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- 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 the British railways) and Charlotte Constance (Selby) Thompson (a nurse's assistant); attended La Martinière school in Calcutta; married Alexander Korda (a director), in 1939 (divorced 1945); married Lucien Ballard (a cinematographer), in 1945 (divorced 1949); married Bruno Pagliai (an Italian...
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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.
- 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.
Merle Oberon was born in Bombay, of mixed Welsh and Ceylonese (now Sri Lankan) parentage, as Estelle Merle Thompson, and was nicknamed "Queenie". According to Michael Korda, she "became a feature of Bombay nightlife while still in her early teens and eventually made her way to England as the girlfriend of a wealthy young Englishman."
- February 19, 1911
- November 23, 1979
Mar 8, 2023 · Oberon was, in fact, the child of her then 12-year-old half-sister, Constance. Oberon seemed to have some sense of the pitfalls of her blurry identity from a young age, growing up in poverty...
children: Bruno Pagliai Jr., Francesca Pagliai. Born Country: India. Actresses British Women. Died on: November 23, 1979. place of death: Malibu, California, United States. Recommended Lists: British Celebrities. Pisces Actresses. British Actresses. Women Film & Theater Personalities. British Film & Theater Personalities. Childhood & Early Life.
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 ...
Merle Oberon. Actress: Wuthering Heights. Estelle Merle Thompson was born in India on February 19, 1911 of Welsh and Ceylonese (now Sri Lankan) descent. She was educated in that country until the age of 17, when she left for London. She began her career in British films with mostly forgettable roles or bit parts.
