How did Merle Oberon Realize that Her Sister was Actually Her Mother?
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📍 Merle Oberon was an exciting and classy Anglo-Indian actress.
Merle Oberon was a cunning and classy Anglo-Indian actress, in the early stages of the British film industry, she was ranked among the most dazzling actresses. She made her debut as an extra in the film and was soon featured in British films as producer-director Alexander Korda spotted her and Anne Boleyn played a small but significant role in VIII. In Henrik's private life. This was followed by another successful performance called Lady Blakeney, Marguerite St. Just, and Harold Young directed the British adventure film The Scarlet Pimpernel. Her rapid success in British films has led her to the American film industry, where renowned Hollywood producer Samuel Goldwyn has given her several plum roles, most notably in his performance “Dark Angel” in which she won the “Academy Award for Best Actress”. .
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Thank you! Such a shame when one must hide who they really are. She was a very beautiful woman.
Miss Oberon did the best she could in a world of small minded people. Thank you for hours of great movie viewing. I never miss one when I get the opportunity.
It must have been very stressful for her to keep her heritage under wraps. Sad situation. Despite that, she was a breathtakingly beautiful woman and an extremely talented actress. RIP 🙏 Merle Oberon
She was beautiful and talented.i loved her as Cathy in wuthering heights.she did far better than her school mates.good on her x
My Favourite film ever No other could ever come close I know it word by word x❤️
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I've always thought that she was beautiful and talented. Such depth. It’s an old tale that many African Americans know well. Rest in peace.
Indeed,Indeed
And this is why we shouldn't cover history up, we should learn from it.
A.M.B
Do you ever stop? Millions of people around the world have no greater dream than to come to America. YOU rest in peace. Be thankful for what you have. Most people in the world can only dream of what you have.
@@QUABLEDISTOCFICKLEPO Triggered much.. She can talk about her experience and history if she wants. It doesn't invalidate suffering anywhere else in the world.
@Flaverne Staggs
What a waste of time and space. NO ONE needed that information.
I'm a light-skinned, freckle faced Black woman. I get asked all the time 'Are you mixed'? Once a woman asked me that. I told her 'No, both of my parents are Black'. She said 'Oh no. I'm sorry to hear that'. I was stunned. That was a new one. She didn't even realize she was sorry to hear my parents are Black. She was just as nice as can be in her little cloud. Poor Merle.
She was racist, plain and simple!
Ya, weird times...people want equality but regressing back to segregation. Who knew?!?
That reply from that woman honestly shocks me too. I wouldn't even know how to reply 😮
Maybe you have a white grandparent or great grandparent.
@@SynnJynn Equality and segregation are not mutually exclusive. You can have both.
Every time he gets near the "reveal" he backtracks to the repetition of facts he's already told us...annoying
Yes, and much of the content is repeated throughout the vid. This guy is hit and miss. I’ve unsubscribed.
@@summersojourner I was also irked at "betrayed her brother." No, her brother was digging around in her business, capitalizing on the "scandal," and (even if inadvertently) threatening her. It wasn't his story to tell. This is a weird take from the narrator.
Yep. Bailed four minutes in when he'd already repeated himself four times.
Encouraged me to go and look up her history online rather than waiting for him to actually get around to providing any information of substance.
Yes, I'm out at 5:49. He's repeating and teasing to keep you hooked. And look at his other videos being suggested: they're all scandalous, sensational garbage.
Her mother was 12..... hey everyone this is the biggest objection- how incredibly horrible was this, something sinister happens here, who cares about her race, children being used and abused.
Yes I heard that too sadly
True and these days they would have forced an abortion and beautiful, stylish, intelligent, kind Merle would be left in a planned parenthood trash can completely mangled. Lucky for her and for us, she was allowed to be born
@@laurastanton7812 Yes, far better to make a raped child give birth when their bodies are not prepared. Abortion imo is not an option I myself could ever take, but there are circumstances where it is necessary. Children should not give birth to children.
@@isla4953 Yes far better to choose life than choosing death. Of course, it was not ideal yet nobody died and Merle enriched the world. Her story is one of how to make lemonade out of lemons and the greatness of the human spirit. Sorry this is lost on you and so many short sighted people ruled by fear and despair or even just rebellion against inconvenience.
