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Oberon

[oh-buh-ron]

noun

  1. (in medieval folklore) the king of the fairies.

  2. Astronomy.,  one of the five moons of Uranus.



Oberon

1

/ ˈəʊbəˌrɒn /

noun

  1. (in medieval folklore) the king of the fairies, husband of Titania

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Oberon

2

/ ˈəʊbəˌrɒn /

noun

  1. the outermost of the satellites of Uranus

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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One of the most well-known was the 1939 version starring Merle Oberon as Cathy and Laurence Olivier as Heathcliff.

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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 secret she kept all of her life.

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When Michelle Yeoh was nominated for the lead actress Oscar for “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” news outlets reported that she was the first Asian woman to receive the honor — then revised their stories, adding that Oberon had been there first, with 1935’s “The Dark Angel.”

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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.

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The truth about Oberon, who died in 1979, had been known since the 1980s, first in a poorly regarded biography and then in a “sleazy” novel by her onetime nephew, Michael Korda.

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