Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Merle Oberon Studio Portrait. George Rinhart/Corbis via Getty Merle Oberon Before Michelle Yeoh made history as the second Best ...

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As the first Asian, and only South Asian, to be nominated for a Best Actress Oscar, Merle Oberon’s place in the pantheon of cinema is historic. But it came with enormous sacrifice as Oberon had to ...

When Michelle Yeoh's nomination for Best Actress at the Oscars was announced on Tuesday, some outlets highlighted that she was the first Asian woman to do so. Other platforms, including NextShark, ...