@@laurastanton7812 It is another act of abuse to make a child carry a child and make that child give birth and see the result of their rape for the rest of their life! That is abuse. If you want to spout your anti-abortion sentiments, save it for the women and men who decide to repeatedly have abortions and are not more careful and who are adults with choices if you must. Not raped children.
Back in the day, she had to hide her secret. She had no choice. Still, she was being hounded to reveal her true identity. I pray she is at peace now. To me, you will always be Cathy in Wuthering Heights.
Robin, Wuthering Heights is one of my favorite films of all times. I don't understand why she and Lawrence Olivia weren't nominated. They did such an outstanding acting job.
I love Wuthering Heights too, always cry at the end ❤️
Were ppl so naive that they thought everyone was pure white. America is a melting pot. Many had mixed race ancestors before they ever got to this country. Purely illiterate thinking
It was covered up until relatively recently too as my cousin had a baby in 1956 and she was raised by her grandparents as their child. She didn't know that her sister was her mother and, when I was growing up, it was known within the family but kept from her. After her parents died we lost touch so I don't know how it turned out but I suspect she would have eventually found out with her birth certificate.
@@maryanngreatbatch931 People STILL think that way.
The tv miniseries Queenie from the 1980’s is her story. Her name was not used, and it was portrayed as fiction but it follows her story very closely, down to her nickname. The screenplay was written by Michael Korda; Merle Oberon had been his aunt while she was married to Alexander Korda.
What a fascinating story!
The screenplay was adapted from the book, which he also wrote.
I read the book "Queenie" years before the movie & I must say the movie didn't give the book any justice
Queenie was heavily fictionalised and as you said the names were changed. I doubt there’s much similarity to her real life.
I remember that movie.
She beat all odds and became a beautiful talented actress. What a sad but inspiring story . Women of courage and resiliency. Thanks for the story.
It's not a sad story. Merle Oberon became one of the great transatlantic stars of the 1930s and 1940s.
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Because some find her life successful does not mean that the person living it felt the same way.
As a woman of mixed ancestry who also discovered later in life that my "sister" was really my mother - I can assure you that even miracles that occur and financial windfalls that may come do not unscramble the human grief...
What happened to Merle Oberon sounds very similar to what happened to Bobby Darin. Bobby Darin's sister Nina was actually his birthmother, while the lady who raised him as her own son was actually his grandmother. Bobby didn't find out until he was in his early 30s. Bobby and Nina would become estranged the rest of his life. It's so very sad.
Farrah Teague - this happened to Jack Nickolson too. Imagine finding out your Mother was your 12 year old Sister like Merle did. Hard to take and never knowing who your Dad was.
@@sylviacarlson3561 I'm in complete agreement. I didn't actually know about Jack Nicholson until I saw a comment on a video of Bobby Darin, when he was an honored guest on the show, "This Is Your Life." One would think that things like this could only happen in soap operas. But as the saying goes, "truth is stranger than fiction."
Same with Ted Bundy and Jack Nicholson. The "older sister" was actually the mother.
Bobby didn’t have to hide his ethnicity and pass as white.
It was actually VERY COMMON 60+ years agoish for mothers of in particular teenage mothers, to take Their grandchildren, in that situation, and raise Their entire lives as Their children. Back then it was such a scandal!!
She was a great actress with a unique beauty. She was phenomenal in Wuthering Heights as was Olivier. My favorite movie.
My Favourite too
The line in it when Laurence Olivier comes back from his travels as a gentleman in his finery
And he goe's to Edgar's house to see her ..He say's ..."The truth is I found out my father was the Emperor of China & My mother an Indian Queen"
Ironically Merle Oberon's real mother was Indian ..and only 13 yr older than her ..they were raised as sisters by her grandmother
It has been said that Merle Oberon and Lawrence Olivier actually despised each other while filming Wuthering Heights. It probably didn’t help that Vivian Leigh wanted the role of Kathy. The producers offered her the role of Isabella, but she sniffed at the idea of playing a secondary lead.
@@XjtBA She was cast as Katie Scarlett O'hara at the same time Laurence was filming Wuthering heights
So in a way it done her a favour
She was the perfect Scarlett O'hara
I actually named my daughter Scarlett because of my love for her character ..She was strong, Feisty
Sometimes cruel
But her love for her land and her family was ultimately her true Love
She was a lady from incredible beauty and a very talented actress.
I always wondered why Wuthering Heights filmed then was only half the story. Her death was just the beginning of the next generation's drama.
