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 ...
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Why Merle Oberon, 'Hollywood's first South Asian star,' kept her race a secret
Oberon had too many romances, too many films, too many unfortunate twists of fate to mention them all here. Today, we ask why she never took the opportunity to reveal her true past. Sen asks us ...
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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 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 ...