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.
in 1933, which led to her being cast in Sidney Franklin’s World War I drama‘s review said, “Audiences will see a gloriously new, vibrant Merle Oberon, whose sensitive performance places her high in the cinema roster.”‘ Bette Davis, Oberon’s career flourished, with starring roles opposite Laurence Olivier in 1939’s.
In 1983, four years after she died from a stroke at 68, her ethnicity was revealed in Charles Higham and Roy Moseley’s biography“Few could ever compare with [her], either as a timeless beauty or as a member of Hollywood’s royalty,” wroteThis story first appeared in the March 8 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.
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