Racism is so completely ridiculous. RIP beautiful Merle Oberon. 🧡🙏
So glad you think so...
I agree with anti racist sentiment. I have an Ausdie great nephew who is an Aussie Peruvian Dutch Armenian Macedonian . Only one on earth I dare say.
Well said
@@SynnJynn was 11
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Ridiculous, and economically based. That's why it still survives. It serves the important purpose of economic exclusion first and foremost.
I loved her in all movies . She was a very beautiful woman,
People can be so cruel.
WHO CARES SHE'S A WONDERFUL ACTRESS 💕💓😍💞 I LOVE HER🌹🌹🌹 AND BEAUTIFUL ❤️❤️
Wuthering Heights is one of my all time favorite films. Looking through these photos I have to believe there were many who believed she was of Indian descent. It is one thing to have "best" angles and makeup, but it is quite another to work along side someone when you are seeing them in a direct gaze. Sad that she went through fear and pain over her heritage. She was indeed a very beautiful woman and very deserving of the accolades she received.
I love Classic Movies and I do not understand the racism against Merle! What matters is that she was an amazing actress! I remember my grandmother telling me; as a child that Merle had Asian Heritage! An Exotic Beauty!
I'm sure that most of Hollywood was of mixed race!
Joan Crawford, was born in Texas! They changed her name and I am sure that she had more secrets than, "No more wire hangers!"😮 Go by a person's ability to act and entertain! Just being a good human is a treasured and lovable joy!
This story was an eye opener! The Scandal was her sister being her mother! Who was the real father, that raped her mother? R.I.P. Merle.. 🙏
If her mother was a native I'm guess some white man since she passed for white?
@@sweetsmiles2156 🤔???
She was a gorgeous woman. My heart goes out to the stress of dealing with factors of her birth that she had no control of and the stupidity and hypocrisy of the reasons why. Upon knowing these aspects if her private life, I am only more in awe if her and now add courage, strength and steadfastness to her dreams to the more general admiration of her talent. I loved her in Wuthering Heights and the Scarlet Pimpernel. The latter remaining of of the films that I still watch several times a year for its interesting historical presentations, dialogue, acting ability of its stars and the stunning beauty of Merle Oberon, whom I regard as one of the top five female stars of great beauty and grace of all time. I don't give a damn about her race and her background aside from my empathy of what she had to endure and my admiration if what she attained despite it. I honor and value her for herself.
She was absolutely stunning! It's so sad that she had to hide her parentage.
She is joined by "records" by Priyanya Chopra and Aishwarya Rai. They made it in Hollywood. 60 years back, it would have been impossible. A big evolution but it would be great if indeed an indian actress could win an oscar. Ben Kingsley is half indian like Merle Oberon and won an oscar for Gandhi so a big evolution again. More colors on the screen !
There hasn’t really been an Indian actress who’s made it big in Hollywood. Priyanka is basically a tv actress and Aishwarya is just a beauty Queen mostly doing Bollywood stuff. Perhaps Freida Pinto is a better choice, she’s been in some A films but she’s never become A list herself. Merle was half British and her nationality was British, she shouldn’t count.
@@Hudpix16 She counts because she was actually Indian, and if anybody had found out her career would have over. The lies she had to tell to survive still don't negate her history and who she really was. A mixed Indian born, raised, and educated girl from sad circumstances that managed to make a career in Hollywood.
Lindsey Caribbean, not evolution but struggle. Priyanka Chopra can get the jobs in Hollywood that she does because other POC had struggled and fought before her, particularly Blacks and Hispanics. Merle could pass for White and still had to lie. Blue eyed Linda Carter generally kept her Mexican mother private, just as Martin Sheen his heritage mostly secret. Change doesn't naturally happen like strong genes win out in evolution.
@@victoriaesmia2551 but through struggle comes evolution. Hattie Mcdaniel ( not only her ) did the dirty job and open the doors for black girls today.
@@victoriaesmia2551 she denied her heritage, her whole career was outside India, she was only part Indian, she was born there yes, but that’s where it stops. She left the country at 17 and never went back again. Did she even speak Hindi? By that rule you could argue Vivien Leigh was also Indian because she was born there too. Or even an actor like Dev Patel who is British just because he has Indian ancestry.
So sad. Such a beautiful woman. Thank you for handling her difficulties with sensitivity.
