While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
- Merle Oberon (1911-1979) was an actress born in Mumbai (then known as Bombay), India.
- She was of Indian, Maori, and Irish heritage.
- She was the first Indian-born actress to be nominated for an Academy Award.
- Early in her career, she played many nameless, uncredited roles, such as her role in Service for Ladies (1932).
- Later, she played many named, credited roles, such as Katherine Beckmann in Of Love and Desire (1963).