Why Merle Oberon, ‘Hollywood’s first South Asian star,’ kept her race a secret
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.
A Hollywood star with a secret that could have ended her career
Merle Oberon became the first Asian actress to be nominated for an Oscar for her role in “The Dark Angel.” There was no ...
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Actor Merle Oberon hid her South Asian heritage to keep working in Hollywood
British actor Merle Oberon’s greatest role might have been played off-camera. She kept her biracial heritage a secret so that ...
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Merle Oberon Was Hollywood’s First South Asian Star. It Came at a Cost.
But the fact that Merle Oberon was Asian at all was a secret ... I knew the broad contours of her biography: that she had been born into poverty as a mixed-race, Anglo-Indian girl in British ...
Merle Oberon Was Way, Way Ahead of Her Time
His instincts proved correct when reviews praised Oberon as a revelation. “Miss Oberon, abandoning the Javanese slant of the ...
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She Was the First Asian Actor to Be Nominated for an Oscar. Few Knew It at the Time.
But the fact that Merle Oberon was Asian at all was a secret ... I knew the broad contours of her biography: that she had been born into poverty as a mixed-race, Anglo-Indian girl in British ...
The New York Times14d
A Hollywood Star With a Career-Ending Secret
Merle Oberon was a popular actress who was once ... with the publication of Charles Higham and Roy Moseley’s biography “Princess Merle.” As Merle was building her acting career during ...
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Why Merle Oberon, 'Hollywood's first South Asian star,' kept her race a secret
Golden Age film star Merle Oberon comes alive in a breezy new biography, sparked in part by the 2023 news that she was half Asian, a secret she kept all her life. When Michelle Yeoh was nominated ...
The New York Times14d
A Hollywood Star With a Secret That Could Have Ended Her Career
Merle Oberon was a popular actress who was once ... with the publication of Charles Higham and Roy Moseley’s biography “Princess Merle.” As Merle was building her acting career during ...