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    Ceremony date 02/08/1960

About
Merle Oberon
Born:
1911-02-18,
Mumbaidia,
India
Education:
NA
Ethnicity:
Caucasian
Death Date:
-0001-11-30
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Merle Oberon

Merle Oberon was an Indian-born British actress.

She began her film career in British films, and a prominent role, as Anne Boleyn in The Private Life of Henry VIII, brought her attention. Leading roles in such films as The Scarlet Pimpernel advanced her career, and she travelled to the United States to make films for Samuel Goldwyn. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in The Dark Angel. A traffic collision in 1937 caused facial injuries that could have ended her career, but she soon followed this with her most renowned role, as “Cathy” in Wuthering Heights. Her career continued until the end of the 1940s when it declined and her acting performances over the following years were relatively few.

According to her birth certificate, Oberon was born in Bombay, British India on 18 February 1911 as Estelle Merle Thompson, although other sources note 19

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