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Acting

Merle Oberon

Career: Active from 1932 to 1973, busiest in 1934 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 36
top three billing

Average score: 62/100

Highest rated: These Three
86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 30 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Merle Oberon Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.1, average 5.4
Violence
2.2, average 4.1
Fantasy
0.4, average 1.7
Coming of Age
1.7, average 3.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Political Intrigue 3
Forbidden Love 3
Golden Age Hollywood 3
Character-Driven 3
French Revolution 2
Secret Identity 2
Classic Literature 2
Romance 2
Mystery 2
Classic Melodrama 2
Charming Performances 2
Melodrama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

55

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1970s

1 title

Interval

as Serena Moore

1960s

3 titles · average score 54

Hotel

79

as The Duchess Caroline

The Oscar

29

as Merle Oberon

Of Love and Desire

as Katherine Beckmann

1950s

11 titles · average score 58

The Price of Fear

47

as Jessica Warren

Assignment Foreign Legion

TV show

The 20th Century Fox Hour

65

TV show

Désirée

42

as Empress Josephine

All Is Possible in Granada

as Margaret Faulson

Deep in My Heart

60

as Dorothy Donnelly

General Electric Theater

68

TV show · as Mata Hari

24 Hours of a Woman's Life

54

as Linda Venning

Dans la vie tout s'arrange

as Elizabeth Rockwell

Four Star Playhouse

71

TV show · as Carol / Martha

Pardon My French

as Elizabeth Rockwell

1940s

15 titles · average score 62

Berlin Express

71

as Lucienne Mirbeau

Night Song

63

as Cathy Mallory

Night in Paradise

as Delarai

Temptation

58

as Ruby

A Song to Remember

61

as George Sand

This Love of Ours

as Karin Touzac

The Lodger

67

as Kitty Langley

Dark Waters

55

as Leslie Calvin

Affectionately Yours

54

as Sue Mayberry

That Uncertain Feeling

59

as Jill Baker

Lydia

56

as Lydia MacMillan

'Til We Meet Again

62

as Joan Ames

1930s

24 titles · average score 66

Wuthering Heights

68

as Catherine 'Cathy' Earnshaw Linton

The Lion Has Wings

45

as Mrs. Richardson

Over the Moon

47

as Jane Benson

The Divorce of Lady X

59

as Leslie Steele / Lady Claire Mere

The Cowboy and the Lady

63

as Mary Smith

These Three

86

as Karen Wright

Beloved Enemy

79

as Helen Drummond

The Dark Angel

81

as Kitty Vane

The Scarlet Pimpernel

71

as Lady Marguerite Blakeney

The Private Life of Don Juan

63

as Antonita, a Dancer of Passionate Temperament

The Broken Melody

as Germaine Brissard

The Battle

as Mitsuko Yorisaka

1920s

1 title

The Three Passions

as Bit Part (uncredited)