After establishing herself as an exotic dancer in London, she adopts the name Dawn Avalon and is prepped for screen stardom by mogul David Konig (Kirk Douglas). In the fictionalized story, filmed on location and set in the 1930s, Oberon’s surrogate is young Queenie (Mia Sara), a beautiful Indian half-caste who must flee to England when she is suspected of causing a man’s death. Monday on WFTV-Channel 9.Īlthough Queenie is filled with the same sort of beautiful people and high drama that underscore such serials as Dallas and Dynasty, it was inspired by the actual life of the late Merle Oberon, the glamorous actress who became a relative of Korda when she married his uncle, legendary film producer Sir Alexander Korda.
Michael Korda’s best-selling novel Queenie has been transformed into a five-hour miniseries. because, for the most part, it’s based on fact.
If a new miniseries seems stranger than truth, it shouldn’t.
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