She was one of my mother favorite actresses. I remember my mother use to always say..."that woman ain't white". And was not surprised in the least when it all came out.
Wow your mother was smart
@@Hudpix16 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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Maybe, but maybe it was always well well known. Maybe the story told in this video is not true.
It’s obvious! You only have to look at Merle’s eyes and hair. Neither are European.
She was not a liar. She created a myth to cover up the history which would have ruined her. That is shameful to be sure, but it was and is not Merle's shame. Race hatred has to wear the shame, not Merle.
Thank you for the video!
Exactly
Now, that is the truth! 💯
It's too heartbreaking to think she has to live her life in shrouded secrecy. To think that in the Caucasian world you can't be passed up as beautiful to surpass their lily white women pretty or not. Any other questionable skin color your life have to be gutted to know where your eggs were first laid and hatched to existence. In your life one has to bare their soul to be acceptable even then it's a very slippery slope. A score of multiple rejection to go through the climb comes to mind. The same ppl with the wherewithal will ostracize, abuse and use you as a piece of property single you out with stringent contracts entirely different from others.
I only wish she chose another talent to become a doctor would have been a specific field to navigate and survive with less scrutiny. In the ultimate end all of this conundrum the children are left with the burden of proof the mothers didn't do their do diligent and society treated her worse to make her life a living nightmare from the get go no normal life.
They mention the present day Indian beauty Priyanka Chopra, south American Raquel Welch among many names were mentioned to let us know that 1911 is still here in 2021 well over a century ago will continue forever. The ultimate account of ancestral background will be told until another set of generation emerges. It's now all profitable and trending to know about whom they chose to profile. I reckon a long list is yet to unfold as enquiring minds who like to know.
I do feel for her good thing she didn't have any children to put them through such painful tangled web of misguided world we live in. This would have a different kind of ruin in her life all over again. She would've faced the same racism bullying rejection it wouldn't have been any different. Even the interpreter his voice sounded similar how he feels same old catalyst. Is like these behaviour is handed down to the next generation it never ever ends no matter how pretty talented and well mannered you are in your craft you still 'Othered'
You write as if nothing ha changed. True, when Merle Oberon was making movies the audiences were about 90% white and white superiority was an accepted doctrine. Much has changed since then. Today she would have had no need to hide her background.
@@kalburgy2114 The point I was making was about Merle's era. Current changes are encouraging for the younger generation, but of no benefit to Merle Oberon.
My Armenian mother went to school with Merl in Calcutta. Le Martinere school. Which was an orphanage. Mum knew her whole history
So kind of you to post, I’m working on a modality that writes and rewrites narratives about pseudo orphans like Merle, five generations in my family orphans who orphan their children over and over, and only now is this truth knowable
She must have had some fascinating stories.
Thank You
Mum died 18th April 1991 aged 75 . Born 1915 the year of the great Armenian Genocide also year of Gallipoli . Orphaned 1921 when her Mum died in Spanish Flue Pandemic.
@@anthonyvandyk7787 Peace to you and your Memories💞💕💞
My Armenian mother and her older sister also went to La Martiniere and often talked about knowing Queenie Thompson. Their older brother managed The Grand Hotel in Calcutta.
I always thought it was obvious she had Indian ancestry and always thought she was absolutely fabulous. Beautiful and what a great actress.
@@QUABLEDISTOCFICKLEPO HAHAHA. NO, I ACTUALLY REALLY DID THINK THAT FROM BACK WHEN I FIRST WATCHED HER MOVIES IN THE 60S & 70S. DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT? (sorry left caplock on)
@@QUABLEDISTOCFICKLEPO Well OK then.
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I don't know why I get involved in this sort of thing. Well, I shouldn't and I'm deleting it.
@@QUABLEDISTOCFICKLEPO I agree!
I'm Anglo-Indian. I'm 59, so I remember being called things like half caste and half breed by some whites and half baked bread by some Indians.
@@buffys3477
What doesn't kill us makes us stronger.
I am not a perfect person ,far from it,but I try to judge a person for what is inside,I don't care about colour ,or ones beliefs,cut us we all bleed!!!!🥰🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
I think in general human beings are a bunch of a-holes. Not a fan of the human race. Petty, self-absorbed, vindictive, judgemental and insecure.
