Kamala Devi (actress)

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]

Kamala Devi
Devi with Robert Culp in I Spy, 1966.
Born (1933-10-08) 8 October 1933
Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India[1]
OccupationActress
Years active1958–1968
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1963; div. 1972)​

Wallace Guberman
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(m. 1978; div. 1983)​

Maurie Beaumont
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(m. 2005; died 2008)​

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. Nixon, Rob (2009). "Geronimo". Turner Classic Movies Spotlight. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
  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 Journal. 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.


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