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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Merle_OberonMerle Oberon - Wikipedia

    Oberon married Italian-born industrialist Bruno Pagliai in 1957, adopted two children with him and lived in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. In 1973, Oberon met then 36-year-old Dutch actor Robert Wolders while they filmed Interval. Oberon divorced Pagliai and married Wolders, who was 25 years her junior, in 1975.

  2. Jul 28, 2017 · After divorcing Ballard, Oberon later married a wealthy older Italian-born, Mexican businessman with whom she adopted two children; in 1975 she wed younger actor Robert Wolders, who was later...

    • Murky Origins. Merle Oberon's affairs and relationships might have set Hollywood a titter during her adult life, but the starlet was quite literally born into scandal as well.
    • Great on Paper… Merle Oberon was born Estelle Merle O’Brien Thompson in 1911 in Bombay, British India—what we know today as Mumbai, India. Oberon's father, Arthur Thompson, was a British mechanical engineer who worked for Indian Railways.
    • Seeing Double. Oberon’s birth certificate hid a twisted secret—Charlotte Selby, the woman listed as her mother, was actually her grandmother. Charlotte’s 12-year-old daughter Constance was Oberon’s real mother, and the starlet's real father is unknown to this day.
    • Corrupted Youth. How did Charlotte Selby pass a baby off as her own when she already had a 12-year-old daughter? Even though you might think that Charlotte would have been to old to pull off the lie, you'd be wrong.
  3. Oberon and Alexander Korda married in 1939 and she became the first Lady Korda when he was knighted. In 1979, Vincent's son, Michael Korda, editor-in-chief at Simon & Schuster, published "Charmed Lives", a history of the three flamboyant brothers and their actress wives.

    • February 19, 1911
    • November 23, 1979
  4. Jan 27, 2023 · The actress — who was married four times and had two children — had more than 50 screen credits to her name before retiring from acting following a final film role in the 1973 romantic drama...

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  6. According to sources Charlotte gave birth to a daughter called Constance in Ceylon, out of her relationship with Irish foreman Henry Alfred Selby, when she was 14-year-old. When Constance was 12-year-old, she gave birth to Merle.

  7. Indian-born actress, best known for her performance in Wuthering Heights. Name variations: Queenie Thompson; acted briefly as Estelle Thompson. Born Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson on February 19, 1911, in Bombay, India; died on November 23, 1979, in Los Angeles, California; daughter of Arthur Terrence O'Brien Thompson (a mechanical engineer for ...

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