Merle Oberon

British actress (1911–1979) | The Divorce of Lady X (1938), Wuthering Heights (1939), The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)

British leading lady, born in India; came to Britain in 1928

Mini Biography

Merle Oberon worked as a dance hostess until signed up by Alexander Korda. She worked mainly in Hollywood from 1936. The first of her husbands was Alexander Korda and the second the cinematographer Lucien K Ballard.

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Merle Oberon (as Jane Benson) and Rex Harrison (as Dr Freddie Jarvis) in a colour photograph from Over the Moon (1939) — Over the Moon (1939) photograph (1) | Merle Oberon, Rex Harrison

Charles Laughton (Henry VIII) and Merle Oberon (Anne Boleyn – The Second Wife) in a scene from Alexander Korda’s The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) — Charles Laughton and Merle Oberon in The Private Life of Henry VIII

The Scarlet Pimpernel DVD from Network and the British Film — The Scarlet Pimpernel DVD – Network – The British Film

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Personal Details

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Died

Born

Merle Oberon was born in India on 19^th February, 1911.
Died

Merle Oberon died in Malibu, CA, USA on 23^rd November, 1979, aged 68.

Watch Merle Oberon on British television

- Wuthering Heights (1939)
- Sunday at 1.55pm on Sony Movies Classic
- Sunday at 2.55pm on Sony Movies Classic
- Sunday at 2.55pm on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1
- Sunday at 3.55pm on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1
- Monday at 1.40pm on Sony Movies Classic
- Monday at 2.40pm on Sony Movies Classic
- Monday at 2.40pm on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1
- Monday at 3.40pm on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1
- The daughter of an unhappy middle-class Yorkshire family falls passionately in love with a gypsy who has been brought up with her.
- Berlin Express (1948)
- 15^th July at 7.40am on Sony Movies Action
- Police of four nations guard a German VIP on a crack train to Berlin.