Merle Oberon (Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson; February 19, 1911 - November 23, 1979) was a British actress best known for Wuthering Heights (1939), The Lodger (1944), and That Uncertain Feeling (1941).
She was married to Alexander Korda, Lucien Ballard, Bruno Pagliai, and Robert Wolders and had adopted two children with Pagliali.
Oberon died in 1979 at the age of 68 from a stroke.
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Film Roles
- 1930: The W Plan as Woman at Cafe Table (Uncredited Role)
- 1931: Fascination as Flower Seller (uncredited)
- 1932: Ebb Tide as Girl (uncredited)
- 1932: Wedding Rehearsal as Miss Hutchinson
- 1932: Men Of Tomorrow as Ysobel d'Aunay
- 1933: The Private Life of Henry VIII as Anne Boleyn
- 1934: Thunder In The East as Marquise Yorisaka
- 1934: Vagabond Violinist as Germaine Brissard
- 1934: The Private Life of Don Juan as Antonita
- 1934: The Scarlet Pimpernel as Lady Blakeney
- 1935: Folies Bergere De Paris as Baroness Genevieve Cassini
- 1935: The Dark Angel as Kitty Vane
- 1936: These Three as Karen
- 1936: Beloved Enemy as Helen Drummond
- 1937: I Claudius as Messalina
- 1938: The Divorce of Lady X as Leslie Steele
- 1938: The Cowboy And The Lady as Mary Smith
- 1939: Over the Moon as Jane Benson
- 1939: Wuthering Heights as Cathy
- 1939: The Lion Has Wings as Mrs. Richardson
- 1940: Til We Meet Again as Joan Ames
- 1941: That Uncertain Feeling as Jill Baker
- 1941: Affectionately Yours as Sue Mayberry
- 1941: Lydia as Lydia MacMillan
- 1943: Forever And A Day as Marjorie Ismay
- 1943: Stage Door Canteen as Merle Oberon
- 1943: First Comes Courage as Nicole Larsen
- 1944: The Lodger as Kitty Langley
- 1944: Dark Waters as Leslie Calvin
- 1945: A Song To Remember as George Sand
- 1945: This Love Is Ours as Karin Touzac
- 1946: Night In Paradise as Delarai
- 1946: Temptation as Ruby
- 1947: Night Song as Cathy
- 1948: Berlin Express as Lucienne
- 1951: Pardon My French as Elizabeth Rockwell
- 1952: Affair In Monte Carlo as Linda Venning
- 1954: Todoes Posible En Granada as Margaret Faulson
- 1954: Desiree as Empress Josephine
- 1954: Deep In My Heart as Dorothy Donnelly
- 1956: The Price Of Fear as Jessica Warren
- 1963: Of Love And Desire as Katherine Beckmann
- 1966: The Oscar as Merle Oberon
- 1967: Hotel as The Duchess Caroline
- 1973: Interval as Serena Moore (also producer)
Television Roles
- 1953-1955: The Ford Television Theatre as Sara Belmont/Allison Brent (2 episodes)
- 1953-1955: Four Star Playhouse as Carol/Margot Sterling/Martha (3 episodes)
- 1954: The Best Of Broadway as Maggie Cutler
- 1955: The20th Century Fox Hour as Jane Marryot
- 1956-1957: Assignment Foreign Legion as War Correspondent/Anna/Carla
- 1957: General Electric Theater as Mata Hari
Writer
- 1937: Round The Film Studios
Self
- 1956: Climax
- 1964: The Other World Of Winston Churchill
- 1965: The Epic That Never Was