@@isla4953 got to agree with you !!!!!!!! That's why I spend all my time with my four dogs!!!!!!!🤗🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
So sorry people are ignorant! ☹️😞
I thought she was a beautiful, graceful woman. Loved her in Wuthering heights.🙏🌞💜
Wuthering Heights is still one of my favorite movies
She was an excellent golden age of Hollywood and Britain film actress.
Interesting, my background is Anglo Indian and I remember my Grandmother telling me she knew Merle when they were teens and someone in the family used to look after Cliff Richard when he was a baby.
Ooooh!!!😯🤯
Is yr Grandma from Mumbai?
@@dogsquadindia Calcutta, but the fam talk about Bombay also.. I'm a little too Aussie to know all the Goss but I really should find out more.
Thank you AOV. I’ve learned so much about the names I heard in the old films. Great videos ✅❤️
Priyanka Chopra (Jonas) was a star BEFORE she came to the US. She is still loved very much in India. 💕
What a spectacularly beautiful woman! Sad she had so many “secrets” that had to be hidden in those days!
I think Jack Nicholson didn’t learn, until he was an adult, that his “sister” was really his “mother”!
Thank you for doing a respectful revelation about this wonderful actress
My understanding is Yul Brenner did something similar. He worked hard to conceal his lineage and often told various stories to to people so he could stay racially ambiguous. This allowed him to play many different ethnicities. I do believe it was eventually discovered after he died.
So what was his ethnicity?
@@catherinecarella2928 I don't even remember.
She was so beautiful. So sad she had to hid this. She must have been so tormented.
It's sad she had to hide, but back then the studio hid many things from the public, unlike today where too many performers are so anxious to let you know all of their business.
From what I've read, she was more than happy to do so. She considered herself white and would do whatever it takes to pass as one.
Why would she be tormented? She invented an entirely new persona for herself and stuck with it. She claimed she was born in Tasmania, Australia and that her birth records had been destroyed in a fire. She forged a successful career and a good and prosperous life.
@@zzzbbbooo But when you're living a lie you have to be constantly on guard that you don't let the truth slip. The press are like sharks--when there's blood in the water they go into a feeding frenzy! It couldn't have been easy for her. Tough way to have to live. Thank you, Merle.... 🙂
Mere Oberon has always been one of my favorites! She was among the most beautiful actresses with her beautiful exotic eyes. When she was on screen it was hard to watch anyone else on the set!
There is a miniseries based on her story titled "Queenie" with Mia Sara playing her in the 1980s
I’d probably say ‘inspired by’ rather than based on. It’s very fictionalised. Not a biopic.
The scheme to pretend a parent is actually a sibling is more common than many realize, especially in this bygone era. Another example that comes to mind is Bobby Darin, who was brought up to believe his mother was his older sister in an effort to avoid the scandal of a child born "out of wedlock".
Dorothy Sayers's son Tony was raised as her nephew. Although later, she "adopted" him. It's unclear if he ever knew she was really his mum.
Never knew her, but this documentary is fascinating. Her life could easily be made into a novel. Tasmania ! There's an exotic locale to be from . She was very beautiful and a hell of a dresser !
Errol Flynn was from Tasmania.
SHE WAS ABSOLUTELY EXQUISITE
Indeed, she was
@@glorymosbyfloyd3878, THANK GOD FOR FILM , AS HER VOICE MATCHED THE LOOK !
She had it all with such flawless beauty and talent.
Sad childhood and family secrets so sad and always haunt us.💟💔
She was beautiful and I, being a woman of color, idolized her. She was always one of my favorite movie star.
Sadly she never considered herself as a woman of color.
Beautiful lady,I feel for her biological mother it must have been agony watching her daughter grow up unable to hold her like a mother would,a beautiful lady and a beautiful story thank you ..It’s such a shame life was like it was than,but we all have grown and the World is getting better R.I.P. loverly lady
I am glad that she was able to pull it off most of her life and she was able to work her way through all these problems
Yet another awesome video. Thank you.
It should not have mattered that she wasn’t snowy white, she was a gorgeous beauty, who shown like a diamond on the screen. She could not help her ancestry, so the movie makers were wise and created a background that to the racist souls was acceptable. I hope she is at peace.
That is the way it was 'back in the day'. Many of the stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood payed a dear price for their fame and fortune.
That's still the case in many countries around the world. Thankfully the US has caught on.
