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 ...

At the start of 1935, a year before she would become the first performer of color and Asian actress to be nominated for an Academy Award, Merle Oberon feared her Hollywood career was over. It had ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

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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 for ...