Died: 1979
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| Born: February 19th, 1911, India. Died: 1979 |
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| Merle Oberon was the beautiful actress who played in such films as 1939's best, "Wuthering Heights," co-starring Laurence Olivier. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Merle Oberon was born in the exotic land of India, with Indian heritage and also British blood in her in 1911. Later,Merle would eventually come to England to star in films by her mentor and then husband Alexander Korda. Surprisingly, Oberon was nominated for an Academy Award in 1936 for her film, "The Dark Angel." She did not win. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Oberon also starred in "The Scarlett Pimpernel" (1934). The movie also starred Leslie Howard, Raymond Massey, and Nigel Bruce. | ||||||||||||||||
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