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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).
Mar 8, 2023 · Merle Oberon was born in India to a Sri Lankan mother and an Anglo-Irish father, but she hid her biracial origins and lied about her place of birth to become a Hollywood star. She was nominated for Best Actress in 1935 for The Dark Angel, but her life was marked by tragedy, lies and racism.
Merle Oberon was a British-born actress who starred in films such as The Scarlet Pimpernel, Wuthering Heights and The Dark Angel. She was nominated for an Oscar and retired from acting in 1963.
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- Murky Origins. Merle Oberon's affairs and relationships might have set Hollywood a titter during her adult life, but the starlet was quite literally born into scandal as well.
- Great on Paper… Merle Oberon was born Estelle Merle O’Brien Thompson in 1911 in Bombay, British India—what we know today as Mumbai, India. Oberon's father, Arthur Thompson, was a British mechanical engineer who worked for Indian Railways.
- Seeing Double. Oberon’s birth certificate hid a twisted secret—Charlotte Selby, the woman listed as her mother, was actually her grandmother. Charlotte’s 12-year-old daughter Constance was Oberon’s real mother, and the starlet's real father is unknown to this day.
- Corrupted Youth. How did Charlotte Selby pass a baby off as her own when she already had a 12-year-old daughter? Even though you might think that Charlotte would have been to old to pull off the lie, you'd be wrong.
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...
Mar 11, 2023 · Merle Oberon is credited as the first actress of Asian descent to be nominated for an Academy Award. However, she kept her South Asian heritage hidden for her entire life — the truth...
Merle Oberon was a British-born actress who starred in films such as The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Dark Angel and Wuthering Heights. She was married three times, including to producer Alexander Korda, and died in 1979.
