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Kamala Devi (actress)

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Kamala Devi
Devi with Robert Culp in I Spy, 1966.
Born (1933-10-08) 8 October 1933 (age 90)
OccupationActress
Years active1958–1968
Spouse(s)
(m. 1963; div. 1972)

Wallace Guberman
(m. 1978; div. 1983)

Maurie Beaumont
(m. 2005; died 2008)

Kamala Devi (born 8 October 1933) is an actress of Indian and British parentage, best known for her roles in the 1960s opposite her then-husband, Chuck Connors.[1] Kamala Devi was born on October 8, 1933 in Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India.[2] Kamala's mother Elizabeth[3] was of English-Welsh descent, and her father, Chandumal Amesur, was an Indian eye-ear-nose-throat-brain surgeon.[4]

In 1963 she married her co-star Chuck Connors, and they were divorced in 1972.[5]

Kamala Devi became a US citizen on December 2, 1966.[6]

In 2005 she married Maurie Beaumont who died in 2008.[7]

Filmography and Television series

Year Title Role Notes
1958 Harry Black Nurse Somola
1960 Tales of the Vikings Dara
1961 Aas Ka Panchhi
1962 Geronimo Teela with Chuck Connors[1]
1964 The Rogues Glana Lupescu
The Brass Bottle Tezra
Arrest and Trial Sandra
My Three Sons Siranee
1965 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Deirdre Purbhani
1965–1966 Branded Laurette Lansing 3 episodes, with Chuck Connors
1966 I Spy Felicitas
1967 Cowboy in Africa M'Koru with Chuck Connors
The Rat Patrol Sallah

References

  1. ^ a b c Nixon, Rob (2009). "Geronimo". Turner Classic Movies Spotlight. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 25 September 2009. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  2. ^ Buscombe, Edward (2006). 'Injuns!': Native Americans in the Movies. Reaktion Books. p. 76. ISBN 9781861895783. kamala devi.
  3. ^ "Albuquerque Journal from Albuquerque, New Mexico on March 30, 1963 · Page 12". Albuquerque Journa. 30 March 1963. p. 12. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  4. ^ TV Guide. Triangle Publications. 1968. p. 106. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  5. ^ Aaker, Everett (1997). Television Western Players of the Fifties: A Biographical Encyclopedia of All Regular Cast Members in Western Series, 1949-1959. McFarland. ISBN 9780786402847. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Chuck Connors - Kamala Devi". www.riflemanconnors.com. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  7. ^ Anonymous (22–23 March 2008). "Maurie S. Beaumont". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 25 December 2017.