Merle Oberon
Highest Rated: 100% Infamia (1936)
Lowest Rated: 13% The Oscar (1966)
Birthday: Feb 19, 1911
Birthplace: Bombay, India
The exotic and glamorous Merle Oberon ranked among the most striking performers during the early years of sound cinema in Britain. Beginning with her first notable turn in "The Private Life of Henry VIII" (1933), Oberon's popularity grew via additional hits like "The Scarlet Pimpernel" (1934), and her Academy Award-nominated performance in "The Dark Angel" (1936) established her as a star in America as well. Well cast as sophisticated, upper-class women, her look and deportment worked nicely in both period costume outings and contemporary drama. She appeared in her most famous role as heroine Cathy in "Wuthering Heights" (1939). American films made up the lion's share of the actress' schedule during the 1940s, including artistic triumphs like "The Lodger" (1944).
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Interval | Serena Moore (Character) | - | 1973 |
| 100% | 37% | Hotel | The Duchess Caroline (Character) | - | 1967 |
| 13% | 32% | The Oscar | Herself (Character) | - | 1966 |
| No Score Yet | 83% | The Epic That Never Was | Herself (Messalina) (archive footage) (Character) | - | 1965 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Of Love and Desire | Katherine Beckmann (Character) | - | 1963 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Price of Fear | Jessica Warren (Character) | - | 1956 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Todo es posible en Granada | Margaret Faulson (Character) | - | 1954 |
| No Score Yet | 69% | Desiree | Empress Josephine (Character) | - | 1954 |
| No Score Yet | 52% | Deep in My Heart | Dorothy Donnelly (Character) | - | 1954 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Affair in Monte Carlo | Linda Venning (Character) | - | 1953 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pardon My French | Elizabeth Rockwell (Character) | - | 1951 |
| No Score Yet | 58% | Berlin Express | Lucienne (Character) | - | 1948 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Night Song | Cathy Mallory (Character) | - | 1947 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Night in Paradise | Delarai (Character) | - | 1946 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Temptation | Ruby (Character) | - | 1946 |
| No Score Yet | 55% | A Song to Remember | George Sand (Character) | - | 1945 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | This Love of Ours | Karin Touzac (Character) | - | 1945 |
| No Score Yet | 36% | Dark Waters | Leslie Calvin (Character) | - | 1944 |
| No Score Yet | 72% | The Lodger | Kitty Langley (Character) | - | 1944 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | First Comes Courage | Nicole Larsen (Character) | - | 1943 |
| 67% | 57% | That Uncertain Feeling | Mrs. Jill Baker (Character) | - | 1941 |
| No Score Yet | 25% | Affectionately Yours | Sue Mayberry (Character) | - | 1941 |
| No Score Yet | 45% | Lydia | Lydia MacMillan (Character) | - | 1941 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | Over the Moon | Jane Benson (Character) | - | 1940 |
| No Score Yet | 43% | 'Til We Meet Again | Joan Ames (Character) | - | 1940 |
| No Score Yet | 18% | The Lion Has Wings | Mrs. Richardson (Character) | - | 1940 |
| 96% | 85% | Wuthering Heights | Cathy Earnshaw (Character) | $593.9K | 1939 |
| No Score Yet | 70% | The Cowboy and the Lady | Mary Smith (Character) | - | 1938 |
| No Score Yet | 54% | The Divorce of Lady X |
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- | 1938 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | Beloved Enemy | Helen Drummond (Character) | - | 1936 |
| 100% | 77% | Infamia | Karen Wright (Character) | - | 1936 |
| No Score Yet | 75% | The Dark Angel | Kitty Vane (Character) | - | 1935 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Folies Bergère de Paris | Baroness Genevieve Cassini (Character) | - | 1935 |
| 89% | 74% | The Scarlet Pimpernel | Lady Blakeney (Character) | - | 1935 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Thunder in the East | Marquise Yorisaka (Character) | - | 1934 |
| No Score Yet | 73% | The Private Life of Don Juan | Antonita (Character) | - | 1934 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Broken Melody | Germaine Brissard (Character) | - | 1934 |
| 100% | 74% | The Private Life of Henry VIII | Anne Boleyn (Character) | - | 1933 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | Wedding Rehearsal | Unknown (Character) | - | 1932 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Climax! | Unknown (Character) | 1956 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The 20th Century-Fox Hour | Unknown (Character) | 1955 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What's My Line? | Guest | 1954 |
QUOTES FROM Merle Oberon CHARACTERS
Catherine Earnshaw says: I am Heathcliff.
Catherine Earnshaw says: No matter what I ever do or say, Heathcliff, this is me -- now -- standing on this hill with you. This is me, forever.