She was a wonderful actress, and incredibly beautiful too. Shame she had to hide so much of her life.

Literally darker; she played Anne Boleyn well before Jodie Turner-Smith. Oberon was a very Beautiful woman...

She was great in Wuthering Heights

Painful circumstances can lead to emotional insecurities. The affairs and multiple marriages didn't bring lasting happiness. Marriage requires trust and honesty.

No one should care where or how one was born. Or race. Grew up watching Star Trek. Nichelle Nichols, standard for beauty.

Both mother and grandmother were raped, as children resulting in childbirth. “assault” is a peculiar word to use

My mother always resembled Merle Oberone. They where both strong and beautiful woman.

I always thought she was a terrific actress!

It's in India & then Ceylon now Sri Lanka that being of mixed parentage, was particularly in those days,enough to have you ostracised from any form of society. So ingrained was this behaviour, that it would have effected her grandmother & mother. The derogatory term used was the innocuous sounding "chi-chi". The Caste Sytem in India was tied to the religious establishment (a huge generalisation),but,in then Ceylon - now Sri Lanka - it was more akin to the European feudal system as a tool to service the 'ruling elite',it's hardly surprising she grew up & lived with such a stigmatised view of life. The behaviour of her half-brother was a cynical attempt to see if he could gain financially,looking at the various books/films " based on her life" it should be obvious that it was a very badly kept secret,my mother who had many friends in the entertainment business had the story while in India just after the war,she was Irish & very involved in the international polo world. It's so sad that such a beautiful woman, definitely one of the stars of old Hollywood had to live with the stigma of something one hopes would nowadays be celebrated.

she was an amazing actress

How could you not mention Wuthering Heights?

I really enjoy this channel. So, thank you for putting terrific content together.

Love this channel and thank you for the research done for factual reporting!

Such a strong woman. RIP

She is also had an one again off again relationship with clark gable between 1936 and 38

Calcoota? Really?

Raising grandchildren as children was reasonably common. Was a way to hide illegitimacy and have the mother save face. Doing my genealogy I found out that my great grandmother’s “parents” were her grandparents with her sister being her mum. I doubt that my great grandmother ever knew.

Calcutter is pronounced Cal-Cutt-er. As in “utter“. I never knew she was born from such a young mother…wow….odd how two of the most beautiful British actresses- Merle & Vivien Leigh would both be born in India. It’s odd how Merle was worried about her country of birth, as I’ve never heard of Vivien having the same concern.

It's unfortunate that back then mixed background wasn't respected and probably led to the Karma of generations of rape starting of puberty and early bith. It's remarkable though how strong she was and how she made her way and success despite her background!

Colonel is pronounced ker*nell. I'm sure there is a youtube video that explains why.

What I find interesting about Oberon's life, is that it is more complex than the James Webb telescope.

I always wonder- do some youtube narrators pretend to be illiterate to generate responses for the metrics, or are you truly unable to articulate the English language?

Calcoota? Jeez...

Its pronounced Charles 'lawton'.

Heartbreaking what some of us live - just because of who we're born to - the 'accident of birth'. My heart goes out to her, it must be exhausting to be in such fear of being found out for who you really are - as if it was bad. The sad part is that she didn't think she was enough, good enough - without a costume and a script - especially in her personal life. I am a sculptor, after an accident I'm now in a wheelchair with crippled hands. My hands might not work - but I am still an artist. She didn't think she was good enough without a perfect face and script. May she rest in peace - we know who she really was - and love her all the more for it.

No wonder she was such a good actress - she wasn't acting. She was nuts.😢

I’m thinking her “dad” was actually the Dad of Merle. At 12 I doubt she was sexually active.

Good detailed narration. Very enjoyable video! Thanks!!

The topics on this channel are always interesting. It's a shame that the AI voice overs lack any sort of emotion and mispronounce so many words!

She was beautiful and a wonderful actress which was a great achievement. Her Indian heritage was a plus in her life and it's sad that she had to hide it.

Thank you this was interesting but it was narrated a little too fast. So, this complicated life became a tangled mess.

Has to be the Hepburn connection..!!

Factinate if you're going to use young narrators PLEASE teach them how to pronounce the text!

It doesn't always have to be scandalous. I like a well done happy story too.

Her family had a generational curse. 😢

Not "kal-KOO-tuh," it's "kal-KUh-tuh." I have never heard anyone mispronounce it like that. The narration almost sounds AI generated.

Laughton, Niven and other names mispronounced. Please edit/proof with care.

I jus watched the cowboy and the lady...she was just stunningly beautiful....I had to come learn about her... you just really never know what someone is going through 😔

I am always interested in facts

“Adaptation,” not “adaption.”

"Then, one of her siblings found a document that didn't just expose -- it could ruin [sic] her life." -- "could have ruined"; did you forget that you were talking about the past mid-sentence?

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Call me a cynical, I don't believe she was in love with Alexander Korda. He was very useful ṭo her career.

How can Hollywood be so naive and stupid

It would behoove you to look up the correct pronunciation of the names of the legends that fill your videos. I wasn't alive when these people were famous, but it was still easy to recognize the errors. Again, many of the people surrounding your featured stars were enormous legends themselves. My grandma must be turning in her grave.

Like. So. Many. Stars. She. Was. Never. Happy. With. Just. Staying. In. One. Marriage. She. Was. Beautiful. And. A. Good. Actress. Yes. Clark. Was. A. Tasmanian. As. Was. Errol. Flynn.

I don't understand, why it is shameful to be born in India. Hollywood is strange.

I think the guy narrating needs someone to tell him how to pronounce the countries properly🙄

The video is good, but it really hurts your credibility when so many names are mispronounced. You are doing historical documentaries and the names of famous people and places centuries earlier than the twentieth are even easy to find. Keep doing the deep dives. Please finish the research.

Do you dudes have ANY CLUE what a ''starlet'' is? LOLOLOL Clue for ya... If they have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, they are NOT a starlet. They are a star.

What she had a baby? Women do.

I never feel sorry for women who give themselves away like pieces of old gum, karma does not mess around you get exactly what you put out. No empathy from me, she lied so much nothing she ever said can be believed

She had no SCRUPPLES

You have to remember this was 1920's 1930s and 1940s they were very racist and stereo typing and discrimination back then. I do understand why she had to what she had to do to survive and living well. Not everyone could had done what she had done to pass herself off as white. The facts are if you wasn't lily white back then your life was going to be extremely hard facing racism and discrimination and also racist derogatory names