Oberon
Americannoun
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(in medieval folklore) the king of the fairies.
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Astronomy. one of the five moons of Uranus.
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One of the most well-known was the 1939 version starring Merle Oberon as Cathy and Laurence Olivier as Heathcliff.
From BBC
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.
From Los Angeles Times
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.
From Los Angeles Times
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.”
From Los Angeles Times
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.
From Los Angeles Times
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