Hollywood actress Merle Oberon was born in poverty in India. To make it in the movies, first in London and then Hollywood, she had to invent a new life story that concealed her race. Her advisors came ...

The term 'national security' wasn't always around. It was invented, effectively, by US President Franklin D Roosevelt, as a call to Americans to get involved in WW2. And Hollywood actress Merle Oberon ...

Here we review the latest titles.See all 51 stories. CINEMA Love, Queenie: Merle Oberon, Hollywood’s First South Asian Star Mayukh Sen W.W. Norton & Company, $29.99 Who was the most beautiful ...

By Richard Sandomir Cora Sue Collins, who as a dimpled, chubby-cheeked child actress in the early 1930s appeared opposite A-list stars like Greta Garbo, Myrna Loy and Merle Oberon, but who cut her ...

Mayukh Sen: Yes. So Merle Oberon, she was born as Queenie Thomson in India, right? And many Anglo-Indians, Merle Oberon included, grew up having to deal with intense social discrimination because ...

As the first Asian, and only South Asian, to be nominated for a Best Actress Oscar, Merle Oberon’s place in the pantheon of cinema is historic. But it came with enormous sacrifice as Oberon had ...

As Wuthering Heights’ Catherine Earnshaw, Merle Oberon runs through a gamut of emotions over her tumultuous love affair with Heathcliff, played by Sir Laurence Olivier. “I’m yours Heathcliff ...

These basic facts were never disclosed to Queenie, as she embarked on her quest to become a movie star with a new name, Merle Oberon. Born Sándor László Kellner, Alexander Korda barged his way into ...

Most of those who have played Cathy and Heathcliff — Juliette Binoche, Merle Oberon, and Rosemary Harris, for instance, as well as Ralph Fiennes, Laurence Olivier, and Tom Hardy — are far ...

The actress, 36, is playing Catherine Earnshaw in the £62 million production, with Saltburn actor Jacob Elordi taking on the role of Heathcliff. Strolling across the misty Moors, she looked ...

First Latvian film to win an Oscar (“Flow”). 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 ...

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