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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 to ...

Merle Oberon is not a Hollywood name that gets tossed around much anymore. In the 1930s, however, she was one of the biggest box office stars. With her stunning looks and emotionally-charged ...

When the star of ‘The Dark Angel’ earned an Oscar nomination for best actress in 1936, she became the first Asian to do so — though no one knew it at the time. By Hilton Dresden Associate Awards ...

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Dr Uther Charlton-Stevens, author of Anglo-India and the End of Empire (Hurst Publishers, UK, Oxford University Press, USA, 2022) with Merle Oberon in her breakout role as Anne Boleyn in The Private ...

The Academy Awards always bring with them a series of firsts. First Black man to win for best costume design (Paul Tazewell). First openly trans person to be nominated for an Oscar (Karla Sofía Gascón ...

Golden Age film star Merle Oberon comes alive in a new biography, sparked in part by the recent news that she was half Asian, a secret she kept all her life. (Cecil Beaton / Condé Nast via Getty ...