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Why Merle Oberon Kept Her Mixed-Race Background a Secret in Hollywood: ‘She Would Have to Pass as White’
As Wuthering Heights’ Catherine Earnshaw, Merle Oberon runs through a gamut of emotions over her tumultuous love affair with Heathcliff, played by Sir Laurence Olivier. “I’m yours Heathcliff ...
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Why Merle Oberon kept her Asian identity secret - Los Angeles Times
Golden Age film star Merle Oberon comes alive in a breezy new biography, sparked in part by the 2023 news that she was half Asian, a secret she kept all her life. When Michelle Yeoh was nominated ...
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Oscars: Merle Oberon was the first Academy Award–nominated Asian actress. Few knew it at the time. - Slate Magazine
Wide Angle Merle Oberon Was Hollywood’s First South Asian Star. It Came at a Cost. The first performer of color nominated for an Academy Award spent her life publicly passing as white.
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Why Merle Oberon, 'Hollywood's first South Asian star,' kept her race a secret - MSN
Golden Age film star Merle Oberon comes alive in a breezy new biography, sparked in part by the 2023 news that she was half Asian, a secret she kept all her life. When Michelle Yeoh was nominated ...
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Merle Oberon Was Way, Way Ahead of Her Time - MSN
In 1935, a young actor named Merle Oberon landed the role of a lifetime. The Hollywood mogul Samuel Goldwyn was planning to remake the 1925 silent film The Dark Angel as a talkie. Oberon, with her ...
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Merle Oberon, Hollywood’s First South Asian Star - The New York Times
Merle Oberon was a popular actress who was once nominated for an Oscar. But a fact that she hid from the public threatened to unspool her entire life’s work.
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New book 'Love, Queenie' chronicles life of trailblazing South Asian actress Merle Oberon - PBS
As the first Asian, and only South Asian, to be nominated for a Best Actress Oscar, Merle Oberon’s place in the pantheon of cinema is historic. But it came with enormous sacrifice as Oberon had ...
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‘Love, Queenie’ Review: Merle Oberon’s Screen Secret - WSJ
Merle Oberon in costume for ‘The Private Life of Don Juan’ (1934). Photo: Cecil Beaton/Getty Images The chroniclers of classic-era Hollywood have never quite known what to do with Merle Oberon.
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'Love, Queenie' chronicles life of actress Merle Oberon - PBS
MERLE OBERON, Actress: Heathcliff,# make the world stop right here. MAYUKH SEN: She was a leading lady and# a box office draw and a total star in## the '30s and '40s.
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Merle Oberon’s biracial heritage would have scandalized ’30s Hollywood - CSMonitor.com - The Christian Science Monitor
British actor Merle Oberon’s greatest role might have been played off-camera. She kept her biracial heritage a secret so that her career could soar.
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Merle Oberon Was Way, Way Ahead of Her Time - The Atlantic
In 1935, a young actor named Merle Oberon landed the role of a lifetime. The Hollywood mogul Samuel Goldwyn was planning to remake the 1925 silent film The Dark Angel as a talkie. Oberon, with her ...