In India, the caste system is still in effect, lighter skin was always more desirable. I think her worst secret was her birth situation more than anything. Today people dont seem to have the fight Merle Oberon had.
@@Spiderman7Bob7yes and she would never have achieved the height of stardom she deserved in my country of England either - not in those days!
@@VioletJoyyes and so has Britain
Even today I think a person should be free to define themselves. A jealous 1/2 sibling had no right to try to ruin this talented woman’s career by playing on the racism of this era. It’s Hollywood’s shame that it remains sexist & racist, threatening the careers of promising actors if they don’t conform & obey the men in power.
I doubt he was jealous otherwise he would've revealed the truth when it could've negatively impact her career so pipe down. The fact she had to hide her identity and possibly be the product of rape or incest is the horrific and important part.
Interesting! I've always thought she was stunningly beautiful!! I'm glad things have changed and people can be proud of their heritage/nationality.
Things have changed?...Yep that's why 80% of African American little girls want to damage their hair with straighteners and perms...Not excluding the cost of such transformations...Little black girls spend 3 billion dollars a year trying to change their appearance to look more caucasian...Things have not...CHANGED!
I loved her in Wuthering Heights…who wasn’t in love with Laurence Olivier! I still cry watching that movie! I would had hid it too! That was Jim Crow period and to be other than white her career would have ended! She was an incredible actress! Her business not the world! RIP
That only pertains to the U.S. There was no Jim Crow in Britain.
Merle and I were born in the same hospital, Saint George's Hospital Bombay (Mumbai). She was 51 years older than me.
She was the epitome of glamor and sophistication. I absolutely loved her in Wuthering Hieghts. No "matter" what race we are.. We are ALL God's children. She was a "phenomenal" actress..
I loved her in The Scarlet Pimpernel
I thought she looked familiar but, couldn't place her.
Fascinating and terribly sad at the same time. I’ve never heard of her, but will be looking for some of the films you mentioned.
The narrator should make up his mind, was she a "starlet" or a "Great Star"?
Our parents whispered under their breath something about Merle Oberon, so they made whatever it was they thought they knew all the more intriguingly scandalous. Were they have just discussed the subject openly in front of us we might have just shrugged it off as insignificant.
Her mother worked for her as her maid when she came to England.
How awful
It was away to keep their family together. It is good to have someone who shares this type of secret.
The fact that someone impregnated / molested her mother at the age of eleven is more horrifying than her race.
Merle Oberon was a wonderful actress and a gorgeous, stunning woman. She was magnificent and unforgettable in Wuthering Heights. Also loved her in These Three, Lydia and A Song to Remember.
She was a great actress and so beautiful! Who cares about mixed race. It is a shame she had to hide it. Back in the day it was differant. To me today who cares if she was. She is beautiful no matter what
In those stupid days. People do care.
America cared and it is shame…America’s shame…✌🏾
People cared back then. And many still do to this day. Lets not be naive.
William Henry Pratt aka Boris Karloff was also and Anglo-Indian. He was adopted by the Pratts.
What a stunner she was!! Classic beauty.
My sister was also ,y biological mother. I found out when my adopted parents told me.
Sad that it affected merle so
Absolutely beautiful stunning classy lady 🙏❤️loved her great actress miss those glamorous classy Hollywood 🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️
I just found this channel and i’m hooked, subscribed tyvm
1 other Hollywood actor & actress were said to be of mixed race (Black heritage) but was never confirmed. Kay Francis and Joseph Cotton
Kay Francis looked mixed.She was absolutely beautiful.Joesph Cotton,not so much.
Joseph cotton can be
She was absolutely beautiful...
She was an amazing actress and truly gorgeous woman.
How awful it must have been terrible having to hide your heritage back then. I loved her in Wuthering Heights with Lawrence Olivier The first time I saw it on tv as a child my mum remembered watching at the cinema when she was young and I just fell in love with Wuthering Heights. She was such a beauty and the best Kathy. Thanks for your videos I am subscribing today
My mother looked a lot like Merle Oberon in some of her photos but no similar ancestry. By the way Merle was married to Alexander Korda prior to Lucien Ballard.
The camera loved her..my fave wuthering Heights.
I'm Anglo Indian (English, Irish, Begali, Italian). A lot Anglo Indian celebrities deny their racial heritage. Cliff Richard, Engelbert Humberdinck are the ones I can think of.
