LC control no. | n 78073879 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Oberon, Merle, 1911-1979 |
Variant(s) | Thompson, Estelle, 1911-1979 Thompson, Estelle Merle O'Brien, 1911-1979 |
Associated place | Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Calcutta (India) |
Located | London (England) |
Birth date | 1911-02-19 |
Death date | 1979-11-23 |
Place of birth | Bombay (India) |
Place of death | Malibu (Calif.) |
Field of activity | Motion pictures Motion picture industry Acting Feature films |
Affiliation | Café de Paris (London, England) London Film Productions United Artists Corporation Samuel Goldwyn, Inc. |
Profession or occupation | Actresses Leading ladies (Actresses) Actors |
Found in | Night song [SR] 1976 (a.e.) (Merle Oberon, name spoken) Wuthering heights [VR] c1997: credits (Merle Oberon, cast) Ernst Lubitsch's That uncertain feeling, ©2007: opening credits (Merle Oberon) Halliwell, L. Filmgoer's companion, 1974 (Merle Oberon; b. 1911) Katz, E. The film encyclopedia, ©2008: page 1071 (Merle Oberon; actress; born Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson, February 19, 1911, Tasmania (or, according to a 1985 biography, Bombay); died 1979; leading lady of British and Hollywood films) Truitt, E.M. Who was who on screen, ©1984: page 295 (Merle Oberon; actress; born February 19, 1911 in Hobart, Tasmania; died November 23, 1979; screen, radio, and television actress) Quigley, M.S. First century of film, ©1995: pages 225-226 (Merle Oberon; actress; born, Calcultta, India, February 19, 1911; educated in India; moved to England at age 17) Thomson, D. The new biographical dictionary of film, 2002: page 643 (Merle Oberson; actress; born in Tasmania) International dictionary of films and filmmakers, ©2000: volume 3, pages 916-918 (Merle Oberon; born in Bombay, India, 19 February 1911 (birthplace, date, and name vary in different sources); attended La Martinère College, Calcutta; worked at the Café de Paris in London; had film contracts with London Film Productions, United Artists, and Samuel Goldwyn; appeared in films as Estelle Thompson (1930-1932) and as Merle Oberon (1933-1967)) IMDb, May 8, 2015 (Merle Oberon; birth name, Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson, born February 19, 1911 in Bombay, India; died November 23, 1979 in Malibu, California; actress) |
Associated language | eng |