The Making of Merle Oberon: Anglo-American Cinema's First South Asian Star

Join us for this special online event with Mayukh Sen, author of Love, Queenie: Merle Oberon, Hollywood’s First South Asian Star. We will be delving into the life of Merle Oberon who famously portrayed Catherine Earnshaw in William Wyler’s 1939 adaptation of Wuthering Heights and learning how this Hollywood legend’s life was just as dramatic as Emily Brontë’s novel.

Mayukh’s biography of Oberon is the first in over 40 years and is a finalist for the 2025 National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography. Mayukh is a 2026 United States Artists Fellow, and he teaches film and television journalism at New York University. In a past professional life, he was the James Beard Award-winning author of Taste Makers (2021).

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