Golden Age film star Merle Oberon comes alive in a new biography, sparked in part by the 2023 news that she was half Asian, a secret she kept all of her life.

W. Norton & Company, Inc. At the start of 1935, a year before she would become the first performer of color and Asian actress to be nominated for an Academy Award, Merle Oberon feared her ...

Merle Oberon was a popular actress who was once nominated for an Oscar. But a fact that she hid from the public threatened to unspool her entire life’s work. Merle Oberon in the 1935 Oscar ...

His instincts proved correct when reviews praised Oberon as a revelation. “Miss Oberon, abandoning the Javanese slant of the eyes for the occasion, plays with skill and feeling,” The New York Times ...

At the start of 1935, a year before she would become the first performer of color and Asian actress to be nominated for an Academy Award, Merle Oberon feared her Hollywood career was over.

British actor Merle Oberon’s greatest role might have been played off-camera. She kept her biracial heritage a secret so that ...

Merle Oberon, Hollywood's First South Asian Star." The book tells how Oberon, who was born in India and whose mother was half-Sinhalese, had to hide that identity to find success as an actress.

Merle Oberon was a popular actress who was once nominated for an Oscar. But a fact that she hid from the public threatened to unspool her entire life’s work. Merle Oberon in the 1935 Oscar ...

But one first that’s often overlooked is Merle Oberon’s. In 1936, Oberon became the first Asian actress to be nominated for an Oscar for her role in “The Dark Angel.” There was ...

“Some recordkeepers consider Merle Oberon (1936, The Dark Angel) to be the first Asian best actress nominee, but she hid her ancestry (her mother was reportedly of partial Sri Lankan ...

Golden Age film star Merle Oberon comes alive in a breezy new biography ... When Michelle Yeoh was nominated for the lead actress Oscar for “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” news outlets ...