Biographies: Merle Oberon - Actor

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A British actress, born in Bombay, India. She received a star on the Walk of Fame in 1960. She had four marriages and two children. She is known for The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933), Vagabond Violinist (1934), The Divorce of Lady X (1938), and Wuthering Heights (1939). Born to a British father and mother from Ceylon, she was educated in India until the age of 17. Then she left for Britain. She met the Jewish filmmakers of Hungarian origin the Korda brothers in the 1930s. She was discovered by the eldest brother Alexander, who married her In 1939. She began her artistic career in 1930 in non-effective secondary roles until she had the opportunity in 1933 to play a role in the movie The Private Life of Henry VIII. She starred in The Dark Angel (1935), which earned her a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actress. In the forties, she presented 15 films. She suffered from complexion problems due to the sensitive skin of her face, which was poisoned twice from chemical make-up materials. She died on November 23, 1979 in Malibu, California, USA of a stroke.

• 27 September 2021
• Christina Aziz