Merle Oberon
British actress (1911-1979) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 68
Merle Oberon was a British actress of Sri Lankan Burgher origin. Her career spanned the 1920s to the 1970s, and she was a major leading lady during the Golden Age of Hollywood.
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1979Died23 November 19791973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...Series1969
The Epic That Never WasFilm1966
The OscarFilm, Merle Oberon1961
The DuPont Show of the WeekSeries1956Assignment Foreign LegionSeries
The Price of FearFilm, 1956Jessica Warren1955
The 20th Century Fox HourSeries1953
General Electric TheaterSeries, Mata Hari1952
Four Star PlayhouseSeries, Martha
24 Hours of a Woman's LifeFilm, 1952Linda Venning1951
Hallmark Hall of FameSeries1950
The Colgate Comedy HourSeries
What's My Line?Series, 19501948
The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries1946
TemptationFilm, Ruby1944
Dark WatersFilm, Leslie Calvin1943
First Comes CourageFilm, Nicole Larsen1940
'Til We Meet AgainFilm, Joan Ames1938
Hollywood Goes to TownFilm1935
Folies Bergère de ParisFilm, Opera Singer (umcredited)1934
The Broken MelodyFilm, Germaine Brissard1932
Wedding RehearsalFilm, Miss Hutchinson1928
The Three PassionsFilm, Bit Part (uncredited)1911Born19 February 1911
The American Film Institute Salute to ...Series1969The Epic That Never WasFilm1966The OscarFilm, Merle Oberon1961The DuPont Show of the WeekSeries1956Assignment Foreign LegionSeriesThe Price of FearFilm, 1956Jessica Warren1955The 20th Century Fox HourSeries1953General Electric TheaterSeries, Mata Hari1952Four Star PlayhouseSeries, Martha24 Hours of a Woman's LifeFilm, 1952Linda Venning1951Hallmark Hall of FameSeries1950The Colgate Comedy HourSeriesWhat's My Line?Series, 19501948The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries1946TemptationFilm, Ruby1944Dark WatersFilm, Leslie Calvin1943First Comes CourageFilm, Nicole Larsen1940'Til We Meet AgainFilm, Joan Ames1938Hollywood Goes to TownFilm1935Folies Bergère de ParisFilm, Opera Singer (umcredited)1934The Broken MelodyFilm, Germaine Brissard1932Wedding RehearsalFilm, Miss Hutchinson1928The Three PassionsFilm, Bit Part (uncredited)1911Born19 February 1911People around Merle
Samuel Goldwyn Produced Wuthering Heights and These Three
William Wyler Directed Wuthering Heights and These Three
Alfred Newman Wrote Wuthering Heights and These Three
Lajos Bíró Wrote The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)
Miklós Rózsa Wrote A Song to Remember (1945)- Charles Vidor Directed A Song to Remember (1945)
Edmund Goulding Directed Forever and a Day (1943)
Binnie Barnes Also in The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)
Isobel Elsom Also in Désirée and Forever and a Day
Claud Allister Also in The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)- H. C. Potter Directed The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
- Victor Saville Directed Forever and a Day (1943)
Edmund Breon Also in The Private Life of Don Juan (1934)
Charles Laughton Also in The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)
Walter Brennan Also in The Oscar and These Three
Donald Crisp Also in Wuthering Heights and Forever and a Day
Flora Robson Also in I, Claudius and The Lion Has Wings
Cedric Hardwicke Directed Forever and a Day (1943)
Harry Davenport Also in The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
Wendy Barrie Also in Forever and a Day and Wedding Rehearsal
Jerome Cowan Also in Affectionately Yours (1941)
Charles Korvin Also in Berlin Express and This Love of Ours
Eric Blore Also in Forever and a Day (1943)
Joan Gardner Also in Wedding Rehearsal (1932)
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Wuthering Heights 1939
The Scarlet Pimpernel 1934
Désirée 1954
That Uncertain Feeling 1941
The Lodger 1944
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Television 13
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Country
United Kingdom
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1911 to 1979 · aged 68
