Why Merle Oberon Kept Her Mixed-Race Background a Secret in Hollywood
As Wuthering Heights’ Catherine Earnshaw, Merle Oberon runs through a gamut of emotions over her tumultuous love affair with Heathcliff, played by Sir Laurence Olivier. “I’m yours Heathcliff,” she tells him on her deathbed. “I’ve never been anyone else’s.” Even as Merle played the quintessentially British heroine in the big-screen adaptation of a master work … Read more