Born in Bombay, Merle Oberon was a renowned actress who starred in such films as The Dark Angel (1935) and Wuthering Heights (1939). During a time when mixed-race ethnicity was socially unmentionable, Oberon – whose mother was Anglo-Indian – concealed her identity from the public. Sabu Dastagir, who enjoyed a fruitful career based on his Indian background, is well known for his iconic role as Mowgli in The Jungle Book (1942). After obtaining American citizenship in 1944, Sabu joined the U.S. Army Air Forces and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.