Merle Oberon
Merle Oberon (born Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson, 19 February 1911 – 23 November 1979) was an Anglo-Indian actress. She began her film career in British films as Anne Boleyn in The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933). After her success in The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934), 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 (1935). A traffic collision in 1937 caused facial injuries that could have ended her career, but she soon followed this with her most renowned performance in Wuthering Heights (1939).
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| Full name at birth | Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson
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| Claim to fame | Wuthering Heights
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| Date of birth | 19 February 1911
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| Place of birth | Mumbai, India
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| Date of death | 23 November 1979
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| Age | 68 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Malibu, California
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| Cause of death | Stroke
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| Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale), Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA
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| Occupation | Actress, Producer
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| Pets | Luke (Chow Chow - Dog 1948)
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- In 1949, twelve years after her mother's death, she commissioned a painting of her mother from an old photograph, instructing the painter to lighten her mother's complexion in the painting to hide the fact that she is part-Indian.
- Lost the role of "Domini Enfilden" in The Garden of Allah (1936) to Marlene Dietrich.
- Interred at Forest Lawn, Glendale, California, USA, in the Garden of Remembrance, 2nd section, left side.
- The mini series Queenie (1987) (TV) starring Mia Sara is based on a book by Merle's nephew, loosely based on her life.
- To hide her half-Indian parentage, she would falsely represent to visitors that her mother was the maid.
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