Merle Oberon

It was only after her death that this was revealed to have been a fabrication. Her sister Dedee Pfeiffer is also an actress. Throughout her life, Oberon maintained that she had been born in Tasmania, Australia. As a singer, she became most widely known with her role in The Fabulous Baker Boys. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to Motion Pictures, at 6250 Hollywood Boulevard. Her most recent work includes roles in the movies Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, What Lies Beneath, White Oleander, and I Am Sam. She was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. Her first starring role was in the 1982 musical Grease 2.

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. Kelley, the creator of the Chicago Hope and Ally McBeal television series; a son was born in 1994. Merle Oberon divorced Sir Alexander Korda in 1945, to marry cinematographer Lucien Ballard. In 1993, Pfeiffer adopted a girl; later that year, she married producer David E. 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. In 1981, she married actor Peter Horton, but they later divorced. 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). Born in Santa Ana, Orange County, California to Dick and Donna Pfeiffer, she has three siblings, an older brother and two younger sisters.

Merle Oberon was scarred for life, but skilled lighting technicians prevented her injuries being spotted by cinema audiences. Michelle Pfeiffer (born April 29, 1958) is an American actress and singer. She was to star in Korda's film of I, Claudius (1937) as Messalina, but a serious car accident resulted in filming being abandoned. The Hollywood Knights (1980). She received her only Academy Award for Best Actress nomination for The Dark Angel (1935). Falling in Love Again (1980). 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. Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981).

In 1934, she played the female lead in The Scarlet Pimpernel, opposite Leslie Howard. Grease 2 (1982). Her first major film role was as Anne Boleyn in The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933). Scarface (1983). Initially she worked as a club hostess under the name Queenie O'Brien and played in minor and unbilled rolls in various films. Into the Night (1985). 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. Ladyhawke (1985).

Merle Oberon (February 19, 1911 - November 23, 1979), born Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson, was a film actress, known for her sultry looks. Sweet Liberty (1986). The Witches of Eastwick (1987). Amazon Women on the Moon (1987). Married to the Mob (1988).

Tequila Sunrise (1988). Dangerous Liaisons (1988). The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989). The Russia House (1990).

Frankie and Johnny (1991). Batman Returns (1992). Love Field (1992). The Age of Innocence (1993).

Wolf (1994). Dangerous Minds (1995). Up Close & Personal (1996). To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday (1996).

One Fine Day (1996). A Thousand Acres (1997). The Prince of Egypt (1998) (voice). The Deep End of the Ocean (1999).

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999). The Story of Us (1999). What Lies Beneath (2000). I Am Sam (2001).

White Oleander (2002). Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) (voice).