18-07-2025
Mayukh Sen's 'Love, Queenie'
What if you spend your whole life living a lie and do it so convincingly that you believe it too. That was the case with actress Merle Oberon (1911-79), born Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson in Bombay. In her quest to make it to the magical world of Hollywood, Oberon hid her Anglo-Indian roots and claimed she was white and hailed from Tasmania, Australia. It's a lie she'd take to the grave.
