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By Mayukh Sen

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Finalist for the 2025 National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography

One of Publishers Weekly and Booklist's Best Books of 2025

“Extraordinary."—The New York Times Book Review

A beautiful reclamation of a pioneering South Asian actress captures her glittering, complicated life and lasting impact on Hollywood.

Merle Oberon made history when she was announced as a nominee for the Best Actress Oscar in 1936. Hers was a face that “launched a thousand ships,” a so-called exotic beauty who the cam...

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Love, Queenie: Merle Oberon, Hollywood's First South Asian Star

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