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Merle Oberon

1911 - 1979

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Merle Oberon (born Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson; 19 February 1911 – 23 November 1979) was a British actress. She began her acting career in British cinema in the early 1930s, with a breakout role in The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933). She later moved to Hollywood, where she became an international star, earning acclaim for films such as The Dark Angel (1935), Wuthering Heights (1939), and That Uncertain Feeling (1941). Her career spanned from the 1920s to the 1970s, primarily in English-language films produced in the UK and the U.S. Her performance as Kitty Vane in The Dark Angel earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Merle Oberon is the 2,227th most popular actor (down from 1,621st in 2019), the 371st most popular biography from India (down from 269th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Indian Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Merle Oberon ranks 2,227 out of 13,578. Before him are Peter Berling, Jean Smart, Kelsey Grammer, Shaun Toub, Christopher Connelly, and Kōji Yakusho. After him are Nadia Cassini, Richard Carlson, Barbara Valentin, Suzanne Somers, William Devane, and Bianca Jagger.

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Among people born in 1911, Merle Oberon ranks 140. Before him are Leopold Kielholz, Carlos Marighella, David Ogilvy, Sidney Wood, José María Arguedas, and Mikhail Yangel. After him are Mstislav Keldysh, Aliya bint Ali, Maclyn McCarty, William T. Stearn, Tilly Fleischer, and George Borg Olivier. Among people deceased in 1979, Merle Oberon ranks 103. Before him are Vagif Mustafazadeh, Ethel Smith, Zhang Guotao, Preguinho, Ján Kadár, and José María Velasco Ibarra. After him are Antun Augustinčić, Arno Schmidt, Carl Laemmle Jr., Ita Rina, Fulton J. Sheen, and Leonid Bykov.

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In India

Among people born in India, Merle Oberon ranks 371 out of 1,861. Before him are Kenneth Anderson (1891), Harilal Gandhi (1888), Joseph Vaz (1651), Prakash Raj (1965), Rajnath Singh (1951), and Nagarjuna (1959). After him are Anna Hazare (1937), Kumārila Bhaṭṭa (700), Swaminarayan (1781), Feroze Gandhi (1912), Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913), and Khudiram Bose (1889).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Merle Oberon ranks 43. Before him are Nargis (1929), Ranbir Kapoor (1982), Aamir Khan (1965), Shahid Kapoor (1981), Prakash Raj (1965), and Nagarjuna (1959). After him are Rishi Kapoor (1952), Suriya (1975), Jaya Prada (1962), Girish Karnad (1938), Sridevi (1963), and Irrfan Khan (1967).

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