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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Kamala Devi<br />
| image = Robert Culp Kamala Devi I Spy 1966 (cropped).JPG<br />
| caption = Kamala Devi in ''I Spy'', 1966<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1933|10|08}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Bombay]], Bombay Presidency, British India<ref name="TCM"/><br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2010|11|29|1933|10|08}}<br />
| death_place = [[Arlington County, Virginia]], U.S.<br />
| occupation = Actress<br />
| party = <br />
| spouse = {{plainlist|<br />
* {{marriage|[[Chuck Connors]]|1963|1972|end=divorced}}<br />
* {{marriage|Wallace Guberman|1978|1983|end=divorced}}<br />
* {{marriage|Maurie Beaumont|2005|2008|end=died}}<br />
}}<br />
| yearsactive = 1958–1968<br />
}}<br />
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'''Kamala Devi''' '''Amesur''' (8 October 1933 – 29 November 2010) was an Indian and American actress, best known for her roles in the 1960s opposite her first husband, [[Chuck Connors]].<ref name="TCM">{{cite web | last = Nixon| first = Rob | author-link = | title = Geronimo| work = Turner Classic Movies Spotlight| publisher =Turner Classic Movies | year = 2009| url = https://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/60005 |access-date=2009-09-25}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
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She was born in [[Bombay]] (now Mumbai), [[British India]]<ref name=busc06>{{cite book |last1=Buscombe |first1=Edward |title='Injuns!': Native Americans in the Movies |date=2006 |publisher=Reaktion Books |isbn=9781861895783 |url=https://archive.org/details/injunsnativeamer0000busc |url-access=registration |page=[https://archive.org/details/injunsnativeamer0000busc/page/76 76] |quote=kamala devi.}}</ref> on 11 October 1933.<br />
Her mother, Elizabeth,<ref name="alb63">{{cite news |title=Albuquerque Journal from Albuquerque, New Mexico on March 30, 1963 · Page 12|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/156206648/ |access-date=2 January 2018 |work=Albuquerque Journal|date=30 March 1963|page=12|language=en}}</ref> <br />
was of English-Welsh descent, and her father, Chandumal Amesur, was a [[Sindhi Hindus|Sindhi Hindu]] head-and-neck surgeon.<ref name="tvguide68" /><br />
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As of 1963, both Devi's parents lived in Bombay, India.<ref name="tvguide68" /><br />
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She lived in the US since 1960, and became a US citizen after living in the country for 6 years.<ref name="tvguide68" /> Devi became a US citizen on 2 December 1966.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chuck Connors - Kamala Devi|url=https://www.riflemanconnors.com/press_photos/chuck_connors-kamala_devi.htm |website=The McCain Ranch |access-date=2 January 2018 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103011811/https://www.riflemanconnors.com/press_photos/chuck_connors-kamala_devi.htm |archive-date=3 January 2018}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
In 1958, Devi made her film debut in [[Harry Black (film)|''Harry Black'']], starring [[Stewart Granger]]. In 1962, she played in [[Geronimo (1962 film)|''Geronimo'']] the lead role of Teela, the wife of the legendary Apache chief [[Geronimo]], played by [[Chuck Connors]].<br />
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In 1964, she portrayed the [[Harem|harem girl]] and [[jinn]] Tezra in ''[[The Brass Bottle (1964 film)|The Brass Bottle]]''.<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Kamala met Chuck Connors on the sets on [[Geronimo (1962 film)|''Geronimo'']], which they both acted as a couple. Chuck Connors announced the marriage date to press.<ref name="tvguide68">{{cite book |title=The Rifleman "Welcome to the McCain Ranch" |date=1963 |publisher=AP Wire |url=https://www.riflemanconnors.com/press_photos/chuck_connors-kamala_devi.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019220827/https://www.riflemanconnors.com/press_photos/chuck_connors-kamala_devi.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=2021-10-19 |access-date=5 March 2025 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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On 10 April 1963, she married [[Chuck Connors]], and they were divorced in 1972.<ref name=aaker97>{{cite book |last1=Aaker |first1=Everett |title=Television Western Players of the Fifties: A Biographical Encyclopedia of All Regular Cast Members in Western Series, 1949-1959 |date=1997 |publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786402847 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X95kAAAAMAAJ |access-date=2 January 2018 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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In 2005, she married [[Maurie Beaumont]], her third husband, who died in 2008.<ref name=mbobit>{{cite news |via=Legacy.com |title=Maurie S. Beaumont |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?n=maurie-s-beaumont&pid=106121297 |access-date=25 December 2017 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=22–23 March 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171225092301/http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?n=maurie-s-beaumont&pid=106121297 |archive-date=25 December 2017}}</ref><br />
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==Death==<br />
Kamala Devi died in [[Arlington County, Virginia]], at age 77 on 29 November 2010.<br />
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==Filmography and television series==<br />
{|class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|-<br />
! Year<br />
! Title <br />
! Role <br />
! class = "unworkable" | Notes <br />
|-<br />
| 1958<br />
| ''[[Harry Black (film)|Harry Black]]''<br />
| Nurse Somola<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 1960<br />
| ''[[Tales of the Vikings]]''<br />
| Dara<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 1961<br />
| ''[[Aas Ka Panchhi]]''<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 1962<br />
| ''[[Geronimo (1962 film)|Geronimo]]''<br />
| Teela<br />
| with Chuck Connors<ref name="TCM"/><br />
|-<br />
|rowspan=4|1964<br />
| ''[[The Rogues (TV series)|The Rogues]]''<br />
| Glana Lupescu<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| ''[[The Brass Bottle (1964 film)|The Brass Bottle]]''<br />
| Tezra<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| ''[[Arrest and Trial]]''<br />
| Sandra<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| ''[[My Three Sons]]''<br />
| Siranee<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 1965<br />
| ''[[The Man from U.N.C.L.E.]]''<br />
| Deirdre Purbhani<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 1965–1966<br />
| ''[[Branded (TV series)|Branded]]''<br />
| Laurette Lansing<br />
| 3 episodes, with Chuck Connors<br />
|-<br />
| 1966<br />
| ''[[I Spy (1965 TV series)|I Spy]]''<br />
| Felicitas<br />
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|-<br />
|rowspan=2|1967<br />
| ''[[Cowboy in Africa]]''<br />
| M'Koru<br />
| with Chuck Connors<br />
|-<br />
| ''[[The Rat Patrol]]''<br />
| Sallah<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb name|0222453|Kamala Devi}}<br />
*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20211019220827/https://www.riflemanconnors.com/press_photos/chuck_connors-kamala_devi.htm Clippings about Kamala Devi and Chuck Connors]}}<br />
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