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Merle was first choice for the role of Fanny Skeffington in Mr. Skeffington (1944) but turned down the part and it went to Bette Davis,
Merle appeared in a 1947 magazine ad for Rogers Silverplate silverware.
Merle went by the name of Queenie Thompson until 1939, when her then-husband Alexander Korda convinced her to change her name.
Merle was married 4 times; to Alexander Korda from 1939 to 1945, Lucien Ballard from 1945 to 1949, to Bruno Pagliai from 1957 to 1973, and to Robert Wolders, from 1975 to her death in 1979.
Merle appeared in magazine advertisments for Woodbury cold cream in 1941.
Merle appeared in a 1943 magazine advertisement for Royal Crown Cola which detailed the story of her flying to England on a bomber.
Merle appeared in a magazine ad for Calox toothpaste in 1944.
Merle was nominated for the Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar for The Dark Angel (1935).
Merle was 5 feet 2 inches tall.
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