Kamala Devi (actress)

For the Vice President of the United States, see Kamala Harris.

Kamala Devi
Devi with Robert Culp in I Spy, 1966.
Born(1933-10-08)8 October 1933
Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India[1]
Died29 November 2010(2010-11-29) (aged 77)
Arlington County, Virginia, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1958–1968
Spouses
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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)​

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.

  1. ^ a b 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". The McCain Ranch. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  7. ^ "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.