Notícias e Atualizações de Merle Oberon

All About Merle Oberon, the First Asian Best Actress Oscar Nominee Who Hid Her Heritage from Hollywood

Another Asian woman would not be nominated for Best Actress again until 2023 — 87 years after Ober...

Jan 27, 2023 • People

Why Merle Oberon Kept Her Mixed-Race Background a Secret in Hollywood: ‘She Would Have to Pass as White’

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As Wuthering Heights’ Cather...

Apr 10, 2025 • Yahoo

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 recent news...

Feb 25, 2025 • AOL

Merle Oberon Was Hollywood’s First South Asian Star. It Came at a Cost.

This is excerpted from the book Love, Queenie: Merle Oberon, Hollywood’s First South Asian Star, b...

Feb 26, 2025 • Slate

'Love, Queenie' chronicles life of actress Merle Oberon

As the first Asian, and only South Asian, to be nominated for a Best Actress Oscar, Merle Oberon’s...

Apr 21, 2025 • PBS

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For decades, Asian-origin actresses in Hollywood have contended with their ancestry even as they out...

Nov 08, 2020 • moneycontrol.com

Merle Oberon: India's forgotten Hollywood star

Merle Oberon, a Hollywood star of the black and white era, is a forgotten icon in India, the country...

Apr 15, 2022 • BBC

Merle Oberon is Temptation

The classy beauty Merle Oberon fits to a T her role in Temptation (1946), one ‘you can’t resist....

Apr 17, 2010 • philstar.com

The first Asian actress to be nominated for an Oscar kept her heritage hidden until after her death

Merle Oberon is credited as the first actress of Asian descent to be nominated for an Academy Award....

Mar 11, 2023 • Yahoo

Actor Merle Oberon hid her South Asian heritage to keep working in Hollywood

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First C...

Mar 13, 2025 • Christian Science Monitor

The first 'Wuthering Heights' movie you can watch now starred an actress who kept her past hidden for decades

Merle Oberon is not a Hollywood name that gets tossed around much anymore. In the 1930s, however, sh...

Feb 14, 2026 • MSN

Merle Oberon: the first Asian Best Actress Oscar nominee who hid her heritage from Hollywood

When Michelle Yeoh's nomination for Best Actress at the Oscars was announced on Tuesday, some outlet...

Jan 26, 2023 • Yahoo

Merle Oberon, a Hollywood Star From India Who Wanted Her Roots Forgotten

Merle Oberon, a Hollywood star of the black and white era, is a forgotten icon in India, the country...

Apr 19, 2022 • The Wire

Hollywood Flashback: Merle Oberon Blazed a Trail in Secret

When the star of ‘The Dark Angel’ earned an Oscar nomination for best actress in 1936, she becam...

Mar 12, 2023 • The Hollywood Reporter

'Love, Queenie' tells a story of passing for white in 1930s Hollywood

Host Deepa Fernandes speaks with Mayukh Sen about his new book, "Love, Queenie: Merle Oberon, Hollyw...

Mar 03, 2025 • WBUR