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Merle Oberon
Merle Oberon
(born
Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson
, 19 February 191123 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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