Sarah Miles

Although they divorced in 1975, they re-married in 1988, seven years before he died in 1995. It was only after her death that this was revealed to have been a fabrication. In 1967, Sarah Miles married the British playwright Robert Bolt, who wrote the screenplay for the film Lady Caroline Lamb, in which she starred. Throughout her life, Oberon maintained that she had been born in Tasmania, Australia. From time to time she retired for a few years, but was always available for roles on stage, where she is acclaimed for her performances. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to Motion Pictures, at 6250 Hollywood Boulevard. Miles has been acting since then in movies and also in TV films. She was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.

After having been out of sight for several years acting in a variety of theater plays, she made in 1970 an outstanding performance in the lead role of David Lean's Ryan's Daughter, which earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. She married twice more, to Italian-born Mexican industrialist Bruno Pagliai (two adopted children) and Dutch actor Robert Wolders, before her retirement to Malibu, California, where she died after suffering a stroke. The following years she became a popular actress of New Wave with her roles in Joseph Losey's The Servant and in Michelangelo Antonioni's Blow Up. Merle Oberon divorced Sir Alexander Korda in 1945, to marry cinematographer Lucien Ballard. Shortly after her drama studies, Miles had her film debut in 1962 as a precocious schoolgirl in Terms of Trial, opposite Laurence Olivier. During her time as a film star, Oberon went to great lengths to disguise her mixed-race background and when her dark-skinned mother moved in with her in Hollywood, she masqueraded as Oberon's maid. At the age of 15 she enrolled at RADA, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. She went on to appear as Cathy in Wuthering Heights (1939), as George Sand in A Song to Remember (1945), and as Empress Josephine in Désirée (1954).

She was born in Ingatestone, Essex, England, as the daughter of a merchant. Merle Oberon was scarred for life, but skilled lighting technicians prevented her injuries being spotted by cinema audiences. Sarah Miles (born December 31, 1941) is an English theater and film actress. She was to star in Korda's film of I, Claudius (1937) as Messalina, but a serious car accident resulted in filming being abandoned. Terms of Trial (1962). She received her only Academy Award for Best Actress nomination for The Dark Angel (1935). The Servant (1963). Oberon's career went on to greater heights partly as a result of her relationship with and later marriage to director Alexander Korda, who had persuaded her to take the name under which she became famous.

The Ceremony (1963). In 1934, she played the female lead in The Scarlet Pimpernel, opposite Leslie Howard. Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965). Her first major film role was as Anne Boleyn in The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933). Time Lost and Time Remembered (1965). Initially she worked as a club hostess under the name Queenie O'Brien and played in minor and unbilled rolls in various films. Blowup (1966). Born in Bombay, India to an Anglo-Irish father and an Anglo-Sinhalese mother, Constance Selby, who gave birth to Merle at the age of 15 and allowed her to be raised as her sister, Merle came to England for the first time in 1928.

Ryan's Daughter (1970). Merle Oberon (February 19, 1911 - November 23, 1979), born Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson, was a film actress, known for her sultry looks. Lady Caroline Lamb (1972). The Hireling (1973). The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1973).

Bride to Be (1975). The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea (1976). The Big Sleep (1978). Priest of Love (1981).

Venom (1982). Ordeal by Innocence (1984). Steaming (1985). Hope and Glory (1987).

White Mischief (1987). The Touch (1993). Days of Grace (2001). Jurij (2001).

The Accidental Detective (2003).