Kamala Devi (actress)
Kamala Devi | |
|---|---|
 Devi with Robert Culp in I Spy, 1966. | |
| Born | 8 October 1933 |
| Died | 29 November 2010 (aged 77) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1958–1968 |
| Spouses | Wallace Guberman
(m. 1978; div. 1983)Maurie Beaumont
(m. 2005; died 2008) |
Kamala Devi (8 October 1933 – 29 November 2010) was an actress of Indian and British parentage, best known for her roles in the 1960s opposite her then-husband, Chuck Connors.[1] She was born in Bombay (the current Mumbai) in British India.[2] Her mother, Elizabeth,[3] was of English-Welsh descent, and her father, Chandumal Amesur, was an Indian head-and-neck surgeon.[4]
In 1963, she married Connors, and they were divorced in 1972.[5]
Devi became a US citizen on 2 December 1966.[6]
In 2005, she married Maurie Beaumont, her third husband, who died in 2008.[7]
Kamala Devi died in Arlington County, Virginia at age 77 on 29 November 2010.
Filmography and television series
[edit]| 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
[edit]- ^ a b c Nixon, Rob (2009). "Geronimo". Turner Classic Movies Spotlight. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
- ^ Buscombe, Edward (2006). 'Injuns!': Native Americans in the Movies. Reaktion Books. p. 76. ISBN 9781861895783.
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- ^ "Albuquerque Journal from Albuquerque, New Mexico on March 30, 1963 · Page 12". Albuquerque Journal. 30 March 1963. p. 12. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ TV Guide. Triangle Publications. 1968. p. 106. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Chuck Connors - Kamala Devi". The McCain Ranch. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ "Maurie S. Beaumont". Los Angeles Times. 22–23 March 2008. Archived from the original on 25 December 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2017 – via Legacy.com.
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