I have always wondered why Englebert looked strange. He doe not look English to me.
Wow. I didn't know. I am 80 .Since my 20s I have everything about movies.Thank you
Its a shame this beautiful and talented woman had to hide her origins from the world to get work and be accepted. She was a fabulous actress and could not live out loud because of racism. But, she passed and made a life for herself anyway.
I remember my mother telling me that Merle Oberon was one of her favorite actresses! Claudet Colbert was the other.
Well, if anything Merle had a complex and very interesting life to say the least. Loved her in WUTHERING HEIGHTS & THESE THREE
In all people’s we treat people differently accordingly to their education how we perceive them how much money they make where they live it is very shallow. I feel that she was a beautiful woman and it was so sad that she had to hide who she was
And this was a different time.
Merle Oberon......stunningly beautiful and an impeccable actress. She has always been one of my favorite actresses of all time. There was a captivating presence about her that was mesmerizing. Such a disgrace she had to go through her public life in secrecy and shame.
She was the most beautiful starlet I ever saw...some of these pictures
She really had nothing to be ashamed of 😢
She was a beautiful and an awesome actress and that's all that matters
Love her SO ❤💕♥💗💖MUCH. BEAUTIFUL 😍AND A WONDERFUL ACTOR.
Read Korda's, "Queenie".
All about her.
I love it when we (the world) find out that our Black and Brown sisters and brothers really made it in this world despite all the obstacles in their way.
I used to get mad about people who passed for white but I've come to realize that they had to do what they had to do to make it. So now I say AMEN TO YOU ALL.❤💙💚🧡💛🤍🖤🤎😊👏🏾👍🏾🙏🏾🤗 Thank you for doing what was necessary to make it
Years ago, I read the story of a County Clerk in the South who wrote to every county he could, about a family who moved away and and was warning them that the family could pass as white and to be on the lookout for that reason. It really shook me up that someone would stoop to that.
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People, I'm sorry to say, don't surprise me anymore. It really hurts my heart. We are all God's children. We're supposed to love God with all our hearts, with all our souls, etc and to treat each other as you would treat yourselves. We don't do that. We treat each other with meanness and cruelty. We treat animals better than other people. That's shameful. 🥺😢💔
Wuthering Heights was a fantastic movie. I grew up on all the old movies some of them silent movies. We only had one channel so we didn't get the newer shows thank God.
It's hard to realize in this day and age, the lengths some of the Greatest talents in that Era and even some subsequent years, had to go through to protect themselves and their careers from public scrutiny. There were even moral issues written into contracts back then. Don't see much of that, if anything, anymore. We still had racial biases into the 90's I think. But slowly, and under much pressure, I think it's better now.
What a GORGEOUS woman!
Every time I catch a glimpse of her in one of her film roles I fall in love with her all over again. Too bad that her heritage would haunt her career.
Fascinating video covering a most enigmatic actress of the 29th Century. Quality piece ,thank's AOV2
Merle Oberon was very beautiful and her background has
To think someone would make fun of the way she looked is baffling.
Engelbert Humperdinck mother he's also either Indian anglo Indian or mixed Indian but he did knows that as well
She must have been so terrified of being found out. Very pretty as well. Sad.
I am a big fan of Merle Oberon. Thank you for this video. She was very beautiful and classy. Wuthering Heights is one of my top ten favorite movies and one of my top ten favorite books. I can’t picture anyone but her playing Catherine Earnshaw! ❤️🌹🌹❤️
Okay so this is the truth behind the movie Quennie! That’s amazing! I’m going to have to read more into her history now! I thought that the movie series was all fiction, now I know better!
Very glamorous and beautiful. It is a shame she was not able to disclose her lineage
2023, I will speak for her since she's not here to speak for herself; she was not a liar society forced her to survive the best way she knew how. Due to a few people on Earth who think they're Superior would not have except her in the movie industry. Rest in peace Lady. 🙏. You did well. 👍
Robert Towne remembered this tidbit when he wrote CHINATOWN.
She was absolutely gorgeous
Unfortunately, back in those days and in these current days(not as horrific) if you weren't Caucasian, you had a hard way to go in all instances
Her biological mother gave birth to her at 12 years old. How tragic - what a painful life for all involved. She is beautiful and sad she had to hide who she was.
I absolutely loved her in Wuthering Heights, the one made in the 1930's..