Colleen Moore

. It was only after her death that this was revealed to have been a fabrication. What little things we are to have caused all that trouble". Throughout her life, Oberon maintained that she had been born in Tasmania, Australia. Scott Fitzgerald wrote of her: "I was the spark that lit up Flaming Youth, Colleen Moore was the torch. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to Motion Pictures, at 6250 Hollywood Boulevard. F. She was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.

Her contributions to Motion Pictures have been recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 1551 Vine St. 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. Colleen Moore died from cancer in Paso Robles,California. Merle Oberon divorced Sir Alexander Korda in 1945, to marry cinematographer Lucien Ballard. Moore continued working on it, and contributing artifacts to it, until her death. 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. Moore's dollhouse has been housed as an exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Illinois since the early 1950s, where, according to the museum it is seen by 1.5 million people each year. 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).

The interior of the The Colleen Moore Dollhouse is a classic example of the Art Deco Style, complete with miniature bear skin rugs and streamlined furniture and art. Merle Oberon was scarred for life, but skilled lighting technicians prevented her injuries being spotted by cinema audiences. In 1928, Moore, with the help of her father, constructed an 8-foot tall miniature "fairy castle" which toured the United States. She was to star in Korda's film of I, Claudius (1937) as Messalina, but a serious car accident resulted in filming being abandoned. She was recognized as an astute investor, and through her investments remained wealthy for the rest of her life. She received her only Academy Award for Best Actress nomination for The Dark Angel (1935). At the height of her fame, Moore was earning $12,500 per week. 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.

She was the author of two books, the autobiography Silent Star and How Women Can Make Money in the Stock Market, a subject she had proved herself well qualified to discuss. In 1934, she played the female lead in The Scarlet Pimpernel, opposite Leslie Howard. She was a participant in the 1980 documentary series Hollywood providing her recollections of Hollywood's silent film era. Her first major film role was as Anne Boleyn in The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933). In her later years she would frequently attend film festivals, and was a popular interview subject, always willing to discuss her Hollywood career. Initially she worked as a club hostess under the name Queenie O'Brien and played in minor and unbilled rolls in various films. In the 1960s she formed a television production company with King Vidor with whom she had worked in the 1920s. 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.

None of these were successful, and Moore retired. Merle Oberon (February 19, 1911 - November 23, 1979), born Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson, was a film actress, known for her sultry looks. She appeared in three films. In 1933, Moore, by then divorced, returned to work in Hollywood. Olympic Team, especially the Yachting team, during the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games.

She and her then-husband lived at that time in a lavish home in Bel Air, where they hosted parties for and were supporters of the U.S. During this interim, Moore was briefly married to a prominent Los Angeles-based stockbroker, one of her four husbands. With the advent of talking pictures in 1929, Moore took a hiatus from acting. By the late 1920s she had progressed to more important roles in films such as So Big (1925) and was also well received in light comedies.

As she continued to play similar characters in successful films such as Flirting With Love and The Perfect Flapper, Moore's bobbed hairstyle was widely copied throughout the world. Moore and Louise Brooks were seen as the people who epitomized the young adult society of their day, and Moore's career grew over the next few years. Moore's vivacious flapper caused a sensation and made her one of the most talked about actresses of her day. Her first major success was the 1923 film Flaming Youth.

She was named as a WAMPAS Baby Star in 1922 in recognition of her growing popularity. Born Kathleen Morrison in Port Huron, Michigan, Moore made her first film appearance in 1918 and for the next few years appeared in small, supporting roles gradually attracting the attention of the public. Colleen Moore (August 19, 1900 - January 25, 1988) was a film actress, and one of the most fashionable stars of the silent movie era.