Allen Shepherd has become a successful novelist and has married Jane Anderson. A firm proponent of traditional sex r...
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Men of Tomorrow
1940
Breakdowns of 1940
4/1
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1940.
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Breakdowns of 1940
1938
Hollywood Goes to Town
7/4
This short shows how Hollywood gets ready for the world premiere of an "important" movie. The film celebrated here is Marie Antoinette (1938), which h...
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Hollywood Goes to Town
1936
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
6/1
Viewers are provided a visit to Ken Maynard's private circus; Bette Davis poses for her portrait; Frank McHugh plays with his children; a visit to the...
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Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1928
The Three Passions
6/6
A Lord's son aids a seaman's mission but returns to save his sick father's shipyard from strikers.
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The Three Passions
1930
A Warm Corner
5.875/4
This early Gainsborough film is truly a lost treasure and easily one of the most daring and risque films ever made. At least half a dozen different ta...
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A Warm Corner
1932
Service for Ladies
7.625/4
Max Tracey is the head waiter at a London hotel. He falls in love at first sight with Sylvia Robertson, an aristocratic woman, and poses as a prince t...
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Service for Ladies
1993
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
0/0
Part 1 of a documentary about when Alexander Korda was asked about who might replace him when he has resigned as a chief of the production of the Brit...
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Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
1937
I, Claudius
10/1
An unfinished 1937 film adaptation of life and times of the Roman Emperor, Claudius. The production was dogged by adverse circumstances, culminating i...
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